Jung; Anees

Anees Jung was born in Hyderabad. Her father, Nawab Hosh Yar
Jung, was one of the principal advisers to the last reigning Nizam
of Hyderabad. She was brought up as a child in strict purdah, but
later went on to study at Osmania University and the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she took a Master’s degree in sociology
and American studies.
She has been the editor of a magazine, Youth Times, and has
written for several of the world’s major newspapers. She has also
written two books—When a Place Becomes a Person and Poems
in Prose.
Anees Jung lives in New Delhi.