December 28, 2020
Being true: While translating his own Urdu writings into English, Faruqi consciously chose not to ‘modernise’ the original text - THE HINDU
Being true: While translating his own Urdu writings into English, Faruqi consciously chose not to ‘modernise’ the original text - THE HINDU×
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi combined the ruthlessness of the biographer-critic with the empathy of the novelist
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The Mirror of Beauty (2013) and
The Sun That Rose From the Earth (2014) — a collection of five novellas — are only a fraction of his work, but together they speak to the themes (both historic and literary) and the poets that Faruqi followed with a passion