counterpoint in ameeras life she sayswhile researching ferozas story khan realised that there were many women who had disappeared from the pages of history and whose voices inhabited oral history there were women who left their imprint on political decisions and on cultural developments but rarely found mention in cisgender male histories in giving cadence to some of these voices this book was born says khan whose previous books include im not a bimbette 2015 and its sequel cyber bullied 2020currently khan is researching on rampur culinary archives which is a part of forgotten foods culinary memory local heritage and lost agricultural varieties in india a project funded by the arts and humanities research council that brings together researchers and practitionersso my translation of nineteenth century persian cookbooks meets the skill set of the khansama and we create something that is workable the ultimate aim is to expand the repertoire of the local khansamas and enhance their employability this should also popularize the forgotten dishes of rampur cuisinethe penultimate aim is to publish a cookbook of the forgotten dishes and to showcase the dishes at a cultural fest the jashn e benazir which we plan to host in rampur in 2022editing a book on rampur cuisine and culture which is slated for publication in april 2022 khan is also writing a novel it is still in its initial stages i am essentially a storyteller a dastango like mirza kallan a character in my book who spins tales till the boundaries of reality and fiction blur she concludes