Meenakshi Jauhari
@meenakshijc.bsky.social
Author, translator, editor, urdu-english, hindi-english. For the raindrop, joy is in entering the river (Ghalib)
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Baig’s mushaira is the portrait of a #Delhi and a way of life that now solely exists in the collective memory of ‘Dehli-wallahs’. It was a powerful urge to record the city’s older face in photographic detail.
Read my translation of the urdu classic "Dehli ki aakhri shama"
Read my translation of the urdu classic "Dehli ki aakhri shama"
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but this is good.
February 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
but this is good.
Rasheed Hasan Khan broadened the scope of Urdu literary research to include language and orthography; his innovative approach shifted the paradigm of Urdu orthography significantly, bringing Urdu closer to the modern reader. Read the full paper in IIC Quarterly aws-static.iicdelhi.in/s3fs-public/...
February 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Rasheed Hasan Khan broadened the scope of Urdu literary research to include language and orthography; his innovative approach shifted the paradigm of Urdu orthography significantly, bringing Urdu closer to the modern reader. Read the full paper in IIC Quarterly aws-static.iicdelhi.in/s3fs-public/...
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Reposted by Meenakshi Jauhari
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Half the job of breaking into writing is figuring out how to break into writing. Just writing isn't enough. There is no one way in. There are hundreds. And figuring out which way will work best for you and your work is the trick of it. Every one of us has a very different story about how we did it.
February 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Half the job of breaking into writing is figuring out how to break into writing. Just writing isn't enough. There is no one way in. There are hundreds. And figuring out which way will work best for you and your work is the trick of it. Every one of us has a very different story about how we did it.
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February 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
#BookSky #BlackBookSky
Read diverse books every month.
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A great review by Irena Akbar...
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MUGHAL DELHI’S LAST RHYMES
BOOK REVIEW: DELHI’S LAST MUSHAIRA IN 1845, Meenakshi Jauhari’s English translation of Mirza Farhatullah Baig Dehlvi’s Urdu book ‘Dehli ki aakhri shama’
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February 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A great review by Irena Akbar...
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This poem: it's by Matthew Buckley Smith, from his book Midlife -
February 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This poem: it's by Matthew Buckley Smith, from his book Midlife -
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‘The Peace of Wild Things’ - Wendell Berry (2018)
January 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
‘The Peace of Wild Things’ - Wendell Berry (2018)
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NEW POEM #202: "But We Did Read the Darkness" by Jessica Coles (@prairievixen.bsky.social)
"It predicted questions: What / is language when we look at the sky? / A flock of swallows lacing depths of blue with a new / form of divination"
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#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem
"It predicted questions: What / is language when we look at the sky? / A flock of swallows lacing depths of blue with a new / form of divination"
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#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem
January 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW POEM #202: "But We Did Read the Darkness" by Jessica Coles (@prairievixen.bsky.social)
"It predicted questions: What / is language when we look at the sky? / A flock of swallows lacing depths of blue with a new / form of divination"
stonecirclereview.com/but-we-did-r...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem
"It predicted questions: What / is language when we look at the sky? / A flock of swallows lacing depths of blue with a new / form of divination"
stonecirclereview.com/but-we-did-r...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem
The book now available internationally. Order your copy from:
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January 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The book now available internationally. Order your copy from:
www.amazon.com/Delhis-Last-...
www.amazon.com/Delhis-Last-...
January 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The book now available internationally. Order your copy from:
www.amazon.com/Delhis-Last-...
www.amazon.com/Delhis-Last-...
Lucknow’s poet Amirullah Tasleem wrote
javaani se zyaada vaqt-e piirii josh hotaa hai
bhaDaktaa hai charaaG-e sub.h jab KHaamosh hotaa hai”
which translates as
Old age has more passion than the years of youth bygone
The night lamp flares with brilliance in the hush of dawn.
javaani se zyaada vaqt-e piirii josh hotaa hai
bhaDaktaa hai charaaG-e sub.h jab KHaamosh hotaa hai”
which translates as
Old age has more passion than the years of youth bygone
The night lamp flares with brilliance in the hush of dawn.
January 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Lucknow’s poet Amirullah Tasleem wrote
javaani se zyaada vaqt-e piirii josh hotaa hai
bhaDaktaa hai charaaG-e sub.h jab KHaamosh hotaa hai”
which translates as
Old age has more passion than the years of youth bygone
The night lamp flares with brilliance in the hush of dawn.
javaani se zyaada vaqt-e piirii josh hotaa hai
bhaDaktaa hai charaaG-e sub.h jab KHaamosh hotaa hai”
which translates as
Old age has more passion than the years of youth bygone
The night lamp flares with brilliance in the hush of dawn.
Reposted by Meenakshi Jauhari
"The literature of imagination, even when tragic, is reassuring, not necessarily in the sense of offering nostalgic comfort, but because it offers a world large enough to contain alternatives and therefore offers hope."
—"The Critics, the Monsters, and the Fantasists"
—"The Critics, the Monsters, and the Fantasists"
December 31, 2024 at 12:21 AM
"The literature of imagination, even when tragic, is reassuring, not necessarily in the sense of offering nostalgic comfort, but because it offers a world large enough to contain alternatives and therefore offers hope."
—"The Critics, the Monsters, and the Fantasists"
—"The Critics, the Monsters, and the Fantasists"
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Lucille Clifton, always.
December 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Lucille Clifton, always.
naam-e nek-e raftgaaN zaa’ye makuun
taa ba-maanad naam-e nekat barqaraar
Forget not the good deeds of people of the past
So that you are remembered for your good deeds in the future.
taa ba-maanad naam-e nekat barqaraar
Forget not the good deeds of people of the past
So that you are remembered for your good deeds in the future.
December 30, 2024 at 7:01 AM
naam-e nek-e raftgaaN zaa’ye makuun
taa ba-maanad naam-e nekat barqaraar
Forget not the good deeds of people of the past
So that you are remembered for your good deeds in the future.
taa ba-maanad naam-e nekat barqaraar
Forget not the good deeds of people of the past
So that you are remembered for your good deeds in the future.
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Despite being smack dab in the middle of the holiday interregnum, Stone Circle, as always, remains open for submissions. No fee, no cover letter needed, full details here: stonecirclereview.com/submissions-...
December 28, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Despite being smack dab in the middle of the holiday interregnum, Stone Circle, as always, remains open for submissions. No fee, no cover letter needed, full details here: stonecirclereview.com/submissions-...
Baig’s mushaira is the portrait of a #Delhi and a way of life that now solely exists in the collective memory of ‘Dehli-wallahs’. It was a powerful urge to record the city’s older face in photographic detail.
Read my translation of the urdu classic "Dehli ki aakhri shama"
Read my translation of the urdu classic "Dehli ki aakhri shama"
December 29, 2024 at 6:06 AM
Baig’s mushaira is the portrait of a #Delhi and a way of life that now solely exists in the collective memory of ‘Dehli-wallahs’. It was a powerful urge to record the city’s older face in photographic detail.
Read my translation of the urdu classic "Dehli ki aakhri shama"
Read my translation of the urdu classic "Dehli ki aakhri shama"