Raza Mir (203 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Anthems of Resistance: A Celebration of Progressive Urdu Poetry. Book.

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Soft cover. Condition: New. Mirza Ghalib is perhaps the most widely chronicled Urdu poet in English. But few can pithily capture the essence of his life and work as enjoyably as Raza Mir can. In this lively, witty and illuminating account, Ghalib emerges from these pages as a man of his time but also one who looms large over history. Raza infuses his research with just the right amount of anecdote and trivia, evoking Ghalib as an outspoken genius, a game-changer who never shied away from aiming a witty barb (or three) at his rivals. Moreover, Ghalib also lived in a crucial age that saw the end of Mughal rule and the destruction of his beloved Delhi. Ghalib: A Thousand Desires also comprises a selection of the great poet's most enduring poems and ghazals, accompanied by Raza's insightful commentary that decodes underlying themes and meanings in these verses. (jacket).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. India stands on the brink of war. Everywhere in its cities, towns, and villages, rebels and revolutionaries are massing to overthrow the ruthless and corrupt British East India Company which has taken over the country and laid it to waste. In Delhi, The capital, even as the plot to get rid of the hated foreigners gathers intensity, the busy social life of the city hums along. Nautch girls entertain clients, nawabs host mushairas or poetry soirees in which the finest poets of the realm congregate to recite their latest verse and intrigue, the wealthy roister in magnificent havens, and the drinking dens of the city continue to pack in customers. One morning, kallu, a retainer at a Delhi haveli, cleaning up after a grand mushaira, discovers a poet stabbed to death with a polished agate Dagger. Gruesome as it is, the murder appears to be a fairly run of the Mill crime until anxious officials of the East India Company make it a matter of the highest priority. Instructions are issued for the murderer to be found and arrested immediately. But who is the killer? The dead man had many enemies and the investigating Officer kiromal chainsukh soon discovers there are dozens of suspects, an equal number of motives, and Waves of secrets and lies that threaten to overwhelm him. As the pressure on him to solve the crime increases, chainsukh turns to Mirza Ghalib, poet laureate and amateur detective, for help. Ghalib's tools are his formidable intelligence, intimate knowledge of the machinations of Delhi High society, ferocious curiosity, and reliance on the new Science of forensics that his friend the scientist master Ramachandra has introduced him to. As Ghalib begins to collect evidence and dig into the case, he uncovers an ever-widening list of suspects, and a sinister conspiracy that involves many of Delhi most important men and women. Set against the backdrop of India's first war of Independence, murder at the mushaira is at once a brilliantly constructed murder mystery and the finest historical novel by an Indian author in recent times.…

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