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Dilliwali: Celebrating The Woman Of Delhi Through Poetry (A Multilingual Anthology & An initiative of Delhi by Verse)

Dilliwali: Celebrating The Woman Of Delhi Through Poetry (A Multilingual Anthology & An initiative of Delhi by Verse)

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Author:Bushra Alvi Razzack
ISBN 13:9789387651050
Binding:Softcover
Language:English
Year:2018
Subject:Language and literature

About the Book

So who is the quintessential Delhi woman? Bushra Razzack tells us in the voices of 94 poets, aged between 13 and 70 years, seasoned and new, writing in English, Hindi and Urdu, some living in Delhi and others abroad but all bound by a common concern and a need to articulate what Delhi means to them. A fine poet herself, Bushra must be congratulated for this bouquet of poetic offerings that, taken together, constitute Dilli ke dil ka haal. In the words of Delhi's best loved poet, Mir Taqi Mir, Dillī ke na thhekuche auraaq-e-musavvar thhe/Jo shakl nazar aai tasvir nazar aai...