Rakhshanda Jalil's Books

Release And Other Stories

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Release And Other Stories

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

Based on Indian Musilim women.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

120

Published Date

ISBN 10

9350290693

ISBN 13

9789350290699

The Great War

Indian Writings on the First World War

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Great War

Indian Writings on the First World War

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

It is very hard to endure the bombs, Father. It will be difficult for anyone to survive and come back safe and sound from the war. The son who is very lucky will see his father and mother... (Extract from a letter by an Indian soldier serving in France, written on 14 January 1915 to his father) The Great War, as the First World War was referred to, saw the service of over 1.3 million Indians, of whom 74,000 never made it back home. For their families, the War was something they could not fully fathom. Soldiers from the Indian subcontinent won over 12,908 awards for bravery, including 11 Victoria Crosses. Yet this unprecedented show of valour by Indian soldiers remains largely unsung and unrecognised-particularly in India. Commemorating hundred years of the end of the First World War, this volume brings together diverse voices-Rabindranath Tagore, Mulk Raj Anand, Sarojini Naidu, Mohamed Ali, Chandradhar Sharma Guleri and many more-that reflect a variety of attitudes among Indians towards the War. Included too are Rakhshanda Jalil's original translations of the works of Urdu poets of the time capturing their responses to the War. This volume of writings, originally written in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali and English, attempts to recognise and remember the contribution of the unknown soldiers to the Great War.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

208

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

9389867266

ISBN 13

9789389867268

The Great War

Indian Writings on the First World War

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Great War

Indian Writings on the First World War

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

208

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

9389867266

ISBN 13

9789389867268

Love in the Time of Hate

In the Mirror of Urdu

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Love in the Time of Hate

In the Mirror of Urdu

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

Kabhi hum bhi tum bhi thhe aashna tumhein yaad ho ke na yaad ho Once you and I were friends, whether you remember it now or not--Momin Khan Momin This is a book about love—love for one’s country and for all that goes to make it one we can be proud to belong to. Poetry, it has been said, flourishes when all else is uncertain. With that in mind, renowned literary historian and translator, Rakhshanda Jalil, uses Urdu poetry to look at how the social fabric of secular India is changing. Rakhshanda delves into the past, to the events that have threatened communal harmony, from the bloodletting of partition, or the politics of successive elections, to communal riots, Mumbai, Gujarat and so on, to the present moment, to recent events around Ayodhya, cow slaughter and ‘love jihad’. The book is divided into four sections: politics, people, passions, places. Strewn with delightful, thoughtful Urdu couplets that bring depth, lyricism and gravitas to the narratives, the writer cautions us against current popular sentiments based on hating the ‘other’. Living in an India that now requires us to be resolutely one or the ‘other’, all of us are losing the wonderful capacity to contain within ourselves many seemingly diverse ideologies and beliefs which is a motif that is reiterated through the verses and words in this book. The section titled ‘People’ has the most delightful, charming vignettes of popular icons, from Tipu Sultan and Rani Lakshmi Bai to Gandhi and Nehru, from Ghalib and Majaz to Dilip Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, viewed through an Urdu lens that makes each person memorable, unique and an advocate of peace and unity. From essays doused in the language of secular patriotism like Har Dil Tiranga, to pieces redolent with nostalgia like Dopahar ki Dhoop Mein, Rakhshanda invokes the power of love, inclusivity and communal harmony that is the trademark of poetry and literature, and which must continue to permeate the way we live our lives if we want to bequeath a meaningful legacy to the generations to come in our country.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

434

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

8197042691

ISBN 13

9788197042690

Jallianwala Bagh

Literary Responses in Prose & Poetry

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Jallianwala Bagh

Literary Responses in Prose & Poetry

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

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.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

194

Publisher

Niyogi Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

9386906929

ISBN 13

9789386906922

Shahryar

A Life in Poetry

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shahryar

A Life in Poetry

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

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.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

256

Publisher

HarperCollins

Published Date

ISBN 10

935302031X

ISBN 13

9789353020316

But You Don't Look Like a Muslim

Essays on Identity and Culture

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

But You Don't Look Like a Muslim

Essays on Identity and Culture

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

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.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

223

Published Date

ISBN 10

9353026814

ISBN 13

9789353026813

Black Borders

A Collection of 32 Cameos

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Black Borders

A Collection of 32 Cameos

By: Rakhshanda Jalil

First published in 1947 as Siyah Hashiye, the 32 cameos that comprise this slim volume present horrifying vignettes from the holocaust of the Partition. Rape, murder, loot, pillage, greed and wanton destruction ... every conceivable horror is grist to Manto's mill. These sharply chiseled word-pictures, each compact and ruthlessly unadorned, are rendered into English in a stark, studiedly matter-of-fact and unsentimental translation. While taking us back to the bloodiest time in the history of the Indian sub-continent, they also point a warning finger at those who refuse to learn from past excesses.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

books catalog

Published Date

ISBN 10

8129102420

ISBN 13

9788129102423

Partners in Freedom

Jamia Millia Islamia

By: Mushirul Hasan,Rakhshanda Jalil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Partners in Freedom

Jamia Millia Islamia

By: Mushirul Hasan,Rakhshanda Jalil

Intends to unfurl the nationalist legacy of Jamia, locate its story in the larger context of India's anti-colonial struggle, and profiles the lives of dedicated men and women who were committed to the ideas of plural nationhood and composite culture. 'Partners in Freedom: Jamia Millia Islamia', endeavours to unfurl the nationalist legacy of Jamia, locate its story in the larger context of India's anti-colonial struggle, and profiles the lives of dedicated men and women who were committed to the ideas of plural nationhood and composite culture. When words do not suffice,

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

209

Published Date

ISBN 10

8189738100

ISBN 13

9788189738105

Book's by Rakhshanda Jalil

Release And Other Stories

Release And Other Stories

The Great War

The Great War

The Great War

The Great War

Love in the Time of Hate

Love in the Time of Hate

Jallianwala Bagh

Jallianwala Bagh

Shahryar

Shahryar

But You Don't Look Like a Muslim

But You Don't Look Like a Muslim

Black Borders

Black Borders

Partners in Freedom

Partners in Freedom

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email