Meenakshi Jauhari
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Author, translator, editor, urdu-english, hindi-english. For the raindrop, joy is in entering the river (Ghalib)
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In 1991, Rasheed Khan put together the aaKHri mushaira text for the Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind). In his preface, he takes the reader behind the scenes, dwelling upon and explicating in simple words, Farhatullah Baig’s motivations and cues to depict a royal mushaira in all its magnificent detail.
February 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In 1991, Rasheed Khan put together the aaKHri mushaira text for the Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind). In his preface, he takes the reader behind the scenes, dwelling upon and explicating in simple words, Farhatullah Baig’s motivations and cues to depict a royal mushaira in all its magnificent detail.
His work on Urdu orthography "Urdu Imla" discouraged the joining of single- or two-syllable words, for separate words: ‘ke liye’, ‘is liye’, ‘un ka’. Compound words, he standardized to writing separately, whereas earlier there was no convention at all. Eg: ‘mai-KHana’, ‘dil-kashi’, ‘dast-varzi’.
February 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
His work on Urdu orthography "Urdu Imla" discouraged the joining of single- or two-syllable words, for separate words: ‘ke liye’, ‘is liye’, ‘un ka’. Compound words, he standardized to writing separately, whereas earlier there was no convention at all. Eg: ‘mai-KHana’, ‘dil-kashi’, ‘dast-varzi’.