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Rakhshanda Jalil
Rakhshanda Jalil is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘But You Don’t Look Like A Muslim’: Busting the myth of the monochromatic monotonous Musalman
An essay from Rakhshanda Jalil’s exploration of the Muslim identity in modern India.
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How Intizar Husain’s Partition trilogy gently probed the wounds of the tragedy
The first of a new series by translators on the writings of authors they have translated to English.
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‘This border that drinks blood and spits sparks’: Voices of Urdu poets on war and peace
How Urdu poetry travelled through the battleground of hope and despair.
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Trending
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Business history: How Jaypee Infratech’s stalled construction projects left homebuyers in the lurch
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Almost entirely ignored by urban India, the farmer once held pride of place in literature and poetry
From Premchand to the Progressive Writers, from political poets to film lyricists, they all wrote about farmers once. Not anymore.
Rakhshanda Jalil
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‘Never thought of myself as a rebel. A poet has a different framework’: Fahmida Riaz (1946-2018)
A tribute to the feminist revolutionary poet and writer from Pakistan, who died on November 21, 2018.
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He wrote the lyrics of ‘Umrao Jaan’. Was the Urdu poet Shahryar a progressive or a modernist?
A new biography examines the life and work of one of the most acclaimed modern Urdu poets.
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Raza Rumi’s new book uses Pakistan’s culture to reveal a diverse, layered, contested country
Raza Rumi makes the reader look beyond a monolithic view of Pakistan to its multiple selves.
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‘Who will be left to live peacefully ever after?’: 10 conversations on communalism by Asghar Wajahat
Translated by Rakhshanda Jalil, ten piercing conversations on hate, riots and religious discrimination.
Asghar Wajahat & Rakhshanda Jalil
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This is how Urdu poets marked, and remembered, India’s Republic Day
Six Urdu poems celebrating January 26.
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The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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They don’t make poets, translators and performers like Anwar Jalalpuri (1947-2018) anymore
One of the best-known, and most-loved, figures at Urdu ‘mushairas’, Jalalpuri died on January 2, 2018.
Rakhshanda Jalil
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Milad-un-Nabi: How poets and lyricists celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad
The use of the language of conventional love poetry makes some people uncomfortable, however.
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Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary: These verses show us that Urdu poets revered the founder of Sikhism
There is a rich tradition in Urdu literature of poems on the first guru of Sikhism, including a pairing with Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel earn Rajasthan Royals easy win over Lucknow Super Giants
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian men beat Thailand in campaign opener; women beat Canada
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IPL 2024: Jake Fraser-McGurk’s whirlwind knock powers Delhi Capitals to win over Mumbai Indians
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Harshit Kumar wins hammer throw gold as India’s medal tally increases
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Indian compound archers sweep all three team event gold medals