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Maaz Bin Bilal

‘Spring settles here on the horizon of the heart’: Banaras through the eyes of Mirza Ghalib

Excerpts from ‘Temple Lamp: Verses on Banaras’, by Mirza Ghalib, translated from the Persian by Maaz Bin Bilal.

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Maaz Bin Bilal
· Aug 25, 2022 · 05:30 pm
‘The Muslim Vanishes’: A play imagines the implications of a social and economic boycott of Muslims

Saeed Naqvi’s play takes a look at the implosive nature of the Hindu socialist utopia and how it undermines the very idea of India.

Maaz Bin Bilal
· Apr 16, 2022 · 12:30 pm
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935-2020): Why this death leaves a permanent patch of darkness in literature

The scholar, poet, novelist and translator, who wrote in Urdu and English, died on December 25, 2020 at the age of 85.

Maaz Bin Bilal
· Dec 26, 2020 · 08:30 am

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