Background
Kidwai was born on December 20, 1951 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Kidwai studied at McGill University from 1976 to 1980.
(Lambda literary award finalist, Same-Sex Love in India pr...)
Lambda literary award finalist, Same-Sex Love in India presents a stunning array of writings on same-sex love from over 2000 years of Indian literature.
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Kidwai was born on December 20, 1951 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Kidwai went to school in Lucknow and studied history in Delhi. He studied at McGill University from 1976 to 1980.
Kidwai began his career as a teacher at Ramjas College of Delhi University in 1973, where he served until 1993. Also he was a professor of medieval history at the same college. Since then Saleem has been researching and writing for himself.
He is a co-editor of "Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History". Also Saleem translated several texts from Urdu to English, including Song Sung True, a memoir of Malka Pukhraj and Mirror of Wonders, short stories by Syed Rafiq Husain.
(Lambda literary award finalist, Same-Sex Love in India pr...)
2000Kidwai was one of the first academics to speak publicly as a member of the LGBT community.