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Being the Other: The Muslim in India

Being the Other: The Muslim in India

Hardcover

Literary CriticismIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 9384067229
ISBN13: 9789384067229
Publisher: Aleph Book Company Private Limited
Published: Jul 14 2016
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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 ha

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