Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Angare- An Urdu book

Karachi: Angare is different book of its time. It consists on ten stories by four writers including Rasheed Jahan, Ahmed Ali, Sajjad Zahir and Mehmood-uz-Zafar published in Lucknow in December 1932. That book was considered as, marked a major turning point in the history of Urdu literature.
The director of media and culture at Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi, Rakshanda Jalil said this while talking to daily times, after a talk held during her visit. Angare was infact a declaration of war against existing political and social institution.
Rakshanda said about the book Angare was a unique and new thing of its time, which opposed such society in which Women were oppressed. At that time, it was perceived that the book opposed ‘Molviat’, however, the perception was not right, she added. She informed, the book was banned soon after its publication in 1933 on the pressure of religious segment.
Any book which may base on Urdu literature or any kind of literature that shouldn’t blame or raise political or Islamic issues.

2 comments:

  1. Hi
    I am trying to locate a copy of this book ( Angarey,in any form, print or electronic). Your help or suggestions would be apprreciated.

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    1. Dhaliwal Sahab,

      I hope you have managed to locate a copy. If not, I would like you to know that it has been re-published by Educational Book House, Delhi (edited by Dr. Khalid Alvi). Apart from the original single-act play and stories, this version contains a rather detailed treatment of the book's theme, its authors and their backgrounds, the whole controversy and some very useful facsimiles of newspaper articles/reports denouncing the book.

      I have a copy of the said book. I bought it at the publisher's World Book Fair (New Delhi) stall. Here is a link : http://ephbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=anga&product_id=884

      Best Wishes,

      Naushirvan

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