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Anees Jung

b. 1944

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Born 1944. Anees Jung is an Indian writer, journalist and columnist.

Anees Jung (born 15 December 1944) is an Indian author, journalist and columnist for newspapers in India and abroad, whose most known work, Unveiling India was a chronicle of the lives of women in India, noted especially for the depiction of Muslim women behind the purdah.

Early life and education Born in Rourkela, and growing up in Hyderabad, Her mother and brother are also Urdu poets. After schooling and college at Osmania University in Hyderabad, she went to the United States for higher studies at University of Michigan Ann Arbor, where she did her master's degree in sociology and American studies.

Career She started her career in writing with the Youth Times, a Times of India publication, where she worked as a journalist and editor (1973 to 1980). She has subsequently worked for The Christian Science Monitor and the International Herald Tribune. Anees Jung lives in Delhi. though some find refuge in schools set up by well-meaning NGOs. A section of this book is part of the NCERT's, an academic publisher, Class 12 English Book in CBSE Schools Jung is noted for her lively and vivid descriptions.

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Born
1944, Hyderabad
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Education
University of Michigan, North-Eastern Hill University, Osmania University

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Who is Anees Jung?

Indian author

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Anees Jung was born in 1944 in Hyderabad.

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Anees Jung is a writer, journalist and columnist.

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Anees Jung is Indian.

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· Wikipedia: Anees Jung

· Wikidata: Q4761585

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