Shabeeh Rahat is a researcher-teacher-learner and a proud plant parent.

 

She has a doctorate in English Literature and specialises in Postcolonial Studies with reference to India. Her research interests lie in studying disadvantaged groups of South Asia through literatures across English, Hindi and Urdu. She feels the creativity in her may still be alive; she published a poetry collection in Hindi as a 13 year old, and later in an international anthology. Her translation pieces of Premchand’s nonfiction prose and other academic work have been published as chapters, articles and proceedings. She received the Professional Development Grant by the Modern Language Association (MLA) in 2023, has successfully organised academic writing workshops at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She is a member of reputed organisations like South Asian Literary Association, Comparative Literature Association of India, and COST network.