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041 _aeng
082 _a297.092
_bNAQ
100 _aNaqvi, Saeed
245 0 _aBeing the other
_c/ Saeed Naqvi
_bthe muslim in india
250 _a1st ed.
260 _bAleph
_cc2016
_aNew Delhi
300 _axv, 239 p.
_c22 cm.
520 _a"The clouds are moving ecstatically from Kashi to Mathura and the sky will remain covered with dense clouds as long as there is Krishna in Braj. These lines were composed by Mohsin Kakorvi, a Muslim poet, to celebrate not Lord Krishna’s birthday but that of the Prophet Muhammad. Awadh, the author’s birthplace, was steeped in this sort of syncretism in which Islam and Hinduism complemented and celebrated each other and Urdu culture merged with Awadhi and Brajbhasha. Sadly, this glorious culture has been systematically destroyed over the past century.
650 _aMuslims India; Muslims Political activity; Communalism India
942 _cENGLISH
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