Asma Saleem has recently won Sahitya Akademi's award-2009 for her Urdu translated book Safar written by Amrita Pritam in Punjabi as Sunahre. Mrs. Asma Saleem's articles, analyses and translations have been published in various newspapers and magazines. She started her carrier with leading Urdu daily Rashtriya Sahara long ago and traveled a long journey in the field of media and journalism. She is based in Delhi.