Marion Moltenoย grew up in South Africa, and left after being in conflict
with the apartheid regime. She spent eight years in Zambia, and since then has
been based in London.ย She has had a long association with India and
Pakistan through her work with South Asian communities in the UK, and with Save the Children, with whom she travelled extensively in Asia and Africa. She
studied Urdu with the eminent scholar Ralph Russell, and edits his work, most
recentlyย The Famous Ghalib: The Sound of My Moving Pen.
