Krishna Sobti

About Krishna Sobti

Krishna Sobti who passed away on January 25, 2019, wrote 11 novels, exploring a wide array of topics, and numerous short stories and essays, including an entire series written under her male nom de plume ‘Hashmat’. Hashmat’s essays, published in three volumes, consist primarily of biographical sketches of her (mostly) male colleagues. As a trail-blazing feminist, Sobti often wrote about women’s lives and women’s issues, but she also did not wish to be considered a ‘lady writer’. Her male alter ego helped cement her identity as a ‘writer’.