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A Day in the Life

By: Anjum Hasan

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Quixotic nonconformists in small towns and young newly-weds trying to keep up with the times; a forlorn retiree helpless in the face of contemporary anger and a middle-class woman's bond with her maid. Fourteen well-crafted stories give us a sense of the daily life of a wide cast of characters. Hasan's protagonists are, as always, inward-looking, and whimsical and vulnerable outliers. Where is their place in the new order, where have they come from and where are they going? Quietly devastating, subtly subversive and wonderfully wry, Hasan is a home-grown talent whose stories are increasingly the good address for authentic Indian fiction.

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9353050030

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History's Angel

By: Anjum Hasan

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History's Angel

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A darkly funny, sharply observed, and deeply moving novel about the surprises and struggles of life in contemporary Delhi _____________________ 'A beautiful novel exploring tensions in modern India' OBSERVER 'Confirms Anjum Hasan as one of the most important writers of our time' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE Alif is a middle-aged, mild-mannered history teacher, living in contemporary Delhi, at a time in India's history when Muslims are seen either as hapless victims or live threats. Though his life's passion is the history he teaches, it's the present that presses down on him: his wife is set on a bigger house and a better car while trying to ace her MBA exams; his teenage son wants to quit school to get rich; his supercilious colleagues are suspicious of a Muslim teaching India's history; and his old friend Ganesh has just reconnected with a childhood sweetheart with whom Alif was always rather enamored himself. And then the unthinkable happens. While Alif is leading a school field trip, a student goads him, and in a fit of anger, Alif twists his ear. His job suddenly on the line, Alif finds his life rapidly descending into chaos. Meanwhile, his home city, too, darkens under the spreading shadow of violence. In this darkly funny, sharply observed, and shockingly moving novel, Anjum Hasan deftly and delicately explores the life of Muslims in India and the force and consequence of remembering your people's history in an increasingly indifferent milieu. 'Hasan's eye is sharp and her aim is unerring. This is a work of sublime elegance' SHRUTI SWAMY, author of The Archer 'Told in a subdued, sad, ironical tenor, it is compassionate without being sentimental' GEETANJALI SHREE, author of the International Booker Prize-winning Tomb of Sand 'Extremely timely ... History's Angel helps us view the erasures of the past through a living lens with sensitivity and nuance' DAISY ROCKWELL

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526656027

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9781526656025

Neti, Neti: Not This, Not This

By: Anjum Hasan

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Neti, Neti: Not This, Not This

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Anjum Hasan is the author of two novels, The Cosmopolitans and Lunatic in my Head (shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award), a collection of short stories, Difficult Pleasures (shortlisted for the Hindu Literary Prize and the Crossword Book Award), and a book of poetry, Street on the Hill. She lives in Bangalore.

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Roli Books Private Limited

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8194566177

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9788194566175

History's Angel

By: Anjum Hasan

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History's Angel

By: Anjum Hasan

From the Man Asian Literary Prize-longlisted author, the story of a middle-aged man in contemporary India discovering that neither his life nor his country are as stable as he thought. Alif is a middle-aged, mild-mannered history teacher, living in contemporary Delhi, at a time when Muslims in India are seen either as hapless victims or live threats. Though his life's passion is the history he teaches, it's the present that presses down on him: his wife is set on a bigger house and a better car while trying to ace her MBA exams; his teenage son wants to quit school to get rich; his supercilious colleagues are suspicious of a Muslim teaching India's history; and his old friend Ganesh has just reconnected with a childhood sweetheart with whom Alif was always rather enamored himself. And then the unthinkable happens. While Alif is leading a school field trip, a student goads him and, in a fit of anger, Alif twists his ear. His job suddenly on the line, Alif finds his life rapidly descending into chaos. Meanwhile, his home city, too, darkens under the spreading shadow of violence. In this darkly funny, sharply observed and deeply moving novel, Anjum Hasan deftly and delicately explores the force and the consequences of remembering your people's history in an increasingly indifferent milieu.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1639730419

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9781639730414

Street on the Hill

By: Anjum Hasan

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Street on the Hill

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Street On The Hill Is A Closely Observed And Highly Textured Narrative About Middle-Class Lives In A Small Town. The Book Starts By Exploring A Childhood That Is Both Starkly Revealed And Yet Persistently Enigmatic. The Later Poems Are About Flight And The Significance Of The ýMuseum Of The Pastý. Inverting The Rootedness Depicted Earlier In The Book, These Poems Celebrate Travel, Love And The Life Of The Senses.

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Sahitya Akademi

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8126017937

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Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought

The Taymiyyan Moment

By: Ovamir Anjum

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Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought

The Taymiyyan Moment

By: Ovamir Anjum

This study reassesses the influence and philosophy of Ibn Taymiyya, one of the greatest medieval Islamic theologians.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107014069

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9781107014060

Iqbal

The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician

By: Zafar Anjum

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Iqbal

The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician

By: Zafar Anjum

Allama Mohammad Iqbal, whom Sarojini Naidu called the ‘Poet laureate of Asia’, remains a controversial figure in the history of the Indian subcontinent. On the one hand, he is considered the ‘Spiritual Father of Pakistan’. On the other, his message of Eastern revivalism places him in the ranks of the twentieth century’s major intellectuals. Iqbal’s tragedy was that after his death, he was made the national poet of Pakistan and largely ignored in India. In his time, he was lauded as much as Tagore, but today India celebrates Tagore while Iqbal has been banished from her consciousness. This meticulously researched biography will redress that erasure. This is the story of Iqbal’s evolution as a poet, philosopher and politician. While his role in the struggle for India’s freedom and the Pakistan movement are well known, not much is known about his personal life. This book highlights some of the least known facets of the poet’s life: how did a nationalist poet transform into a poet of Islamic revivalism and global revolution? How did three years in Europe change Iqbal’s political and philosophical outlook? Why did he start writing in Persian during his stay in Europe? Why did his first marriage fail and how did his romantic relationships affect him? What exactly was the poet’s role in bringing about Partition? Written with the passion of an ardent devotee, Zafar Anjum’s Iqbal answers all of these questions—and many more—in this carefully told biography.

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Random House India

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818400656X

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9788184006568

Thinking with Ghalib - Poetry for a New Generation

By: Amit Basole,Anjum Altaf

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Thinking with Ghalib - Poetry for a New Generation

By: Amit Basole,Anjum Altaf

Amit Basole teaches Economics at Azim Premji University, Bangalore. Urdu poetry as well as history and architecture of the Indian subcontinent are his passions. Anjum Altaf is a South Asian living in Lahore. He is the author of Transgressions: Poems Inspired by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Aakar Books Delhi 2019, Liberty Books Karachi 2020.

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9392130023

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9789392130021

Street on the Hill

By: Anjum Hasan

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Street on the Hill

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Lunatic in My Head

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Lunatic in My Head

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It’s raining in Shillong. Eight-year-old Sophie Das has just realised she is adopted, but there is also the baby kicking inside her mother’s stomach whom she’s dying to meet. IAS aspirant Aman Moondy is planning a fi rst-of-its-kind Happening and praying the lovely Concordella will come. College lecturer Firdaus Ansari is going to fi nish her thesis, have a hard talk with her boyfriend, and then get the hell out. Poetic, funny, tender, Lunatic in My Head is an unforgettable portrait of a small town and of three people joined to each other in an intricate web, determined to break out of their destinies.

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Penguin UK

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9351187616

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9789351187615

Iqbal

The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician

By: Zafar Anjum

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The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician

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A Day in the Life

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History's Angel

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Neti, Neti: Not This, Not This

Neti, Neti: Not This, Not This

History's Angel

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Street on the Hill

Street on the Hill

Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought

Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought

Iqbal

Iqbal

Thinking with Ghalib - Poetry for a New Generation

Thinking with Ghalib - Poetry for a New Generation

Street on the Hill

Street on the Hill

Lunatic in My Head

Lunatic in My Head

Iqbal

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