literature. His early fiction focused on the lives of the middle class, and often touched upon political issues. Editing As editor of Hans, a monthly literary magazine in Hindi, Yadav encouraged writing on themes surrounding questions of inequality and poverty. In his editorials for Hans, he often wrote about issues concerning feminism and Dalit empowerment, and encouraged contributions to the magazine from Dalit and women writers. His frank style occasionally courted controversy and he was once the subject of litigation after statements made by him were alleged to offend religious sentiments. He was a strong advocate of freedom of expression and expressed the opinion that the refusal of Hindi writer-editors to publish good, but controversial, literature, had directly led to the flourishing of little magazines that would publish such works. Selected bibliography DIXANT RANA hastag bhai bhai , 2006 NONU TONU , 2015 Ukhre Huey Log, (The Rootless People) Kulta (The Wayward Wife) Shaah aur Maat (Check and Mate). Strangers on the Roof, tr. by Ruth Vanita. 1994, Penguin, . Ek Inch Muskaan (A Little Smile), with Manu Bhandari. References External links About Rajendra Yadav, at Hans magazine website Rajendra Yadav, at E-Magazine Shabdankan In search of roots, by Rajendra Yadav Two in the next world, by Rajendra Yadav Roushni Kahan Hai, A Story by Rajendra Yadav Poems by Rajendra Yadav Hindi-language writers Indian magazine editors Indian male essayists 1929 births 2013 deaths People from Agra Novelists from Uttar Pradesh People from Noida Translators from Russian Translators from English Translators to Hindi Indian male novelists 20th-century Indian novelists Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University alumni 20th-century Indian translators 20th-century Indian essayists 20th-century Indian male writers