Saeed Ibrahim
Bangalore based writer, Saeed Ibrahim, is the author of “Twin Tales from Kutcch,” a family saga set in Colonial India, which has won critical acclaim both in India and overseas since its publication last year. Saeed was born and brought up in Mumbai and was educated at St. Mary’s High School and St.Xavier’s College and later, at the University of the Sorbonne in Paris. He has had a long and eventful working career in India, the UK and France spanning marketing, advertising, airline and travel industries. Today he works part time as an independent consultant and devotes his spare time to writing.
Although Saeed has been writing on and off ever since his school and college days (he was editor of his school newspaper and contributed regularly to his college magazine); his actual journey as a writer started with the publication of his first book "Twin Tales from Kutcch". His second book, a collection of short stories with illustrations by Indo-French artist, Danesh Bharucha, is on the anvil. His other writings include newspaper articles, some travel writing, several book reviews and two essays for the Museum of Material Memory, a digital repository of stories linked to objects of material culture.
Saeed is also a French language specialist having studied at the University of the Sorbonne in Paris. In his spare time he has taught French to students at IFLAC - Institute of Foreign Language and Culture. His other interests include Theatre, Music, Cinema, Impressionist Paintings, Travel & Travel Photography, Heritage & Heirlooms.
Source: saeedibrahim.com