Ralph Russell (1918–2008) is a name that needs no introduction to scholars of Urdu language and literature. He is probably best known for his essays on Urdu poets, Mirza Ghalib and How Not to Write the History of Urdu Literature (1987). Russell taught Urdu at the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS),
‘A “Subaltern” Urduwala’
Asma Rasheed
A LIFE IN URDU: PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS AND SELECTED ESSAYS ON URDU LITERATURE BY RALPH RUSSELL by Edited by Marion Molteno Oxford University Press, 2023, 299 pp., INR 1695.00
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