A history of Dogra rule in Kashmir 1846-1947

Parmu, R.K.

ISBN: 9788183395878, 8183395872

The book describes the origins and the subsequent Dogra rule in Kashmir in avid detail thorough research of available records, both archival and private, in Urdu, Persian and English. Some of these hitherto unknown, particularly Saifuddin's diaries in Persian!;

Laila ke khutoot: the letters of Laila, by Qazi Abdul Ghaffar,

ISBN: 9789383098088, 9383098082

Set in early twentieth century, the Letters of Laila are not only a courtesan's search for identity but also an exposition of the exploitation of women by a complacent and hypocritical society. The letters are by turn witty, philosophical and deeply moving.

Contemporary Urdu short stories from Kolkata,

ISBN: 9789389136906, 9389136903

Dealing with love and loss, dreams and reality, as well as history and violence, this collection encompasses the whole gamut of human experience, seen through the eyes of current Urdu writers from Kolkata.

The Ghazal eros: lyric queerness in history

Naved, Shad

ISBN: 9788196580315, 8196580312

This book studies the movement of language and society in the old ghazal, i.e. the poetry of eros in Urdu, Persian and Arabic. The book argues, screens from a lyric corpus that was historically aware, linguistically evolving and suspicious of mystical interpretation.

The scattered court: Hindustani Music in Colonial Bengal

Williams, Richard David

ISBN: 9789395474863, 9395474866

Presents a new history of how Hindustani court music responded to the political transitions of the nineteenth century. How far did colonialism transform north Indian music? In the period between the Mughal empire and the British Raj, how did the political landscape bleed into aesthetics, music, dance, and poetry? Examining musical culture through a diverse and multilingual archive, primarily us...

City of lyrics: ordinary poets and Islamicate popular culture in early modern Delhi

Tabor, Nathan L.M.

ISBN: 9789395474535, 939547453X

For centuries, Urdu-speaking poets and their audiences have gathered for mushairahs, literary competitions for spoken-word verse. Today the mushairah is a global phenomenon, as audiences in the millions convene in person and online for hours of poetic performance. Tracing these modern gatherings back to their origins, the author introduces readers to the popular emergence of the mushairah in ei...