Hindi literature

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Akhil P. Veetil
  Novels   Verma, Nirmal. Antim Aranya. 2000.   ———. A Rag  Called Happiness. Translated by Kuldip Singh. Delhi: Penguin, 2014.                                 ———. Dark Dispatches. Translated by Alok Bhalla. Delhi: Indus, 1993. ———. Days of Longing. Translated by Krishna Baldev Vaid. Delhi:…
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Akhil P. Veetil
  How is it that the feeling of ‘estrangement’ is experienced by societies and individuals who enjoy a relatively stable existence and who have never suffered the misfortune of being displaced from their familiar surroundings? How can one explain the spiritual homelessness of a man who has never…
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Akhil P. Veetil
  इसलिए माँ ने यह नोटबुक मुझे दी थी. कहती थीं, देखते हुए हम जो भी भूल जाते हैं, लिखते हुए वह एक बार फिर याद आ जाता है; लेकिन 'याद करना' देखना नहीं है; […]यह एक तरह का सौदा है...देखने, मारने और याद करने के बीच. हम स्मृति में उसे पकड़ते हैं, जो मृत और मुर्दा हैं; जब वह जीवित थी, हम उसे ओझल कर देते हैं…
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Akhil P. Veetil
One of the most prominent modern Hindi writers, Nirmal Verma (1929–2005) significantly changed thematic concerns articulated in Hindi literature through formal inventiveness. This module is a small attempt at capturing the wide range of topics Verma explored, and the formal elements used in his…
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Abbas on Films and Film-writing Ravikant (historian, writer and translator)   The polyglot Abbas was as incredibly prolific in his nearly half-century long filmmaking career as he was in his literary and journalistic avatars.  He was also successful in carving out a niche for himself by forging a…
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Raj Nandy
  The 212-page compendium on Khwaja Ahmad Abbas tells a refreshingly sober and engaging saga of this noble and courageous man, a champion of socialist causes and hallowed human values. Several eminent personalities come together to tell tales of their encounters and moments of instant pull towards…
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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (June 7, 1914 – June 1, 1987) was an Indian film director and producer, novelist, screenwriter, columnist, short story writer and playwright. In a career spanning over half a century, Abbas emerged on the Indian and global scene as a communicator of great repute. In the 73 years…
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H.S. Chandalia
  The stories of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas focus on the much talked about ‘common man’. He is a writer who consciously depicts the tales of those ordinary people who accomplished heroic deeds simply by virtue of their undaunted spirit and the sheer will to survive. Abbas belongs to the tradition of Dr…
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Ruth Zothanpuii
This multimedia module is a small window into the all-encompassing world of K.A. Abbas, whose creative oeuvre in Urdu, Hindi and English, consists of over 74 books, more than a 100 short stories, 3000 newspaper columns and a number of films, either scripted, directed or both; all in a life span of…
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Dr Syeda Saiyidain Hameed
Today when we are almost two decades into the 21st century, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas has become even more relevant than he was in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. He wrote furiously and prolifically for films, newspapers, journals, stories, novels and dramas; his pen flowed in Urdu and English with equal ease.…
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