Farhat Amin

Farhat Amin, also known by her pen name Minoodi is an Indian journalist, cartoonist and social activist. She is Odisha's state convenor of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, a national rights based organisation which fights for the rights of Muslim women. Farhat is the founder and chief functionary of BIRD Trust, a non-governmental organisation which works for the upliftment of marginalized women in Odisha. She is the pioneer of Muslim women movement in Odisha. In 2005 she was enlisted in the directory of Development journalists published by the prestigious Press Institute of India.