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This book, bringing together a cornucopia of biography, interviews and critical essays by eminent scholars like Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, Carlo Coppola, Ahmed H. al-Rahim and Snehal Shingavi, among others, provides deep insight into bilingual creative genius of Ahmed Ali, one of the founding members of All India Progressive Writers’ Association.
Highlighting some unknown aspects of Ali’s life, it sheds fascinating light on his literary oeuvre as well as ...
Our knowledge of Indian society during British rule in the nineteenth century has rested primarily on the voluminous records of the East India Company, the works of various Europeans, the writings of many civil servants of the Company and the accounts of Indians writing in this period. Interesting first-hand and very useful alternative sources are writings of Indians produced on request or assignment by company administrators. Such accounts are by no means ...
Urdu Literature has had a long and colourful history in the Indian Subcontinent. The Oxford India Anthology of Modern Urdu Literature comprehensively and creatively surveys the field from the mid-nineteenth to late twentieth centuries. Covering 100 years of literary production, including about 90 authors and over 130 selections, and many new translations, the twin volumes cover major genres like poetry, drama, and fiction, as well as essays, autobiography and ...