Takbeer Salati was born and raised in Srinagar, Kashmir. She is a doctoral student working in the field of South Asian Partition studies and is also a creative writer. Her short stories have featured in Samyukta Fiction, Nether Quarterly, Muse India, Outlook India, Café Dissensus among others. She has a photo essay in The Bombay Literary Magazine and in the On Eating Journal. Her writing was also short listed in 20 under 30 best Short Story Writers 20 under 30 in The Bombay Review, 2021. She has her short stories in various anthologies like Looking from the Window and others.