Nazia Erum is the author of the critically acclaimed and hard-hitting book, 'Mothering a Muslim', which opened prime-time discussions on the telly and front page headlines in newspapers. It has been called an 'important book' for our times that 'fills a gap in Indian literature'. Previously she has handled communications for the Global Fund, lead projects for development organizations including the UNDP and has also been an entrepreneur with her work wear brand. Presently she writes on the cross sections of gender, inter-faith and politics, mostly bringing to the fore that which was under-represented, under-reported or missing from discourse.