Background
Zaidi was born on 25 June 1968 in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Safdar Zaidi
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Later he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Karachi.
Career
He has written an Urdu novel called Chini Jo Methi Na Thi, which is translated into Dutch De suiker die niet zoet was, (The sugar that was not sweet). His family migrated to Pakistan after the partition of British India. He belongs to a Syed family.
He received his primary education in Karachi.
He moved to the Netherlands and lives there since 1999. He obtained a degree in life science from InHolland University.
He has worked for LEI Wageningen United Republic. A part of his research work was published at Nihon University in Japan. He also worked as a trade development officer of the Pakistan embassy in The Hague.
In addition to his professional area, he is interested in literature.
The knowledge of multiple cultures and languages is the author"s strength. He has published a novel in Dutch De suiker die niet zoet was (The sugar that was not sweet). In his book, the writer has a very moving piece written about the Lalla Rookh, the first sail boat carrying Hindustani contract laborers from India to Suriname.
The boat trip is also a symbol for a transition: the people have realized that faith and castes should make no difference in society.
Eventually, these Indian contract laborers and their descendants created a new type of society in Suriname.
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