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1) Awakening is a unique book because it looks at the freedom
movement and its key landmarks through the prism of Urdu
literature. 2) This English translation It is originally written in
Urdu by Gopi Chand Narang, author of numerous pathbreaking
scholarly books. 3) This book will be of interest to departments of
English Literature, Modern Indian history and South Asian Studies
across UK.
1) Awakening is a unique book because it looks at the freedom
movement and its key landmarks through the prism of Urdu
literature. 2) This English translation It is originally written in
Urdu by Gopi Chand Narang, author of numerous pathbreaking
scholarly books. 3) This book will be of interest to departments of
English Literature, Modern Indian history and South Asian Studies
across UK.
One of contemporary India's most prolific Urdu poets, Firaq
Gorakhpuri was well known for his ghazals, nazms, rubaais and
qat'aa. His magnum opus, Gul-e-Naghma, won him the Jnanpith Award
(1969), India's first highest literary honour for literature. The
other awards bestowed upon him include the Sahitya Akademi Award
(1960), and the Ghalib Academy Award (1981). In this personalized
biography, Firaq's nephew, Ajai Mansingh, tells the compelling tale
of the poet's life, inspiration, and struggles - shedding light on
the trials and tribulations of one of India's greatest literary
figures. 'Firaq is a poet of the labyrinths of emotions, the
sensuousness and transcendence of beauty, and the merging shades of
pain and ecstasy. The softness and suppleness of his voice does not
have a parallel in Urdu poetry.' - Gopi Chand Narang
Rajinder Singh Bedi: Selected Short Stories curates some of the
best work by the Urdu writer, whose contribution to Urdu fiction
makes him a pivotal force within modern Indian literature. Born in
Sialkot, Punjab, Rajinder Singh Bedi (1915-1984) lived many
lives-as a student and postmaster in Lahore, a venerated
screenwriter for popular Hindi films and a winner of both the
Sahitya Akademi as well as the Filmfare awards. Considered one of
the prominent progressive writers of modern Urdu fiction, Bedi was
an architect of contemporary Urdu writing along with leading lights
such as Munshi Premchand and Saadat Hasan Manto. Written between
1940 and 1975, the fifteen short stories included in this
collection comprise favorites like 'Garam Coat' (Woollen Coat),
'Lajwanti', 'Apne Dukh Mujhe De Do' (Give Me Your Sorrows), 'Rahman
ke Joote' (Rahman's Shoes) and others. Bedi's stories dissect human
emotions with grim precision as he navigates the everyday lives of
men and women, exposing social inequities and economic problems.
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