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My Dear Friends,
I am writing this note to you on the behest of the Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu
(Hind) and as its newly appointed General Secretary. I had mentioned the
organization to many of you and the new steps that we are taking at Anjuman
to keep abreast of the times and make a genuine contribution to the
mainstream Indian cultural scene. We are primarily a literary organization
working within the ambit of the Urdu world.
However, the time is opportune
to make a leap of faith and reach out to the world beyond the confines of
just the Urdu cosmos. For this, several plans are already in place
including publishing from other languages into Urdu and English;
translating important Urdu works into English; conceptualizing a journal of
culture and literature whose medium will be English but spirit will
encompass all Indian languages; and our first decisive step—a three-day
international, interdisciplinary seminar on Dara Shukoh (22-24 March,
2013), an unsung hero of Mughal India who best epitomizes the composite
Ganga–Jamuni culture of Hindustan (the details of the seminar are pasted
below this mail which can be viewed if you scroll down).We also have plans
to publish a book following the seminar compiling the papers presented in
the form of an edited volume.
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