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Author |
: Saif Mahmood |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2018-09-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9388326040 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789388326049 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Beloved Delhi by : Saif Mahmood
'A riveting resurrection of the city of poets, the city of history, Saif Mahmood's learned and evocative book takes us to the heart of Delhi's romance with Urdu verse and aesthetics.'--Namita Gokhale Urdu poetry rules the cultural and emotional landscape of India--especially northern India and much of the Deccan--and of Pakistan. And it was in the great, ancient city of Delhi that Urdu grew to become one of the world's most beautiful languages. Through the 18th and 19th centuries, while the Mughal Empire was in decline, Delhi became the capital of a parallel kingdom--the kingdom of Urdu poetry--producing some of the greatest, most popular poets of all time. They wrote about the pleasure and pain of love, about the splendour of God and the villainy of preachers, about the seductions of wine, and about Delhi, their beloved home. This treasure of a book documents the life and work of the finest classical Urdu poets: Sauda, Dard, Mir, Ghalib, Momin, Zafar, Zauq and Daagh. Through their biographies and poetry--including their best-known ghazals--it also paints a compelling portrait of Mughal Delhi. This is a book for anyone who has ever been touched by Urdu or Delhi, by poetry or romance.
Author |
: Raza Rumi |
Publisher |
: Harper |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2013-06-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9350294184 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789350294185 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Delhi By Heart by : Raza Rumi
A sensitively written account of a Pakistani writer's discovery of Delhi Why, asks Raza Rumi, does the capital of another country feel like home? How is it that a man from Pakistan can cross the border into 'hostile' territory and yet not feel 'foreign'? Is it the geography, the architecture, the food? Or is it the streets, the festivals and the colours of the subcontinent, so familiar and yes, beloved... As he takes in the sights, from the Sufi shrines in the south to the markets of Old Delhi, from Lutyens' stately mansions to Ghalib's crumbling abode, Raza uncovers the many layers of the city. He connects with the richness of the Urdu language, observes the syncretic evolution of mystical Islam in India and its deep connections with Hindustani classical music - so much a part of his own selfhood. And every so often, he returns to the refuge of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, the twelfth-century pir, whose dargah still reverberates with music and prayer every evening. His wanderings through Delhi lead Raza back in time to recollections of a long-forgotten Hindu ancestry and to comparisons with his own city of Lahore - in many ways a mirror image of Delhi. They also lead to reflections on the nature of the modern city, the inherent conflict between the native and the immigrant and, inevitably, to an inquiry into his own identity as a South Asian Muslim. Rich with history and anecdote, and conversations with Dilliwalas known and unknown,Delhi By Heart offers an unusual perspective and unexpected insights into the political and cultural capital of India.
Author |
: William Dalrymple |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 819 |
Release |
: 2009-08-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781408806883 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1408806886 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Last Mughal by : William Dalrymple
WINNER OF THE DUFF COOPER MEMORIAL PRIZE | LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 'Indispensable reading on both India and the Empire' Daily Telegraph 'Brims with life, colour and complexity . . . outstanding' Evening Standard 'A compulsively readable masterpiece' Brian Urquhart, The New York Review of Books A stunning and bloody history of nineteenth-century India and the reign of the Last Mughal. In May 1857 India's flourishing capital became the centre of the bloodiest rebellion the British Empire had ever faced. Once a city of cultural brilliance and learning, Delhi was reduced to a battered, empty ruin, and its ruler – Bahadur Shah Zafar II, the last of the Great Mughals – was thrown into exile. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad: a fight to the death between two powers, neither of whom could retreat. The Last Mughal tells the story of the doomed Mughal capital, its tragic destruction, and the individuals caught up in one of the most terrible upheavals in history, as an army mutiny was transformed into the largest anti-colonial uprising to take place anywhere in the world in the entire course of the nineteenth century.
Author |
: Nitya Khemka |
Publisher |
: Good Night books |
Total Pages |
: 22 |
Release |
: 2017-10-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781602194816 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1602194815 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Good Night Delhi by : Nitya Khemka
Good Night Delhi highlights Janpath Market, Bangla Sahib Gurudwara, Lodi Gardens, Humayun's Tomb, Deer Park, Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Qutub Minar, National Zoo, Old Fort, Bahá'í Temple, the National Rail Museum, and more. This educational board book explores all of the sites and iconic landmarks this dynamic city has to offer. Welcome to the capital of India! This book is part of the bestselling Good Night Our World series, which includes hundreds of titles exploring iconic locations and exciting, child-friendly themes. Many of India's most beloved regions are artfully celebrated in these board books designed to soothe children before bedtime while instilling an early appreciation for India's natural and cultural wonders. Each book stars a multicultural group of people visiting the featured area's attractions as rhythmic language guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons while saluting the iconic aspects of each place.
Author |
: Pavan K. Varma |
Publisher |
: Penguin Books India |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0143064819 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780143064817 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ghalib by : Pavan K. Varma
A Brilliant Biography Of Nineteenth Century India S Greatest Poet Mirza Mohammad Asadullah Khan Ghalib Began Writing Poetry In Persian At The Age Of Nine And The Pre-Eminent Poet Of The Time, Mir, Predicted A Great Future For The Precocious Genius When He Was Shown His Verse. But Success And Material Rewards Did Not Come To Ghalib Easily For The Times Were Against Him, And He Did Not Suffer Fools Gladly Even If They Occupied Positions Of Importance. Ghalib Was At The Height Of His Powers When Events Took A Turn For The Worse. First Came The Decline Of The Mughal Court, Then The Rise Of The British Empire And, Finally, The Revolt Of 1857. Though Ghalib Lived Through The Upheavals And Purges Of The Revolt, In Which Many Of His Contemporaries And Friends Died And His Beloved Delhi Was Irrevocably Changed, He Was A Broken Man And Longed For Death. When He Died, On 15 February 1869, He Left Behind Some Of The Most Vivid Accounts Of The Events Of The Period Ever Written. In This Illuminating Biography Pavan K. Varma Evocatively Captures The Spirit Of The Man And The Essence Of The Times He Lived In.
Author |
: Deepti Kapoor |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 153 |
Release |
: 2015-01-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780385352758 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0385352751 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Bad Character by : Deepti Kapoor
The highly acclaimed story of a young woman in New Dehli, and the love that both shatters and forever changes her—offering an intimate and raw exploration of female transformation in contemporary India, and an unforgettable hymn to a dangerous, exhilarating city. “Searing.... Intoxicating.” —The New York Times Book Review Our narrator is “twenty and untouched” when her mother dies. Sent by her absentee father to live with a relative in a modest New Delhi apartment, she is ill-equipped to resist the allure of the rich and rebellious young man who approaches her one day at a cafe. He is a few years older, and from a different social class, but they both yearn to break free of tradition. As they drive around Delhi—eating, making love, falling apart—he introduces her to an India that she never knew existed, and will never be able to forget. Told in a voice at once gritty and lyrical, A Bad Character is an astounding book.
Author |
: Ipsita Roy Chakravarty |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 221 |
Release |
: 2010-06-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789350299814 |
ISBN-13 |
: 935029981X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Beloved Witch by : Ipsita Roy Chakravarty
Beautiful, intelligent, arrogant, avenging - this in her own words, is Ipsita Roy Chakraverti. In this searchingly honest account of her life as a Wiccan, she both proves and dispels notions of the 'wicked witch', bringing to the fore witchcraft's powers of healing and wisdom, as much as its power to avenge and destroy.
Author |
: Khushwant Singh |
Publisher |
: Penguin Books India |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 1990 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0140126198 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780140126198 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Delhi by : Khushwant Singh
Travelling through time, space and history to 'discover' his beloved city, the narrator of this novel meets a myriad of people - poets and princes, saints and sultans, temptresses and traitors, emperors and eunuchs - who have shaped and endowed Delhi with its very mystique.
Author |
: Dakota Adan |
Publisher |
: Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 178 |
Release |
: 2020-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781524866297 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1524866296 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Be(loved) by : Dakota Adan
Every heart deserves a voice. From the jungles of Cambodia and a chance encounter with a local medicine woman comes Be(loved), poet Dakota Adan’s debut collection of poems, tracing the epic question of what it means to be loved. Hailed as “an essential book for those seeking self-love,” this heartfelt anthology lends voice to the heartbreak and healing of our soul’s quest to reunite with whom we always hoped we could be—ourselves.
Author |
: Cecil Henry Martin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 192 |
Release |
: 1922 |
ISBN-10 |
: NYPL:33433082544564 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Allnutt of Delhi by : Cecil Henry Martin