EP 04: Literature Becomes The First Casualty When Hardcore Ideology Takes Over says Rakhshanda Jalil
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Renowned writer, critic, translater and literary historian, Rakhshanda Jalil is in conversation with Pervaiz Alam. Recorded in London, the podcast 'Urdu Bagh' covers a range of topics, including memories of...
show moreRakhshanda has published over twenty books and written over fifty academic papers and essays. She shares her process of working on various books and authors. Her most recent works include translations of Baal-o-Par, a definitive collection of Gulzar’s poetry, The Sea Lies Ahead, Intizar Husain's seminal novel on Karachi and Krishan Chander's partition novel Traitor; an edited volume of critical writings on Ismat Chughtai called An Uncivil Woman; a literary biography of the Urdu poet Shahryar; The Great War: Indian Writings on the First World War; Preeto and Other Stories: The Male Gaze in Urdu and, most recently, Kaifiyat, a translation of Kaifi Azmi's poems. She runs an organisation called Hindustani Awaaz, devoted to the popularisation of Hindi–Urdu literature and culture.
This interview for Urdu Bagh podcast series was recorded in London, November, 2024.
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