Authors Biography
Moosa Raza
Moosa Raza Moosa Raza was born and brought up in a village in Tamilย Nadu that had no electricity, no running water, no flush systemย and no doors to any house. During the first nine years of hisย life, he did not know the English alphabet and only learntย rudimentary Urdu. Today he writes poetry in English, Hindi,ย Urdu, Persian and Arabic. He has already published five books,ย including two collections of Urdu poems.An IAS officer of the 1960 cadre, he rose to become a chiefย secretary of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and secretary to the Government ofย India. After retirement, he heads a large educational trust with 10,000 students, 600ย academic and managerial staff and is the chairman of several private-sector enterprisesย in Mumbai. He continues to work and write even in his 80s and is deeply committed toย the affairs of the nation.