Sadia Dehlvi

Sadia Dehlvi
Born1957
Died5 August 2020(2020-08-05) (aged 62–63)
Other namesSadia Sayyed Karamat Ali
Occupationsactivist, columnist and writer
SpouseSayyed Karamat Ali

Sadia Dehlvi (1957 – 5 August 2020) was a Delhi-based activist, writer and a columnist with the daily newspaper, the Hindustan Times, and frequently published in Frontline and Urdu, Hindi and English newspapers and magazines. She was a devotee of Khwaja Gharib Nawaz of Ajmer and Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi. She criticized radical interpretations of Islam and called for a pluralistic understanding of Islam. She produced and scripted documentaries and television programs, including Amma and Family (1995), starring Zohra Sehgal, a veteran stage actor.