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In keeping with its mission to enhance Hindi-Urdu learning in the United States, the Hindi Urdu Flagship at The University of Texas at Austin frequently invites leading scholars and artists working in the Hindi-Urdu medium to speak and interact with Flags

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    Shamim Hanfi – On Urdu and Hindi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2012


    India's leading Urdu literary critic, Shamim Hanfi, provides a tour of some key moments in the history of modern Hindi and Urdu.

    Mehr Farooqi – The Development of Urdu

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2011


    HUF hosts a fascinating exploration of Quranic Exegesis and the development of Urdu by the renowned historian, Mehr Farooqi.

    Mujtaba Hussain – Urdu Satire

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2011


    Renowned Urdu satirist, Mujtaba Hussain, reads selections from his extensive catalog of Urdu journalism and humor to an audience composed of Hindi Urdu Flagship students and the wider South Asian studies community at UT Austin.

    Rupert Snell – Autobiography is Another Story: “Lives” in Hindi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2011


    In this fascinating talk, Hindi Urdu Flagship Director, Rupert Snell, presents his recent work on the diverse genre of autobiographical writing in Hindi. The talk, entitled Autobiography is Another Story: “Lives” in Hindi, features audio recordings of a number of Hindi Urdu Flagship students and faculty reading from a wide variety of Hindi autobiographies. According... Read More

    Ali Asani – From Qawwali to Sufi Rock: Contemporary Expressions of Muslim Devotional Literature

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2011


    Ali Asani, professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic religion and cultures at Harvard University describes the modern Sufi rock phenomenon epitomized by Salman Ahmad and his band Junoon. Asani outlines Ahmad's personal musical, religious, and political journey and attempted to place Sufi rock in the broader tradition of Muslim devotional literature. A native of Kenya, Asani... Read More

    Prahlad Singh Tipanya – Kabir, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2011


    As part of its festival celebrating the living tradition of song and performance dedicated to the poet Kabir, HUF hosts a live musical performance by an acclaimed traditional Kabir folk ensemble led by Prahlad Singh Tipanya. Tipanya sings and plays the tambura, a five-stringed plucked and strummed instrument originally from Rajasthan, and kartal a wood... Read More

    Prahlad Singh Tipanya – Kabir, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2011


    As part of its festival celebrating the living tradition of song and performance dedicated to the poet Kabir, HUF hosts a live musical performance by an acclaimed traditional Kabir folk ensemble led by Prahlad Singh Tipanya. Tipanya sings and plays the tambura, a five-stringed plucked and strummed instrument originally from Rajasthan, and kartal a wood... Read More

    Harish Trivedi – A Translation Roundtable, Part 2: Tulsidas and a mystery

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2011


    As part of his visit to the Hindi Urdu Flagship, eminent Hindi scholar Harish Trivedi conducts a roundtable discussion on issues of Hindi-Urdu translation with a diverse set of students and faculty. This second half of the discussion focuses on a stanza from the Kavitavali of Tulsidas and a mystery piece provided by Trivedi. The... Read More

    Harish Trivedi – A Translation Roundtable, Part 1: Premchand's Rangbhumi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2011


    As part of his visit to the Hindi Urdu Flagship, eminent Hindi scholar Harish Trivedi conducts a roundtable discussion on issues of Hindi-Urdu translation with a diverse set of students and faculty. This first half of the discussion focuses on the opening paragraphs of Premchand’s Rangbhumi. The second half (featured in a separate podcast episode)... Read More

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