Farzana Versey
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Farzana Versey is an Indian writer based in Mumbai. She is currently a regular op-ed contributor to the newspapers The Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle. Her columns have, in the past, appeared in various newspapers and magazines including Rediff.com and Mid-day. She has also been published in many other Indian and Pakistani periodicals including Times of India, The Illustrated Weekly of India, Sunday Observer, Gentleman (magazine) and the Friday Times (Pakistan). Over the 2000-2006 time-frame, many of her write-ups appeared on the web-site chowk.com, the last year in the capacity of its Chief Editor. Most of her articles deal with contemporary political issues of the Indian subcontinent. She makes no secret of her clear-cut views on issues and sometimes her self-professed "healthy disregard for objectivity" generates a lot of heated criticism. Accordingly, she tends to bring out extremes in both fan loyalty as well as adverse criticism.
Ms. Versey is said to have over 2,000 articles to her credit - mostly appearing in mainstream publications. However, many of those articles were published in print media (during the first half of the 1990's) before the widespread use of internet became the norm and are therefore, according to her, currently found on "yellowing parchment". However, her over one hundred articles on her writer page on chowk.com[1] have been among the most popular articles of their time. A few of her popular earlier articles are found in the archives of Rediff.com[2]. Currently, in addition to her regular articles at The Asian Age and The Deccan Chronicle, she continues to contribute at a remarkable pace through her two blog sites - Cross Connections[3] and Ibaadat India[4], as well as other web-sites.
Ms. Versey's first book, entitled A Journey Interrupted - Being Indian in Pakistan[5] was published by Harper-Collins India in Spring 2008.
