India-born Author Gives A Taste Of Ghalib To Americans

Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 23:19 IST
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Satyapal Anand, a former professor of English Literature at University of District of Columbia, Washington DC, who has authored several books of poetry in Urdu and English, offered fulsome praise for the book in his Preface.

"This compendium of Ghalib's verse is a welcome addition to the slim corpus of Ghalib in English translation, not only because it has a sure method, but also because it doesn't sacrifice the essential Ghalib in a foreign tongue, not of the bard's choice," he wrote.

Frances Pritchett of Columbia University has called the work a "gallant attempt" while Shafey Kidwai of Aligarh Muslim University believes this book is "destined to blaze a new trail in Ghalib studies."

Aamir Mufti, University of California, said, "These renderings read well in English and will give the uninitiated a wonderful introduction to this major poet of the Indian subcontinent."

"The Treasure" is available on amazon.com internationally and on the FlipKart in India.

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Source: IANS