Hameed syeda (23 Ergebnisse)

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Soft cover. Zustand: New. Celebrated as the naked ascetic and mad poet, Sarmad, who lived in the seventeenth century, is revered as one the world's most unorthodox Sufis. Originally from a Jewish trader's family from the Armenian region of modern-day Iran, Sarmad adopted Islamic mysticism after arriving in India during the Mughal Emperor Shahjehan's reign. He embraced spirituality entirely and gave up all his worldly possessionseven his clothes. In India, Sarmad fell deeply in love with Abhaichand, a Hindu boy, after hearing him recite poetry at a mehfil. Abhaichand became Sarmad's disciple, and together the duo preached the Sufi's spiritual beliefsthe former singing his murshid's exquisite rubayis (quatrains). Despite his unconventional views, many became Sarmad's followers, renowned among them, Shahjehan's son, Prince Dara Shikoh. Even today, devotees flock to Sarmad's grave in old Delhi, and his rubayis are also read, centuries after the Sufi Pir was beheaded for blasphemy under Aurangzeb's rule. This book is a selection of seventy of Sarmad's finest rubayis that speak against conformist religious dogma and for universal love and surrender to the One Divine. Together, the rubayis constitute a true representation of the Ganga- Jamuni Tehzeebthe syncretic culture of the Indian subcontinent. Each rubayi appears in three different languagesthe original Farsi, an Urdu translation by Balmukund Arsh Malsiyani, a Punjabi-Urdu poet, and an elegant English version by Syeda Hameed and Reyaz Ahmad. Crowning these is a masterful translation of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's illuminating biographical essay on Sarmad, which analyses this great Sufi's liberal ideals and radical mystical thought.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Nirmal Chandra Mattoo has lived in Port Blair, in the Andamans, for thirty years. An acknowledged expert on the tribes of the islands, particularly the Jarawas and the Sentinelese, he now runs a souvenir shop selling fake tribal artifacts to unsuspecting tourists. In the shop, he hides dark secrets and a long history with the people of the islands. One day, an American missionary appears in Mattoo's shop and seeks his help to visit North Sentinel Island, where he hopes to bring the Sentinelese tribals to Jesus. Mattoo agrees, but also has deep misgivings, because the Sentinelese are among the last uncontacted people on earth; their stone-age civilization has survived in complete isolation for thousands of years, and their hostility has made their island a zone forbidden to outsiders. Undeterred, the missionary sets off on his mission, and Mattoo, as his guide, finds himself embroiled in a situation from which there can be no escape, as the fate of the Sentinelese, his own fate, and that of the Indian State all come together in a catastrophic denouement. Island is a searing examination of nationhood, citizenship, the lot of those who live on the margins, and what it means to be Indian today.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. K.A. Abbas gave me my first film, Saat Hindustani. I called him Mamujaan. The book is a deep, incisive look at the gold and silver world of cinema. The sheen wears off but the spirit lives on. K.A. Abbas Trust keeps Abbas Saheb's unrelenting spirit effervescent' AMITABH BACHCHAN 'An interesting read' SHABANA AZMI 'A must read for film lovers' RANDHIR KAPOOR Sone Chandi ke Buth is a collection of writings on cinema that includes the observations, thoughts and reflections of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. Originally written in Urdu by the well-known journalist, screenwriter and film-maker, it has now been translated for the first time into English. The book is a collection of short stories, essays and articles on famous film personalities and varied aspects of the film industry. Abbas was a prolific writer who published seventy-four books in his seventy-three years, besides writing extensively on the film industry for the Bombay Chronicle newspaper. Sone Chandi Ke Buth, published a year before he passed away, was his last book-a final word on the glitz, glamour and gritty reality of the Hindi film world. It includes his candid observations on famous actors, writers and directors such as Raj Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, Satyajit Ray, Meena Kumari, Balraj Sahni and V. Shantaram. A series of essay focuses on various aspects of cinema, from the changes in the film industry to the power of film stars. The book also includes short stories set in the context of the film industry, some having veiled references to actual film stars. A common thread running through them all is his emphasis on making socially relevant films rather than those that succumb to the pull of glamour and the box office. This book also presents a section of his writings as a film journalist for the Bombay Chronicle. His column, 'The Last Page', one of the longest running in Indian journalism, began in 1935, and moved to the Blitz after the Chronicle's closure, where it continued until his death in 1987. They complement the writings in Sone Chandi Ke Buth and are invaluable for cinema lovers. Abbas's matter-of-fact style and the didactic element in his prose illustrate the humanistic ideals that were at the very core of his thought. His writing, both humorous and incisive, is like a laser that pierces right to the heart of the matter.…

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Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9780195778151.…

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Soft cover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas distinguished himself by his ceaseless passion for revolutionary politics, which he expressed through his writings and films. He was a visionary who strongly believed that creative and artistic interventions are indispensable to nation-building. Bread Beauty Revolution, spanning the years 1914 to 1987, encapsulates Abbas's work, ideas and ideals. It also provides an insight into the beginnings of modern India.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.06x5.98x1.34 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dreams of a Healthy India, the ninth volume in the Rethinking India series, is an attempt to demystify the issues of health care and health systems for the general reader, and to simultaneously provoke rethinking on several critical dimensions through writings by policymakers and academics. Its introductory essay and the thirteen subsequent essays lay out the scenario as well as the challenges in this regard, and provide actionable solutions. These are solutions for the present times that can simultaneously contribute to sustainable health care for the future. Complex ideas are not made simplistic but are presented in simple language, with some illustrative case studies, vignettes and data that speak for themselves. The book, published in collaboration with the Samruddha Bharat Foundation, sheds light on the complex systemic layers and processes that influence people's health in their everyday lives. It argues that there has to be a reassessment of the popular image of health care as medical care alone, as well as of the nineteenth- and twentiety-century imagination of hospitals and health centres that we still work with. Systemic issues, such as increasing doctor-patient distrust, plural health knowledge systems and health governance, need to be understood with analytical rigour and dealt with in the collaborative spirit of the twenty-first century. Democratic health care in the present times will have to ensure the dignity of the patient, the community health workers, nurses and doctors-something that is increasingly getting lost in the contemporary health-care system. This volume suggests that an indigenously developed health-care system, based on public-community partnerships, and respect for the plurality of needs, experiences and knowledges, can generate such health care for every Indian.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - '[Syeda Hameed] has spent her life working for the poorest, forwomen and for secularism. I witnessed her work for ten years asMember, Planning Commission. Her story opens new vistas and anew vision for all who read it.'-Dr Manmohan Singh'This is more than a memoir. This is history. Not as chronology, notas pedagogy, not as apology but as a soul's life-story drawn by thewing-flaps of bitter-sweet recall on the skies of truth-telling.'- Gopalkrishna GandhiSyeda Hameed was nine years old when her first story was published inShankar's Weekly in 1951. It was the start of a prolific writing career that wouldinclude the translation and editing of four volumes of Maulana Abul KalamAzad's works, and translations of Hali, Ghalib, Faiz and Sarmad Shaheed.But the story, 'You Have to Learn to Make Friends', also held within it theseeds of much that was to define her life in years to come. Born of an incidentwhen she was boycotted by the neighbourhood children because her namewas 'Syeda', it made her aware of her Muslim identity for the first time and,in time, of the need for peace between Hindus and Muslims, Indians andPakistanis. To this end, she went year after year with iconic journalist KuldipNayar and others to the Wagah border to light a candle on the stroke ofmidnight on August 14/15, and in 2000, took a 'bus of peace' to Lahore, andmet women who, like their sisters from 'the other side', yearned to forgebonds of friendship.Before this, returning to India after 17 years in Canada with her husband, SyedMohammad Abdul Hameed-a marriage of both happiness and heartache-she had built her life around the fight for human rights. As a Member of theNational Commission for Women and, later, the Planning Commission, shetravelled across the country listening to the dispossessed, and taking up theircauses-among them, Sajoni Kisku, a Santhal woman who was beaten andtortured for the 'sin' of picking up the plough when her drunken husbandcould not; 19-year-old Maimun from Nuh who was gang-raped for marryingoutside her gotra; and Tang Kumar of the Andamans, who lost his entire familyat sea and built a new life for himself as 'captain' of his village.Syeda writes of many such encounters that gave meaning to her life, and ofsome extraordinary people who shaped it: her mother, Aziz Jahan Begum ofthe royal Rampur family, and her father, the educationist Khwaja GhulamusSaiyidain; her uncle, the writer and cinema legend Khwaja Ahmed Abbas;Indira Gandhi, with whom she worked briefly; and Khushwant Singh, thegrand old Sardar who was her literary mentor.Sensitive, deeply human, intimate and often moving, this is an inspiring recordof a remarkable Indian life.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnPakistan s former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto held the reins of the country from 1971 to 1977. He was overthrown in 1977 by his Chief of Army Staff, General Zia-ul-Haq, and executed in 1979. Zia-ul-Haq ruled over Pakistan f.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto held the reins of the country from 1971 to 1977. He was overthrown in 1977 by his Chief of Army Staff, General Zia-ul-Haq, and executed in 1979. Zia-ul-Haq ruled over Pakistan for eleven years with an iron fist, curbing all dissent until he got blown up in an air crash in 1988. In almost three decades since, Pakistan's leadership has changed hands fifteen times. An extremely controversial and confrontational politics is associated with the era. …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 212 pages. 10.00x8.00x0.67 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. Hardcober, Schutzumschalg, XXII, 303 S.; Text englisch; sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar; 600 g.

Softcover. First Edition. Octavo, xxii, 224 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine blue with white lettering. Foxing to top edge of textblock, mild foxing to lower fore edge of textblock. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Mild general shelf wear otherwise. Shelved under Front Counter. 1411957. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. …