Swati Sani

An Urdu poetess and an author, I am also an advertising professional and a software entrepreneur. I am currently translating famous couplets of popular Urdu poets in colloquial English for those who love Urdu poetry but struggle with the finer nuances of the language.

The books, a series titled “Famous Urdu Poets” include poets Mirza Ghalib, Faiz Ahmad Faiz (already published), Seemab Akbarabadi, Firaq Gorakhpuri (soon to be published) and a few more. Each book has a collection of popular couplets of the poets translated in English with the original in Urdu, Devanagari, and Roman script.

A postgraduate in Advertising and Public Relations from the Indian Institute of Mass Communications, New Delhi I have also completed my Master’s degree in Urdu Literature at 50.

I decided to switch to being an author after running my software company for 22 years, which actually was my second career after being an advertising professional. I also like to document the recipes of the food I cook and will soon publish them in a book form.