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Mehr Farooqi is a Professor at the University of Virginia, specializing in the literary culture of northern Indian languages with a focus on Urdu and Hindi. Her academic work spans teaching, research, and publication in bilingualism, translation, literary modernism, and intersections of religion, literature, history, and art history.
Her educational background includes a Ph.D. from Allahabad University in north India, where she grew up in a household that cherished literature and creativity.
Professor Farooqi's research centers on Urdu literary modernity and Ghalib studies, currently writing commentaries on the poet's 'rejected' verses and self-edited selections. She examines how the printing press transformed literary audiences and Ghalib's editorial practices, reflecting concerns about sharing work with wider readership. Her scholarship bridges classical traditions and contemporary critical frameworks.
Her publication trends reveal sustained engagement with Partition literature, South Asian Muslim identity, and Urdu literary history. Recent works analyze Intizar Husain's Basti, Ghalib's global reception, and vernacular modernity in colonial contexts, demonstrating methodological consistency across biographical, textual, and comparative approaches.
Beyond academia, she contributes to public discourse through a bi-monthly Dawn column on Urdu literature and monthly commentaries on Ghalib's verses, connecting scholarly work with broader cultural audiences.
