“The” Bagh O Bahar, Or, The Garden and the Spring
“The” Bagh O Bahar, Or, The Garden and the Spring

Author: Amīr Ḫusrau Dihlawī

Publisher:

Published: 1852

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13:

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Urdu translation by Mir Amman, of the Persian romance, entitled "Kissan-i chahar darwesh", or "Story of the four darweshes", composed by the celebrated poet, Amir Khusrau, of Delhi" -p.iv.

A Tale of Four Dervishes
A Tale of Four Dervishes

Author: Mīr Amman Dihlavī

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2006-11-30

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0140455183

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In despair at having no son to succeed him, the King of Turkey leaves his palace to live in seclusion. Soon after, however, he encounters four wandering dervishes - three princes and a rich merchant from Persia, Yemen and China - who have been guided to Turkey by a supernatural force that prophesied their meeting. The five men sit together in the dead of night, each in turn telling the tale of lost love that led him to renounce the world. As their stories within stories unfold, a magnificent world is revealed of courtly intrigue and romance, fairies and djinn, oriental gardens and lavish feasts, adventures and mishaps. A Tale of Four Dervishes (1803) is an exquisite example of Urdu fiction that provides a fascinating glimpse into the customs, beliefs and people of the time.

Language Policy and Education in India
Language Policy and Education in India

Author: M. Sridhar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-08-05

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1134878249

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This book presents a history of English and development of language education in modern India. It explores the role of language in colonial attempts to establish hegemony, the play of power, and the anxieties in the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century India. The essays in the volume discuss language policy, debates and pedagogy as well as larger overarching questions such as identity, nationhood and sub-nationhood. The work also looks at the socio-cultural and economic factors that shaped the writing and publishing of textbooks, dictionaries and determined the direction of language teaching, specifically, of English language teaching. Drawing on a variety of archival sources — policy documents, books, periodicals — this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of linguistics, language teaching, cultural studies and modern Indian history.