http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:01:50 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2007/11/08/000945.php#comment-304271 Mayank many thanks for your comment - most touching. I would strongly urge you to learn Urdu and seek my assistance in giving you the relevant links - also I need to acknowledge the picture above that you kindly gave me ... Jeetay raho! 304271@desicritics.org Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:01:50 EST http://desicritics.org/2007/11/08/000945.php#comment-304236 Mr. Rumi, I have never read this Urdu langauge author. I have no plans to read her in the near future. I do not want to discover her through the barriers of English-language translation. I really need to learn Urdu. Your belated preview (why you waited for her death to write such a glowing piece?)has only hastened the urgency for me to look for an Urdu master. 304236@desicritics.org Fri, 9 Nov 2007 05:32:19 EST http://desicritics.org/2007/11/08/000945.php#comment-304173 Temporal thanks for the comments - It is important to recall that Hyder believed in the quintessentially secular and ideally inclusive vision for the subcontinent. Alas, her death has made us poorer. 304173@desicritics.org Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:32:02 EST http://desicritics.org/2007/11/08/000945.php#comment-304160 raza: thanks for this:) annie was an icon of literature and iconoclastic... she did not suffer fools easily...was aloof and imperious but not impervious her knowledge and writing canvas was vast, observations sharp <i>Ainee is perhaps the only Urdu writer to have translated her own works in English.</i> the other marker novel that defined the creative 50s in urdu is abdullah hussain's <i>udaas naslein</i> ...where he unabashedly copied annie's style...(and acknowledged it much later) he also translated <i>udaas naslein</i> into english aslam farrukhi...friend (her's not mine) and critic says both <i>aag ka darya</i> and <i>udaas naslein</i> await better renderings in english 304160@desicritics.org Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:45:25 EST http://desicritics.org/2007/11/08/000945.php#comment-304123 Deepti: thanks for the comment :) My intention was to provide the interested readers here with a detailed overview of QH's stature in South Asian/deis literature. Due to the shrinking Urdu readership, Qh's works are not widely known. Let's hope that competent translations will appear in due course - cheers, Raza 304123@desicritics.org Thu, 8 Nov 2007 01:01:33 EST http://desicritics.org/2007/11/08/000945.php#comment-304120 Raza, the article itself is a great tribute to one of the best writers of the Indian sub continent. Thank you for sharing:) 304120@desicritics.org Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:18:48 EST