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Preeto and Other Stories

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Author : Rakhshanda Jalil
Publisher : Niyogi Books
ISBN 13 : 9386906643
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (869 download)

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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.

Delights and Disquiets of Leisure in Premodern India

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9394701281
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Delights and Disquiets of Leisure in Premodern India written by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-30 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leisure is a corollary to pleasure. Essays in this historical exploration trace how leisure and recreation were often imagined and celebrated during premodern times, from the ancient to the precolonial period. This book takes into account the differential access to leisure and pleasure based on class and gender where masculinity is projected through manly sports and femininity though beauty and indulgence in the projection of recreation, entertainment and luxury. The counter-discourse representing labour for those who cater for this leisure is invisibilized as is their transactional nature. The volume dwells on the attitudes, prescribed and proscribed, and brings to the fore the differences across religious ideologies such as Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jaina and Muslim in various periods. Further it looks at leisure in the various classes and cultural spaces such as the elite, women, the king in the bed chamber, the court with dancing girls, public areas such as orchards and gardens and performance spaces.

The Thief & Other Stories

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Author : D. C. Sharma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Thief & Other Stories written by D. C. Sharma and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rogues Among the Ruins

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Author : Achala Moulik
Publisher : Niyogi Books
ISBN 13 : 9389136695
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Rogues Among the Ruins written by Achala Moulik and published by Niyogi Books. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rogues among the Ruins portray the conflict of civil servants caught between ideals and thirst for success. The novel adopts the style of great masters like Gogol and Cervantes who, in their search for truth, evoke laughter through tears. The first part of the novel is a gripping fictionalized account of the workings of the Archaeological Survey of India and the painful predicaments of a dedicated but naïve scholar faced with temptations. The scholar’s son, a morally indifferent bureaucrat, chronicles a later era in the second part. Through tawdry dramas, administrative acrobatics of sycophants and hypocrites, he encounters the sordid reality of powerful men and women who think they rule the country. With sardonic humour, sympathy and reluctant respect the narrator takes the reader on a journey through Glory Road where principles are discarded by the ambitious, where the proud encounter humiliations, where idealists are scorned, and sometimes those with stubborn strength overcome ordeals.

Neither Night Nor Day

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Author : Rakhshanda Jalil
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788172236915
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Neither Night Nor Day written by Rakhshanda Jalil and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Entrepreneur In Bosnia, A Ghost In The Elevator, A Deaf-Mute Father Who Dies Yearning For His Son'S Acceptance, A Fantastical Kingdom Of People Without Tongues, A Young Girl On The Threshold Of Marriage And Death This Collection Of Stories Takes Us Through The Strange And Often Twisted Realities That Shape Our Lives. We Meet The Pragmatic Dina Lal Who Trades Religion For Safety In Anti-Hindu Pakistan, A Still-Dignified Narjis On Her Last Journey While Her Child Sleeps In The Arms Of Her Jailor, And Several Others Young And Old, Male And Female As They Wrestle With The Dile Mmas Of Conflicting Cultures And Ideologies. An Eclectic Mix Of Thirteen Stories By Pakistan'S Finest Women Writers, Neither Night Nor Day Explores Milieus Both Old And Contemporary And Exposes, In The Process, The Underbelly Of A Society Where The Spectres Of History Continue To Chase Time.

Delhi Heritage

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Author : Vikramjit Singh Rooprai
Publisher : Niyogi Books
ISBN 13 : 9389136113
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Delhi Heritage written by Vikramjit Singh Rooprai and published by Niyogi Books. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delhi heritage top 10 Series is a comprehensive guide to Delhi heritage icons and architectural gems. The first volume in the series delves into the fascinating history and the great significance of forgotten, subterranean, man-made water structures, commonly known as baolis or stepwells. The book walks us through the top ten baolis, with two special mentions at the end. Besides giving a vivid description of the functioning and revival of the baolis, the book also focuses on the social importance of each structure. The work is an outcome of a three-year-long research from various archives and contains historic as well as modern photographs along with architectural drawings. The Foreward has been written by Prof. Sohail Hashmi.

But You Don't Look Like a Muslim

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Author : Rakhshanda Jalil
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9353029317
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book But You Don't Look Like a Muslim written by Rakhshanda Jalil and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be Muslim in India?What does it mean to look like one's religion?Does one's faith determine how one is perceived?Is there a secular ideal one is supposed to live up to?Can people of different faiths have a shared culture, a shared identity?India has, since time immemorial, been plural, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual, where various streams have fed into and strengthened each other, and where dissimilarities have always been a cause for rejoicing rather than strife. These writings, on and about being Muslim in India, by Rakhshanda Jalil - one of the country's foremost literary historians and cultural commentators - excavate memories, interrogate dilemmas, and rediscover and celebrate a nation and its syncretic culture. But You Don't Look Like a Muslim is a book that every thinking Indian must read.

Kashmir

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Author : Garry Weare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789389136449
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Kashmir written by Garry Weare and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kashmir: A journey through history will appeal to the armchair traveller and history buff. Neither an academic tome nor a guidebook, it describes how Kashmir—ringed by snow-capped peaks—has attracted pilgrims and Sufis, armies and traders, travellers and adventurers, over the centuries. Weare creates engaging story lines that capture the passage of Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic influences which have shaped Kashmir’s rich cultural history. The book traces the journey of the region from its ancient times to the present, with chapters highlighting periods in history, such as the role of the Mughal emperors. The Treaty of Amritsar signed by the British East India Company and Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu, in 1846, created the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. In October 1947 Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession to India. Since then Kashmir has been subject to decades of instability, along with years battling insurgency, as it continues on its long walk to normalcy."--

Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers

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Author : Jacqueline B Frost
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000359859
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers written by Jacqueline B Frost and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with gems of wisdom from the current 'masters of light’, this collection of conversations with twenty leading contemporary cinematographers provides invaluable insight into the art and craft of cinematography. Jacqueline Frost’s interviews provide unprecedented insight into the role as cinematographers discuss selecting projects, the conceptual and creative thinking that goes into devising a visual strategy, working with the script, collaborating with leading directors such as Martin Scorcese, Spike Lee, and Ava DuVernay, the impact of changing technology, and offer advice for aspiring cinematographers. Interviews include Maryse Alberti, John Bailey, Robert Elswit, Kirsten Johnson, Kira Kelly, Ellen Kuras, Edward Lachman, Matthew Libatique, John Lindley, Seamus McGarvey, Reed Morano, Polly Morgan, Rachel Morrison, Rodrigo Prieto, Cynthia Pusheck, Harris Savides, Nancy Schrieber, John Seale, Sandi Sissel, Dante Spinotti, Salvatore Totino, Amy Vincent and Mandy Walker. Filled with valuable information and advice for aspiring cinematographers, directors, and filmmakers, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the art and craft of cinematography.

Losing the Plot

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Author : Sugato Hazra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789391125219
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Losing the Plot written by Sugato Hazra and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shahryar

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Author : Rakhshanda Jalil
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 935302031X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Shahryar written by Rakhshanda Jalil and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-08-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important voices in contemporary Indian poetry, Shahryar (1936-2012) casts a mesmeric spell since the publication of his very first collection, Ism-e Azam, in 1965. In a career spanning five decades, it is interesting how Shahryar always managed to remain topical and his poetry could always be called 'the call of the time'. This ability to remain relevant and to always have something to say consistently over a period of time is a singular quality.This book locates Shahryar's considerable body of work in the trajectory of contemporary Indian writings and evaluates his extraordinary contribution to not merely modern Urdu poetry but, more significantly, modern Indian poetry.

Jallianwala Bagh

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Author : Rakhshanda Jalil
Publisher : Niyogi Books
ISBN 13 : 9386906929
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Jallianwala Bagh written by Rakhshanda Jalil and published by Niyogi Books. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jallianwala Bagh massacre, the butchering of unarmed innocents, is a historic event that haunts the human mind even after the lapse of a century. 1650 rounds fired in a matter of ten minutes, the blocking of exits, preventing help reaching the injured are all acts of unmitigated bestiality. Through a selection of prose and poetry – The direct outcome of this horrific event and an introduction that traces the history of events leading to the massacre – Rakhshanda Jalil, a literary historian and translator from Urdu and Hindi, attempts to open a window into the world of possibilities that literature offers to reflect, interpret and analyse events of momentous historical import. The selection offers ways of ‘seeing’ history, of exploring how an incident that stirred the conscience of millions, one that had far-reaching implications for the National freedom struggle and British rule, found its way through pen and Paper to reach the nooks and crannies of popular imagination filtered through the mind of the creative writer. The stalwarts and acknowledged doyens of Indian literature featured in this volume include Saadat Hasan Manto, Mulk Raj Anand, Krishna Chander, Abdullah Hussein, Bhisham Sahni, Ghulam Abbas, subadhra Kumari Chauhan, Sarojini Naidu, sohan Singh Misha, Muhammad Iqbal, Josh malihabadi, Nanak Singh, to name a few. A collection that can pave the way for further research.

Invisible City

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Author : Rakhshanda Jalil
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788189738778
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Invisible City written by Rakhshanda Jalil and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about Delhi's secret and seldom-visited monuments.

The Temple and The Mosque - The Best Of Premchand

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Author : Rakhshanda Jalil
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9351160459
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book The Temple and The Mosque - The Best Of Premchand written by Rakhshanda Jalil and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Premchand's fiction has been translated before, but seldom did these translations reveal the many facets of his literary genius, nor did they show the wide variety of 'types' he was capable of portraying. For, Premchand wrote not only about villains and martyrs, poverty, rigid social order or caste disparities. His world, seemingly black and white though it is, is also lit by flashes of wit and humour, gentle irony and a persistent social commentary. While Premchand's favourite characters - bhang-drinking pandits, miserable sweepers and arrogant Thakurs - do eature in this collection, this is perhaps the first time that the English reader will be introduced to his 'other' world - a world of unbelievably good men, lovesick young girls, and a penniless braggart's self-delusion.

An Uncivil Woman

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Author : Rakhshanda Jalil
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199474875
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book An Uncivil Woman written by Rakhshanda Jalil 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: Ismat Chughtai-one of the most provocative and rebellious writers in Urdu-wrote voluminously until she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1988. Her formidable body of work comprises several collections of short stories, novels, sketches, plays, reportage, radio plays, as well as stories, and dialogues and scenarios for the films produced by her husband Shahid Lateef as well as others. Much of her non-film writing was autobiographical; if not directly related to her own life, it certainly stemmed from her own experiences as a woman, especially a middle-class Muslim woman. Chughtai is considered as one of the four pillars of modern Urdu short story, the other three being Saadat Hasan Manto, Krishan Chander, and Rajinder Singh Bedi. Her outspoken and controversial style of writing made her the passionate voice for the unheard, and she has become an inspiration for the younger generation of writers, readers, and intellectuals. This work is a collection of reflections on Ismat Chughtai from a variety of scholarly and other sources, especially people who knew her personally. It brings together literature on Ismat Chughtai that had been in scattered sources, many of them out of print, into a single volume. Some pieces have been translated for the first time for this volume. The essays vary in their scholarly approaches, ranging from the theoretically erudite to the thoughtful general overview and interview, shedding light on multiple aspects of Chughtai.

Chandrabati’s Ramayan

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Author : Chandrabati
Publisher : Zubaan
ISBN 13 : 8194721873
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Chandrabati’s Ramayan written by Chandrabati and published by Zubaan. This book was released on 2020-01-25 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chandrabati, the first woman poet in Bangla, lived in the sixteenth century in Mymensingh district in present day Bangladesh. She was also the first poet in the Bangla language to present a retelling of the Ram story from the point of view of Sita. Idolised as a model of marital obedience and chastity in Valmiki’s Ramayan, Chandrabati’s lyrical retelling of Sita’s story offers us a fresh perspective. Written in order to be sung before a non-courtly audience, mainly of womenfolk of rural Bengal, Chandrabati’s Ramayan adds new characters and situations to the story to provide new interpretations of already known events drawing richly on elements of existing genres. Its location in the tales of everyday life has ensured that Chandrabati’s Ramayan lives on in the hearts of village women of modern-day India.

Indian Literature

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Indian Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: