Adil Mansuri (1936–2008) was born in Ahmedabad, India in 1936. Gujarati was his native language as well as his mother tongue. In 1948 his family migrated from Ahmedabad, India to Karachi, Pakistan. There he was introduced to Urdu, and began writing poems in Urdu and Gujarati. Eight years later, in 1955, he moved back to India. Finally, in 1985, he immigrated to New Jersey, USA. Having experienced moving away from country to country multiple times, the feeling of longing and missing one’s homeland is a recurring theme in Mansuri’s work. He expressed himself in a multitude of ways such as through Gujarati and Urdu poetry as well through painting and calligraphy. Adil Mansuri passed away in 2008 in New Jersey.