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"Who will listen to the tale of my woeful heart?" The portrait of 'nautch girls' in early Urdu literature
No full textThe author presents a commentary on the portrayal of `nautch girls' in Urdu novel. In a discussion on Mirza Hadi Ruswa's Umrao Jan Ada, hasan Shah's Fasana-e Rangin, Quratulain hyder's Gardish-e Rang-e Chaman, Sa'adat Hasan Manto's "Mozail", and Ghulam 'Abbas' "Anandi," Raza Rumi analyzes these major fiction works by rehabilitating them in a continuum of an important theme in Urdu literature—the theme of confident, empowered, and highly intelligent female characters who appear in the public sphere.
کئی چاند تھے سرِ آسمان - ایک جائزہ
No full textIn this article Critical Study of shamsur rahman farooqi's Novel" Kai Chaand The Sar-e-aasman".
کلامِ بلھے شاہ کے منظوم اُردو تراجم
No full textThis article is an exposition of the major Urdu translations—with a focus on the Urdu verse translations—of Bulhe Shah's Punjabi poetry. Ranging from Shafqat Tanvir Mirza's translation to those of Shafi Aqeel and Ali Akbar Abbas, the author subjects these renderings to a critical evaluation, offering many clarifications in the original verses along with corrections in their various renderings
فیض کے اسلوب شعر کا ارتقا
No full textIn this article, the author spends a considerable time praising the poetry of Faiz, describing his style as often considered ‘soft, light-hearted and romantic’. The section of poetry by Faiz, which is often perceived as ‘realistic’ or illustrating serious notions of reality, appears to be ‘rough’ and comparatively straightforward. But the author argues against this, claiming that while initially Faiz may have adhered to such a style, operating along a ‘loose dichotomy’—as visible in his first collection Naqsh-e Faryādī, he quickly distanced himself from this binary style. His later poetry exhibits an amalgamation of all such elements
(اُردو تحقیق کا ابتدا ئی دور(سر سید احمد خان
No full textThis paper argues that Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was one of the pioneers of critical historical research methodology in Urdu, working around the last quarter of the nineteenth century. His major work Athar al-,sanadid, and his edition of A'in-e akbari and Ta'rikh-e firoz-shahi, are presented as milestones in the Urdu research tradition. The author also argues, with a certain degree of speculation, that the research methods which Sir Syed Ahmad Khan employed may have been learnt by him from British scholars and officers of the Raj who had an interest in historical investigation.
