Being the Other: The Muslim in India (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789384067229)

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

Author: Saeed Naqvi
ISBN-10: 9384067229
ISBN-13: 9789384067229
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2016
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d