Harish Trivedi: Translation
Eminent Hindi scholar Harish Trivedi conducts a roundtable discussion on issues of translation focusing on Premchand’s ‘Rangbhumi’ and Tulsi’s Kavitavali.
Abul Naghmi: Malihabadi
Famed Pakistan Radio broadcaster Abul Hasan Naghmi speaks to HUF students about the late Urdu poet Josh Malihabadi.
Mujtaba Hussain: Urdu Satire
Renowned Urdu satirist, Mujtaba Hussain, reads selections from his extensive catalog of Urdu journalism and humour.
Michael Shapiro: Hindi Poetry
Michael Shapiro presents a talk entitled, Why Meter Matters: Reading 20th Century Hindi Poetry from the Perspective of Metrical Structure.
Kavita Datla: Hyderabad
Kavita Datla’s provides a nuanced take on the political struggles over India’s multiple linguistic traditions.
Kathryn Hansen: Cosmopolitanism
Kathryn Hansen presents a talk on Composite Culture and Cosmopolitanism in Manzoor Ehtesham’s Sukha Bargad, Arvind Adiga’s White Tiger, and Slumdog Millionaire.
Rupert Snell: Social Discourse
Dr. Snell’s talk discusses socio-linguistic diversity in the context of the close but often vexed relationship between Hindi and Urdu, and shows how even the simplest greetings conversations call for an informed sensitivity to matters of register, honorific level, and religio-cultural background.
Shamim Hanfi: Manto
Hanfi responds to some preceding faculty and student papers, and gives a few thoughts on Manto himself.
Shamim Hanfi: Urdu-Hindi
Hanfi discusses some interesting moments in the complicated history of Urdu and Hindi.
Ali Asani: Sufi Rock
Ali Asani outlines Salman Ahmad’s personal musical, religious, and political journey and attempted to place Sufi rock in the broader tradition of Muslim devotional literature.
