A collection of stories steeped in the flavour and texture of life in Lucknow. The author belongs to an old family of Awadh and was the first Muslim woman to join the civil services through the Indian Administrative Service examinations.
See the simplicity of Lucknow in the form of a dozen insignia as described by Shaukat Tangewala (a horse-buggy driver). Imambara-to-see . . . Evening-in-Ganj-Hazratganj . . . Kababs-to-eat . . . Chikan-to-wear . . . Attar-for-fragrance . . . Ikka-buggy-to-roam . . . Kite-to-fly . . . Cocks-to-fight . . . Pigeons-to-fly . . . Hospitality-by-leaf-Betel-Leaf . . . Sweet-tongue . . . And the great Lakhnawi (Lucknow) pride . . . After-you-after-you. Aadab-Lucknow . . . Fond Memories is a unique fiction on homecoming in the backdrop of Lucknow, the city of Nawabs. It describes Lucknow in detail in terms of its seamless culture, folklore, facades, monuments, institutions, cuisines, Tehzeeb, and its greatest assetHindu-Muslim amity.
Penned in the mid-1970s, People Movements in the Punjab gives an accurate analysis of the history of the church in the Punjab. After spending 12 years ministering in Pakistan, the authors set about finding the answers to the following questions: · What caused the church in the Punjab to grow from the 1880s into the first half of the 20th century? · Which missionary methods were effective, and which were ineffective? · What segments of society proved responsive? · Are any of these factors part of the present-day scene? Based on primary sources, including church and mission records, missionary and national leaders' biographies, and census reports, the author's well-written research provides a profound view of the churches' growth in the Punjab. The book includes a substantial appendix, "A Brief Comparative Study of Other Churches in Pakistan," which gives a wealth of information. And although this study is based on the growth of the church in Pakistan, the pattern of development and church growth principles apply to scores of areas on the Indian subcontinent as well. This authentic church history has great relevance for the church and her leaders today.
The Urdu Ghazal presents the unique flowering of the ghazal as a by-product of India’s composite culture. It explores a variety of influences on the ghazal, including Sufism, Bhakti movement, and infusion of Rekhta and Persian languages and culture. The book elucidates classical ghazal forms that blossomed from the seeds sown by Amir Khusrau in the fourteenth century to achieve great heights of literary excellence during the next 300 years, notably in the works of great poets like Mir and Ghalib. It also illustrates different socio-political and cultural demands of changing times, primarily how the ghazal provided new creative models to deal with literary movements like progressivism, modernism, and postmodernism, through works of pioneering twentieth-century poets like Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Gulzar, and Javed Akhtar.