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Book Synopsis Modern Urdu Short Stories from Pakistan by :
Download or read book Modern Urdu Short Stories from Pakistan written by and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology brings together English translations of twenty-six Urdu short stories by mostly renowned Pakistani writers. All the stories were written between 1947 and the present time. Authors range from the celebrated Saadat Hasan Manto to Dr Shershah Syed and Mehmood Zafar. Not all of these stories are necessarily the most famous works of their authors, and most of them have not been translated into English before. However, their exquisite depiction of diverse experiences and social realities justifies calling them unforgettable gems of Urdu short story writing. Selected and translated by Amina Azfar, these stories will delight the general reader and will also be found useful by students and scholars studying South Asian literature, culture, and history.
Book Synopsis The Penguin Book of Classic Urdu Stories by : Mohammad Asaduddin
Download or read book The Penguin Book of Classic Urdu Stories written by Mohammad Asaduddin and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2006 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though Barely A Hundred Years Old, The Urdu Short Story, Or Afsana', Has Established Itself At The Forefront Of Urdu Literature. Emerging As A Discrete Narrative Genre With Munshi Premchand, It Gained Momentum With The Progressive Writers' Movement In The 1930S. The Partition Of The Subcontinent In 1947 Introduced New Dynamics Into The Genre As Writers Grappled With Emerging Trends Of Modernism And Symbolism As Well As With A Depleted Readership In India And The Challenge Of Establishing A New Literary Tradition Commensurate With A New Nationhood In Pakistan. The Penguin Book Of Classic Urdu Stories Brings Together Sixteen Memorable Tales That Have Influenced Generations Of Readers. From Saadat Hasan Manto'S Immortal Partition Narrative Toba Tek Singh' And The Harrowing Realism Of Premchand'S The Shroud' To The Whimsical Strains Of Qurratulain Hyder'S Confessions Of St Flora Of Georgia' And The Daring Experimentation Of Khalida Husain'S Millipede', This Definitive Collection Represents The Best Of Short Fiction In Urdu. In The Process, It Provides A Glimpse Of The Works Of Acclaimed Masters On Both Sides Of The Border Ismat Chughtai And Ashfaq Ahmad, Rajinder Singh Bedi And Intizar Husain, Krishan Chander And Hasan Manzar, Naiyer Masud And Ikramullah.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Book of Urdu Short Stories by : Amina Azfar
Download or read book The Oxford Book of Urdu Short Stories written by Amina Azfar and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the best Urdu short stories, from the earliest to contemporary works, come together in this anthology; all in brand new translations. Some of the stories included here are available in different anthologies in other translations, but there are also several that have been translated for the first time, specifically for this volume. The book demonstrates the range of the genre in Urdu.
Book Synopsis The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories by : Stephen Alter
Download or read book The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories written by Stephen Alter and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2001-10-11 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty classic short stories from master writers across the country This superb collection contains some of the best Indian short stories written in the last fifty years, both in English and in the regional languages. Some of these stories – ‘We Have Arrived in Amritsar’ by Bhisham Sahni, ‘Companions’ by Raja Rao, ‘The Sky and the Cat’ by U.R. Anantha Murthy, ‘A Devoted Son’ by Anita Desai – have been widely anthologized and are well known. Others, like Premendra Mitra’s ‘The Discovery of Telenapota’, Gangadhar Gadgil’s ‘The Dog that Ran in Circles’, Mowni’s ‘A Loss of Identity’, O.V. Vijayan’s ‘The Wart’ and Devanuru Mahadeva’s ‘Amasa’, are less familiar to readers but are nevertheless classics of the art of the short story. This new and revised edition includes three additional classics: R.K. Narayan’s ‘Another Community’, Avinash Dolas’s ‘The Victim’ and Ismat Chughtai’s ‘The Wedding Shroud’. The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories is a marvellous and entertaining introduction to the rich diversity of pleasures that the Indian short story–a form that has produced masters in over a dozen languages–can offer.
Book Synopsis The Oxford India Anthology of Modern Urdu Literature by : Mehr Afshan Farooqi
Download or read book The Oxford India Anthology of Modern Urdu Literature written by Mehr Afshan Farooqi and published by OUP India. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering 100 years of literary production, this volume includes poems, essays and sketches, autobiography, drama, humour and satire, and letters by some of the leading lights of modern Urdu literature. The volume also includes interesting anecdotes on well-known literary personages like Ghalib.
Book Synopsis Breakthrough by : Sukrita Paul Kumar
Download or read book Breakthrough written by Sukrita Paul Kumar and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Quilt and Other Stories by : Ismat Chughtai
Download or read book The Quilt and Other Stories written by Ismat Chughtai and published by Quartet Books (UK). This book was released on 1991 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noveller.
Book Synopsis Who Is a Muslim? by : Maryam Wasif Khan
Download or read book Who Is a Muslim? written by Maryam Wasif Khan and published by Fordham University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who Is a Muslim? argues that modern Urdu literature, from its inception in colonial institutions such as Fort William College, Calcutta, to its dominant iterations in contemporary Pakistan—popular novels, short stories, television serials—is formed around a question that is and historically has been at the core of early modern and modern Western literatures. The question “Who is a Muslim?,” a constant concern within eighteenth-century literary and scholarly orientalist texts, the English oriental tale chief among them, takes on new and dangerous meanings once it travels to the North-Indian colony, and later to the newly formed Pakistan. A literary-historical study spanning some three centuries, this book argues that the idea of an Urdu canon, far from secular or progressive, has been shaped as the authority designate around the intertwined questions of piety, national identity, and citizenship.
Book Synopsis Preeto and Other Stories by : Rakhshanda Jalil
Download or read book Preeto and Other Stories written by Rakhshanda Jalil and published by Niyogi Books. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where more women are joining the work force, where ever more are stepping out from their secluded and cloistered world and can be physically seen in larger numbers, this collection seeks to explore how male writers in Urdu view and consequently present or represent the women of their world. In her Introduction, Rakhshanda Jalil traces the history of ‘writings on women’ by both male and female writers — from the doyens of Urdu literature to contemporary writers dealing with contemporary issues, setting the mood for the stories in this collection and giving the reader a sampler of what to expect in the ensuing pages. The collection includes themes which are timeless as well as topics that are an outcome of the times we live in. Starting with two of the four pillars of the Urdu short story – Rajinder Singh Bedi and Krishan Chandar – who can be credited with introducing a realistic portrayal of women in Urdu fiction, the stories in this volume offer multiple ways of ‘seeing’ women.
Book Synopsis The Mirror of Beauty by : Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Download or read book The Mirror of Beauty written by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 1325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the sunset of the Mughal Empire. The splendour of imperial Delhi flares one last time. The young daughter of a craftsman in the city elopes with an officer of the East India Company. And so we are drawn into the story of Wazir Khanam: a dazzlingly beautiful and fiercely independent woman who takes a series of lovers, including a Navab and a Mughal prince—and whom history remembers as the mother of the famous poet Dagh. But it is not just one life that this novel sets out to capture: it paints in rapturous detail an entire civilization. Beginning with the story of an enigmatic and gifted painter in a village near Kishangarh, The Mirror of Beauty embarks on an epic journey that sweeps through the death-giving deserts of Rajputana, the verdant valley of Kashmir and the glorious cosmopolis of Delhi, the craft of miniature painting and the art of carpet designing, scintillating musical performances and recurring paintings of mysterious, alluring women. Its scope breathtaking, its language beguiling, and its style sumptuous, this is a work of profound beauty, depth and power.
Book Synopsis My Eid Mubarak Storybook by : Omer Naqi
Download or read book My Eid Mubarak Storybook written by Omer Naqi and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People around the world celebrate different festivals and joyous holidays throughout the year. Whether it is Christmas, Diwali, or Eid, it is wonderful to see everyone come together and celebrate the holidays. The Eid Mubarak Storybook is a fun and exciting book that teaches children about the traditions of Eid. Join Emaan, Inaaya, Noorah, and their friends as they get ready to celebrate Eid this year. Read about their exciting Eid plans. We just love the festive holiday season and learning about different festivals and cultures, dont you?
Download or read book Angaaray written by Snehal Shingavi and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1932, this slim volume of short stories created a firestorm of public outrage for its bold attack on the hypocrisy of conservative Islam and British colonialism. Inspired by British modernists like Woolf and Joyce as well as the Indian independence movement, the four young trailblazers who penned this collection were eager to revolutionize Urdu literature. Instead, they invited the wrath of the establishment: the book was burned in protest and then banned by the British authorities. Nevertheless, Angaaray spawned a new generation of Urdu writers and gave birth to the Progressive Writers' Association, whose members included, among others, stalwarts like Chughtai, Manto, Premchand and Faiz. This edition also provides a compelling account of the furore surrounding this explosive collection.
Book Synopsis Glimpses of Modern Urdu Literature by : Madan Lall Manchanda
Download or read book Glimpses of Modern Urdu Literature written by Madan Lall Manchanda and published by K.K. Publications. This book was released on 2022-03-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENTS Forward............................................................................. vii A Word................................................................................. x Acknowledgment............................................................... xi 1. Hindi-Urdu — The Two Sister Languages....................... 1 2. Amir Khusrau’s Crusade for Integration.......................... 7 3. Love of the Land in Poetry............................................ 10 4. Rainy Season in Urdu Poetry......................................... 16 5. Ghazal Back in Popular Favour...................................... 19 6. Development of Urdu Drama......................................... 21 7. ‘Inshia Nigari’ - The Art of Urdu Essay Writing............ 26 8. Urdu Literature And Contemporary Knowledge........... 30 Modern Era Heraladed by Ghalib 9. Humorous Interpretation of Ghalib................................ 37 10. Ghalib and Zauq – The Incomparable Rivals.............. 43 Precursors of New Age in Urdu Poetry 11. Poet who Gave Urdu Its First Lady Love................... 49 12. Ehasan Daanish – The Poet of the Oppressed............. 53 New Age in Urdu Poetry 13. Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poetry marks the dawn of New Age in Urdy poetry............................................................. 59 Nationalistic Trends in Urdu Poetry 14. Josh Maleehabadi – The Poet of Revolution............... 65 15. Saghar Nizami – A National Poet................................ 69 Expanding Vistas of Ghazal 16. Firaq’s Impact on Urdu Poetry.................................... 75 Restoring Ghazals to Classical Perfection 17. Jigar Moradabadi – The Staunch Traditionalist........... 81 18. Naresh Kumar Shad - The Progressive Traditionalist.. 85 Expression of Socio-Political Urges of Time 19. Kaifi Azmi — The Red Rose of Urdu Poetry............. 91 20. Sahir Ludhianvi — Poet and Thinker.......................... 97 21. Sahir and the Nuclear Holocaust............................... 100 The Esoteric Intellectualism 22. Salam Machleeshahri – An Enthralling Lyricist........ 105 23. Krishan Mohan’s Poetry – A Glow of Intellectualism 109 Epoch Making Era of Urdu Short Story 24. Story of Story – An Encounter with P.N. Dar.......... 117 25. Krishan Chander and his art – Socialistic Realism in Urdu Short Story 123 26. A Writer With a Difference....................................... 127 27. Rambler in Urdu Fiction............................................ 130 Other Articles of the Author on Contemporary Trends of Literature 28. Where Criticism Fails ................................................ 137 29. Love is the Eternal Passion........................................ 140 30. Story Spinner............................................................. 143 31. Alley Pictures............................................................. 145
Book Synopsis River of Fire by : Qurratulain Hyder
Download or read book River of Fire written by Qurratulain Hyder and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel of India through the eyes of four protagonists, reincarnated several times over 2,000 years. They retain the same names and are always involved with each other. A tale of love, war, possession and dispossession. By an Indian woman writing in Urdu.
Download or read book Passages written by Barbara H. Solomon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 24 stories from today's best indian authors India's literary tradition has found a growing audience around the world. Many talented writers have arrived on the scene, each illuminating different parts of the Indian experience, from years of colonial rule to the unique challenges of life in the West. This important anthology includes short stories and novel excerpts from Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai, Rohinton Mistry, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Anita Desai, Bharati Mukherjee, R. K. Narayan, and sixteen more.
Book Synopsis SHORT STORIES FROM MODERN INDIA by : Suresh Kohli
Download or read book SHORT STORIES FROM MODERN INDIA written by Suresh Kohli and published by Om Books International. This book was released on 2013 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best General Book
Book Synopsis The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature by : Amit Chaudhuri
Download or read book The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature written by Amit Chaudhuri and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2004-11-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years American readers have been thrilling to the work of such Indian writers as Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth. Now this extravagant and wonderfully discerning anthology unfurls the full diversity of Indian literature from the 1850s to the present, presenting today’s brightest talents in the company of their distinguished forbearers and likely heirs. The thirty-eight authors collected by novelist Amit Chaudhuri write not only in English but also in Hindi, Bengali, and Urdu. They include Rabindranath Tagore, arguably the first international literary celebrity, chronicling the wistful relationship between a village postal inspector and a servant girl, and Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee, represented by an excerpt from his classic novel about an impoverished Bengali childhood, Pather Panchali. Here, too, are selections from Nirad C. Chaudhuri’s Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, R. K. Narayan’s The English Teacher, and Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children alongside a high-spirited nonsense tale, a drily funny account of a pre-Partition Muslim girlhood, and a Bombay policier as gripping as anything by Ed McBain. Never before has so much of the subcontinent’s writing been made available in a single volume.
