Edited by Marion Molteno
He uses examples to illustrate how the ‘limitations’ of Urdu poetry described in those histories did not give any sense of the literary or cultural histories of these forms.
Reviewed by: Asma Rasheed
By Moin Ashan Jazbi. Translated by Sami Rafiq
It is widely believed, not too erroneously, that Urdu poetry, since its inception, has been narrating tantalizing tales of unrequited love, rejoicing in pain and spiritual sublimity in an evocative idiom. It seeks to juxtapose individual feelings of desolation and deprivation
Reviewed by: Shafey Kidwai
By Peter Friedlander
Peter Friedlander’s Kabir Poems in Transformation is a convergence of poetics, history and politics of translation and reception of Kabir in the last four hundred years.
Reviewed by: Alka Tyagi
By Anamika
TRIN DHARI OT
2023
2023
With her latest novelistic offering, Trin Dhari Ot she makes a significant literary intervention in the mythical, feminist and creative thought space of India. It is a retelling of Sita’s tale mediated through a reformist-womanist gaze, fortified by historicism, cultural politics and contemporary contemplations.
Reviewed by: Anup Singh Beniwal
By Manoranjan Byapari. Translated from the Odia by V. Ramaswamy
This is the second of the powerful trilogy of novels by Manoranjan Byapari. It tells the story of Jibon, the central character whose desperate struggle for survival forms the basis of the plot and interconnecting narration spanning all three novels. The Runaway Boy, published in 2020
Reviewed by: Rohini Mokashi-Punekar
By Jyotirindra Mohan Joardar. Translated from the original Odia memoir Manua by Himansu S. Mohapatra and Paul St-Pierre
Following My Heart is published by Dhauli Books—a cherished homegrown publishing house known for nurturing and supporting local literary initiatives. It is befitting that Joardar’s Manua, deeply entrenched in the vivid tapestry of the sights and sounds of Cuttack, should find a place for its English avatar in Dhauli Books.
Reviewed by: S Deepika