Some, like Rashid JahanРІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљBehind The VeilРІР‚Сњ (РІР‚СљParde Ke PeecheРІР‚Сњ) and MantoРІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљKali ShalwarРІР‚Сњ are very popular. These are RussellРІР‚в„ўs personal selection and some of them, especially ChughtaiРІР‚в„ўs sketch of her brother Azim Beg Chughtai in РІР‚СљHellboundРІР‚Сњ (РІР‚СљDozakhiРІР‚Сњ) are very unusual and intriguing. Today many are unaware that Premchand started writing in Urdu, switching to Hindi later because it was commercially more viable. ItРІР‚в„ўs interesting that he has included PremchandРІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљA WifeРІР‚в„ўs ComplaintРІР‚Сњ, written in Urdu as РІР‚СљShikva ShikayatРІР‚Сњ.

The book starts with seven short stories, with the translator explaining the evolution of short stories in Urdu literature. It talks to an audience which, though interested in the writings of the era that began in the 19th century and ended in the 20th century with the beginning of the Progressive Writers Movement, does not understand all the cultural and literary nuances. Molteno describes how Russell helped her discover Urdu and found in her the РІР‚Сљideal audienceРІР‚Сњ РІР‚вЂњ the kind of person who would be interested in Urdu literature but could do it only through translations. The book under review, A Thousand Yearnings РІР‚вЂњ named after a verse by Mir РІР‚вЂњ is an edited version of Hidden in the Lute. I found the titles of the two editions very poetic, with Hidden in the Lute being after a verse by Ghalib. The first, The Pursuit of Urdu Literature: A Select History, was published in 1993, followed by Hidden In The Lute: An Anthology Of Two Centuries Of Urdu Literature, in 1995. Russell, along with Marion Molteno, his student and friend, arranged his extensive notes, that were published as two separate books. He has written many books on Ghalib and Urdu literature and, as the cover blurb by Shamsur Rehman Faruqi says, РІР‚Сљ is easily the best Urdu scholar in the west.РІР‚Сњ Ralph Russell, who headed the Urdu department at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London for thirty years, is one such teacher. Of course there are gaps, but then teachers canРІР‚в„ўt do all the work, and once pointed in the right direction, we have to do our homework too. An Urdu syllabusР”В®ven though I have grown up hearing many of these stories and verses I found A Thousand Yearnings to be an entire course curriculum on Urdu poetry and prose. For this, we need reader-friendly books written for just such an audience. So while we hear Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh and Mehdi Hasan often, we may not really understand the symbolism that is such an integral part of their songs. Many masterly academic papers remained in the realms of academia and did not percolate down to non-academic readers. However, not many reader friendly books have been written on Urdu poetry and prose. Saadat Hasan Manto and Ismat Chughtai have also been transliterated in Devnagari or translated into English and become very popular. Now of course itРІР‚в„ўs all available on the net on various blogs and websites. A generation of Urdu poetry lovers grew up on those. Many books of Urdu poetry were written in Roman and Devnagari with the meanings of the tough words given in footnotes, and some books even giving English translations. Although many (at least in India) are not conversant with the Urdu script, thanks to ghazals and Hindi film songs most understand and appreciate Urdu poetry written in Roman or Devnagari. Of late there has been a renewed interest in Urdu thanks to the internet. РІР‚СљMy love, I cannot tell the tale of all the things I want from you.Р”Р„ hundred longings fill my soul, a thousand yearnings throng my heart.РІР‚Сњ - Mir Taqi Mir Yak jaan, sad tamanna РІР‚вЂњ yak dil hazaar khvaahishРІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљKya kahiye kya rakhein hain hum tujhse, yaar khvaahish CongressРІР‚в„ў Digvijaya Singh invites comedians Munawar Faruqui, Kunal Kamra to perform in Bhopal.Omicron is spreading faster than any other strain, we must not dismiss it as a mild variant: WHO.WeРІР‚в„ўll go with one suitcaseРІР‚в„ў: HD Deve Gowda on becoming Prime Minister

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