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Author: Abdularahamāna Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN: 9788120814288 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 288
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This is message poem (dutakavya) in the tradition set by Kalidsa`s famous Sanskrit poem Meghaduta, composed in Apabhramsa by a Muslim poet of the thirteenth century. the Nayaika here is a beautiful young woman of Vijayanagara whose beloved husband left her on business and has not returned, and the messenger is a teraveller on his way from Multan to Cambay, a place where coincidentally her lover has gone.
Author: Abdularahamāna Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN: 9788120814288 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 288
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This is message poem (dutakavya) in the tradition set by Kalidsa`s famous Sanskrit poem Meghaduta, composed in Apabhramsa by a Muslim poet of the thirteenth century. the Nayaika here is a beautiful young woman of Vijayanagara whose beloved husband left her on business and has not returned, and the messenger is a teraveller on his way from Multan to Cambay, a place where coincidentally her lover has gone.
Author: Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190495197 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 305
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After a sleepless night spent longing for his absent wife Sita, Rama, god-prince and future king, surveyed his army camps on a clear autumn morning and spied a white goose playing in a pond of lotus flowers. Seeing this radiant creature who so resembled his lost beloved, he began to plead with the bird to give her a message of love and fierce revenge. This is the setting of the Hamsasandesa A Message for the Goose, a sandesa or "messenger poem" by the medieval saint-poet and philosopher Venkatanatha, a seminal figure for the Srivaisnava religious community of Tamil Nadu, South India, and a master poet in Sanskrit and Tamil. In The Flight of Love, Steven P. Hopkins situates Venkatanatha's Sanskrit sandesa within the wider comparative context of South Indian and Sri Lankan literatures. He traces the significance of messenger poetry in the construction of sacred landscapes in pre-modern South Asia and explores the ways the Hamsasandesa re-envisions the pan-Indian story of Rama and Sita, rooting its protagonists in a turbulent emotional world where separation, overwhelming desire, and anticipated bliss, are written into the living particularized bodies of lover and beloved, in the "messenger" goose and in the landscapes surrounding them. Hopkins's translation of the Hamsasandesa into fluid American English verse is framed by a comparative introduction, including an extended essay on translation, detailed linguistic notes, and an expanded thematic commentary that weaves together traditional religious interpretations of the poem with themes of contemporary literary relevance.
Author: Manan Ahmed Asif Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 067498790X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 337
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Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize “Remarkable and pathbreaking...A radical rethink of colonial historiography and a compelling argument for the reassessment of the historical traditions of Hindustan.” —Mahmood Mamdani “The brilliance of Asif’s book rests in the way he makes readers think about the name ‘Hindustan’...Asif’s focus is Indian history but it is, at the same time, a lens to look at questions far bigger.” —Soni Wadhwa, Asian Review of Books “Remarkable...Asif’s analysis and conclusions are powerful and poignant.” —Rudrangshu Mukherjee, The Wire “A tremendous contribution...This is not only a book that you must read, but also one that you must chew over and debate.” —Audrey Truschke, Current History Did India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have a shared regional identity prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late fifteenth century? Manan Ahmed Asif tackles this contentious question by inviting us to reconsider the work and legacy of the influential historian Muhammad Qasim Firishta, a contemporary of the Mughal emperors Akbar and Jahangir. Inspired by his reading of Firishta and other historians, Asif seeks to rescue our understanding of the region from colonial narratives that emphasize difference and division. Asif argues that a European understanding of India as Hindu has replaced an earlier, native understanding of India as Hindustan, a home for all faiths. Turning to the subcontinent’s medieval past, he uncovers a rich network of historians of Hindustan who imagined, studied, and shaped their kings, cities, and societies. The Loss of Hindustan reveals how multicultural Hindustan was deliberately eclipsed in favor of the religiously partitioned world of today. A magisterial work with far reaching implications, it offers a radical reinterpretation of how India came to its contemporary political identity.
Author: Nasreen Munni Kabir Publisher: Om Books International ISBN: 9380070144 Category : Composers Languages : en Pages : 182
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When composer A.R. Rahman's first film Roja was released in 1992, his astonishing music with its other-worldly melodies, tonal texture, pulsating rhythms made an instant impact in India. His abundantly flowing talent has given life to the scores of over a hundred films, including Dil Se, Bombay, Lagaan, Warriors of Heaven and Earth, 127 Hours and Jodhaa Akbar. According to a recent estimate by the BBC, 150 million copies of his albums have sold worldwide. A.R. Rahman has won a host of awards, together with a Golden Globe, a Bafta, two Oscars and two Grammys for his score in Slumdog Millionaire. In 2010, he received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour, awarded by the Government of India. Despite all his great success, Rahman remains a deeply private person, shying away from the glitz and glamour of show business. A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music is in the form of biographical conversations between the composer and Nasreen Munni Kabir in which we hear of Rahman's amazing journey from modest beginnings to an assured place in world music history.
Author: Srinivas Laxman Publisher: ISBN: 9788124312742 Category : Presidents Languages : en Pages : 112
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Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, President of India, is known more as 'Children's President'. The man and his misssions are legendary. His prophecies about India's future have a Messianic fervour. There have been books by him and on him. But this one stands apart because it is a biography of Kalam for chilren. the eloquent illustrations and child-friendly language make the book really unputdownable.
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