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020			_a9780143452041
040			_cPakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS)
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100			_aRaza Mir
245			_aIQBAL : Poet of the East
260			_bPenguin Books, _c2022 _aGurugram :
300			_axvii, 206 p.; _c23 cm
365			_b399.00 _cINR _d01
520			_aAllama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), also known as the 'Poet of the East', earned a doctorate in philosophy from the Ludwig-Maximillian University at Munich, and wrote his most evocative poems in Urdu, a language that was not his mother tongue. He counted Jawaharlal Nehru as one of his fans, and earned Mahatma Gandhi's respect as well. His funeral was attended by 70,000 people, which included colonialists and freedom fighters, socialist atheists and Islamic fundamentalists, Indian nationalists and Muslim Leaguers, reflecting his ability to defy categorization.The book is a relatively short volume that introduces Iqbal to the millennial generation. It is written in a relatively contemporary language, similar to Ghalib: A Thousand Desires. The bulk of the book will comprise a temporal and intellectual biography of Iqbal, while the rest will include a detailed discussion of one of Iqbal's poems, a translation of some of his well-known poems, and a sampling of some of his famous verses.It will not for the Iqbal-expert or the Urdu-expert, but for a relative newcomer.
650			_aBiographies
650			_aPersian Poets
650			_aUrdu Poets
650			_aLiterary figures
650			_a Asia
650			_aIndic literary criticism
650			_aPoetry
650			_a Indian anthem
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