Krishan Chander
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A literary memoir on the raptures of discovering Urdu literature, this lyrical essay is the Pakistani-born, London-based writer’s eloquent and poignant testament of the mysterious and plural ways in which reading shapes one’s creative writing. The essay mentions the range of narrative techniques…
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‘You are free!' Three words uttered by Premier Kher of Bombay from the balcony of the Government Secretariat, as the National Tricolour went up to replace the Union Jack of imperialism, exactly at 12 midnight—the 'zero hour' of the birth of Freedom! Three words—but they made history. Three words…
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A review of Bread Beauty Revolution: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, eds. Syeda Saiyidain Hameed and Iffat Fatima, a compilation of writings by a towering intellectual of Nehruvian India (first published in the Friday TImes, June 10, 2016)
The year 1914 was very kind to the Indian subcontinent. Despite being…
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के.के. नैयर- ख्वाजा अहमद अब्बास साहब मैं हाज़िर हुआ हूँ आपके पास इस इरादे से की आप के फन,फन के ये सूरत, ये तहरीक, फिल्म साजी ये सब शामिल है उसमें और जो मोमताज मक़ाम आपने हासिल किया है न सिर्फ अदब में बल्कि जर्नलिज्म और फिल्मों में, तो आपकी जिंदगी आपके रात आपके फन के बारे में मालूमात हासिल करके लोगो…
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