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Before the Divide: Hindi and Urdu Literary Culture

Francesca Orsini (ed.)

Launched on: 16/01/2010

Venue: New Delhi

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The launch of Francesca Orsini's (ed.) Before the Divide: Hindi and Urdu Literary Culture was held at the Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi on 16 January 2010.

An enthralled audience…

Husain and Farooqui say 'adaab arz hai!' – thus ending the evening.

A huge crowd gathers at the book display section before the launch.

Ms Vidya Rao, Editorial Consultant, Orient BlackSwan, gives the introductory speech.

(From the left) Ms Vidya Rao, Francesca Orsini, editor of the book and Reader in the Literatures of North India at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and Alok Rai, who teaches English at the University of Delhi and is author of Hindi Nationalism, get together on stage.

Francesca Orsini speaks on the book.

Mehr Afshan Farooqi, Assistant Professor of South Asian Literature at the University of Virginia, also one of the contributors in this book, speaks about the book.

Actor-director Mahmood Farooqui, also one of the performers in this occasion, speaks on the various aspects of the literary histories of Hindi and Urdu, on which this book is based.

Alok Rai and Kumkum Sangari, who teaches English and Culture Studies at University of Wisconsin, in conversation.

Danish Husain and Mahmood Farooqui, traditional storytellers who have revived the art of Dastangoi, during their performance, as part of the launch.

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