MODERNISM in URDU and HINDI: Two Poets
Urdu-Hindi Workshop

Saturday April 23rd, 2005
10:30-3:30
Columbia University
School of International Affairs

Room 1134 (enter from 118th) This workshop will explore the literary history of modernism in South Asia by focusing on the Hindi poet Gajanan Madhav 'Muktibodh' (1917-64) and the Urdu poet N. M. Rashed (1910-75).  The workshop will consist of both close readings of poems and more general and comparative discussions about modern poetry in Hindi and Urdu.

The workshop is sponsored by the Southern Asian Institute, Columbia University. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The registration form is available at: http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/sai/.

Packets of readings will be sent out in advanced to all registered participants. These packets will include articles and original texts, as well as their transliterations and translations.