Shikwah, Jawab-i-Shikwah (Representation and Reply), English rendering, transliteration with comparative Urdu text and introd. by Sultan Zahur AKhtar

ISBN: 9788183390323, 8183390323

Linguistic identities of Jammu and Kashmir: languages and state policies

Sharma, Vandana

ISBN: 9788183393027, 8183393020

The book presents full account of linguistic policy of Union and State Government towards Urdu, English and Hindi and its impact on Socio-cultural and political scenario of Jammu and Kashmir.

The last light of Delhi: glimpses from a golden age of poetry

Baig, Mirza Farhatullah

ISBN: 9780670094257, 0670094250

This book is the story of a last grand mushaira held in the city of Delhi circa 1845. Though the mushaira is fictional, the book is a cultural document of the age, taking the reader on a journey in time to a past of 1857.

Negotiating languages: Urdu, Hindi, and the defination of modern South Asia

Hakala, Walter N.

ISBN: 9789384092702, 9384092703

A brilliant contribution to the story of how Hindustani emerged as a standardized comprehensive language, and in the end diverged into Urdu and Hindi as language of cultural and national identity.

In custody

Desai, Anita

ISBN: 9788184000139, 8184000138

Deven, a Hindi lecturer in small-town Mirpore, lives a humdrum existence. A chance to interview Nur-India's greatest living Urdu poet-offers him an escape from his dreary life.

Poems from Iqbal: renderings in English verse with comparative Urdu text, tr. by V.G. Kiernan

ISBN: 9788183393829, 8183393829

Preeto & other stories: the male gaze in Urdu,

ISBN: 9789386906649, 9386906643

This book in Urdu includes stories by male writers writing on topics which are timeless as well as contemporary, offering multiple ways of `seeing' women.

Print culture: Sir Syed's Aligarh Institute Gazette 1866-1897, tr. from Urdu by Syed Asim Ali

Abbas, Asghar

ISBN: 9789384082291, 9384082295

This book is based on a critical study of The Aligarh Institute Gazette covering the period 1866-97, a phase when India was slowly transiting to the modern age, with the spread of new political, social, educational and religious ideas. It is an important contribution to the understanding of Urdu journalism and throws light on the ideas and character of Sir Syed.

Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam Ex-ruler of Bhopal,

Iqbal, Akhtar

ISBN: 9789381523087, 9381523088

This book is second in the series of the memoirs of Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam, the ex-ruler of Bhopal. Originally written in Urdu, it gives the story of her reign from 1908 to 1912, providing a picture of life in Bhopal.

Celebrating Urdu

ISBN: 9789389620092, 9389620090

Urdu is a language of extreme charm and beauty. Our attempt in this book is to present a kaleidoscopic view of Urdu through scholars and artists of our times.

Religion and ideology of the rebels of 1857

Husain, Iqbal

ISBN: 9789380607481, 9380607482

The book seeks to understand the ideological elements which formed the background to the rebellion and in doing so brings to light largely unexplored sources such as the proclamations of the rebels and their sympathizers and the correspondance they carried out amongst themselves. Written in Urdu and Persian, these sources have generally escaped the attention of historians.

Urdu literature and journalism: critical perspectives

Kidwai, Shafey

ISBN: 9789382993773, 9382993770

Sisa-ghar mein tor-phor, collections by Mazhar Ahmad

The Junaydi Sufis of the Deccan: discovery of a seventeenth century scroll, with a foreword by Carl W. Ernst

Siddiqi, Mohammed Suleman

ISBN: 9789380607528, 9380607520

This book is based on the spiritual scroll and discovered by the author, recasts the history of Sufism in north India in general and in the Deccan in particular.

The last gathering: a vivid portrait of life in the Red Fort, Bazm-i Aakhir, tr. by Ather Farouqui

Faizuddin, Munshi

ISBN: 9788194969150, 8194969158

Kitabu'l-Hawifi'al-Tibb (Liber continents) by Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (Rhazes) (865-925 AD), Part I, first ed. of English tr.

Arabic with English tr. The books of Razi are most helpful for practice and therapeutics. They contain experiments, diagnostic points, personnel details of patients and history, symptoms and signs of diseases. The numbers of books mentioned by Ibn Nadeem is 167, Ibn Abi Usaibia is 235, Ibn Qifti is 167, and al-Bairuni is 184. The list presented by al-Bairuni includes 65 books on medicine, 33 on...

The blazing chinar: an autobiography Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah,

Abdullah, Sheikh Mohammad

ISBN: 9788183394758, 8183394752

Biography of Sheikh Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was a sensitive and articulate Kashmiri Muslim man whose antipathy toward socioeconomic inequity and political disenfranchisement of the downtrodden people of Jammu and Kashmir sharpened his political consciousness and impelled him to work for the realization of the seemingly unachievable dream...;

Abbas: the journeys up the hills: an autobiography

ISBN: 9788183395458, 8183395457

Among autobiographies written by Kashmiris, Abbas-Journeys up the Hill (originally Khaar-e-Gulistan in Urdu) of Maulana Muhammad Abbas Ansari stands out as an account of a brilliant mind, a statesman, an emancipating leader, and a religious and spiritual head.;

Poet of humanity: life and works of Anand Narain Mulla

Ali, Zaheer

ISBN: 9789350028162, 9350028166

The book encompasses a detailed analysis of Mulla's works of Urdu poetry and prose.

Delhi and its environs before 1857: the account of Ramji Das, Sarishtadar,

ISBN: 9789358520217, 9358520213

This book provides a rare description of the city--the alam mein intikhab--where even Lord Indra chose to alight, and this work commands a distinctive place amongst the Persian and Urdu words recorded between the mid-eighteenth and early twentieth centuries.