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Bilal Ahmed
Bilal Ahmed

  • Iqbal’s poetic dialogue with Goethe

    Iqbal’s poetic dialogue with Goethe

    In a new deluxe edition, Dr Tehseen Firaqi revisits Iqbal’s tribute to the German poet

  • “Hali never intended to present his Arabic works as exemplary”

    “Hali never intended to present his Arabic works as exemplary”

    Speakers of Urdu interested in Arabic literature were delighted when poet and literary scholar Dr Khurshid Rizvi, an expert in Arabic literature,...

  • The war of words

    The war of words

    Farhang-e-Talaffuz tried to standardise Urdu pronunciation, but not everyone agreed with Haqqee’s approach

  • How not to critique lexicography

    How not to critique lexicography

    The Awadh Punch’s critique of Urdu dictionaries blurred the line between satire and ridicule

  • Revisiting an icon

    Revisiting an icon

    New books offer readers a glimpse into the views of Yagana and other critics of Ghalib

  • Debating the  alphabet

    Debating the alphabet

    In his new book, Dr Rauf Parekh makes a case for a 54-letter set of the Urdu alphabet

  • Makings of an enigma

    Makings of an enigma

    The intriguing legacy of Mansoor Hallaj

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