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100 | _aNaqvi, Saeed | ||
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_aBeing the other _c/ Saeed Naqvi _bthe muslim in india |
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250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_bAleph _cc2016 _aNew Delhi |
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_axv, 239 p. _c22 cm. |
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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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