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Ali, Ahmed was born on July 1, 1908 in Delhi, India.
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Set in nineteenth-century India between two revolutionary moments of change, Twilight in Delhi brings history alive, depicting most movingly the loss of an entire culture and way of life. As Bonamy Dobree said, "It releases us into a different and quite complete world. Mr. Ahmed Ali makes us hear and smell Delhi...hear the flutter of pigeons’ wings, the cries of itinerant vendors, the calls to prayer, the howls of mourners, the chants of qawwals, smell jasmine and sewage, frying ghee and burning wood." The detail, as E.M. Forster said, is "new and fascinating," poetic and brutal, delightful and callous. First published by the Hogarth Press in 1940. Twilight in Delhi was widely acclaimed by critics and hailed in India as a major literary event. Long since considered a landmark novel, it is now available in the U.S. as a New Directions Classic. Twilight in Delhi has also been translated into French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Urdu.
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Angarey was not just a mere collection of short stories but a sophisticated protest against established traditions and conventions. It was a declaration of a path-breaking testament. - Qamar Rais Angarey was banned by the government of the United Provinces a few months after it was first published in 1932. Almost all the copies printed were seized and set on fire. The release of the book had been marked by protests and the government was convinced that it would offend the sensibilities of society. Written by four young firebrands - Sajjad Zahir, Ahmed Ali, Rashid Jahan and Mahmuduzzafar Angarey comprises nine stories and a play. Heaven Assured pokes fun at a moulvis excessive piety, while Masculinity effectively uses the interior monologue to skewer patriarchy. The stories A Night of Mahavatt, the Winter Rain and The Clouds Dont Come are brilliant instances of the stream of-consciousness technique being used to evoke an epic desolation and the uselessness of religion as a prop when faced by grinding poverty. Angarey, the book which invited one of the earliest bans on free speech in India and a precursor of the Progressive Writers' Movement, was re-published in Urdu in 1995. Sensitively and brilliantly translated, this is the first time that the book is being published in the English language. Interesting Facts Angarey was one of the first books to have invited a ban on free speech in India. Given the current controversies around the question of free speech, this book will be quite relevant. This was the book which launched the Progressive Writers Movement, one of the most. Important literary movements of twentieth-century India. Angarey is one of the seminal texts of Urdu literature. It will arouse quite a bit of interest in the press as well as among Urdu scholars. Includes a comprehensive introduction by the translators which supplies the history of the book and places it in the context of modern Indian literature.
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This groundbreaking collection presents fourteen short stories written by Pakistan's leading Urdu writers. Reflecting a wide variety of narrative styles and concerns, the stories are a perfect introduction to a relatively new but increasingly interesting national literature.
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Ali, Ahmed was born on July 1, 1908 in Delhi, India.
Student, Aligarh Muslim University, 1927. Bachelor with honors, Lucknow University, 1930. Master of Arts magna cum laude, Lucknow University, 1931.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Karachi, 1993.
English lecturer Lucknow University, India, Allahabad University, India, Agra College, India, 1931-1942. Representative, listener research director British Broadcasting Corporation, Delhi, India, 1942-1945. Professor English, head department Presidency College Bengal Senior Educational Service, Calcutta, India, 1945-1947.
Director foreign publicity Government of Pakistan, Karachi, 1948-1949. Various senior posts Pakistan Foreign Service, China and Morocco, 1950-1960. Public relations director to business and industry, 1960-1970.
Chairman Lomen Fabrics Ltd., 1970-1994. Advisor Akrash Publication, 1984-1994. British Council visiting professor National Central University of China, Nanking, 1947-1948.
Visiting professor Michigan State University, 1975, Karachi (Pakistan) University, 1977-1979, numerous other colleges universities. Fulbright visiting professor Western Kentucky University, 1978, Southern Illinois University, 1979.
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Fellow Pakistan Academy Letters (founding member). Member Progressive Writers Association India (founding member 1936).
Son of syed Shuja-uddin and Ahmad Kaniz Begum. Married Bilqees Jehan Begum, October 19, 1950. Children: Eram, Orooj, Deed, Shahana.
