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The Muslim Vanishes

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By (author): Saeed Naqvi

The great poet Ghalib, part of a long tradition of eclectic liberalism, found Benaras so compelling that he wrote his longest poem on the holy city, 'Chiragh-e-Dair' (Mandir Ka Diya or Lamp in the Temple): 'Ibadat khaana-e-naaqoosian ast, Hama na Kaaba-e-Hindostan ast. (Devotees make searing music with conch shells, This truly is the Kaaba of Hindustan.) Take Ghalib and his myriad followers out of the equation. Will Hindustan be left with a gaping hole or become something quite new? The Muslim Vanishes, a play by Saeed Naqvi, attempts to answer that question. Caste, the Hindu-Muslim divide, Pakistan-Kashmir-decibel levels on these subjects are too high, with each side fiercely defending their own narratives for a conversation to take place. What is the way out of this trap? Razor-sharp, gentle and funny, Saeed Naqvi falls back on a combination of grandma's bedside stories, Aesop's fables and Mullah Nasruddin's feigned foibles to spring an inspired surprise on us. Can it douse the flames?Read more See more
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  • Dimensions: 130 x 200mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Jan 2022
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House India
  • Publication City/Country: India
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780670096350

About Saeed Naqvi

Saeed Naqvi is a well-known Indian journalist. He covered the 1971 war against Pakistan which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh the Sri Lankan Civil War 1971 Sino-Vietnam war 1979 US bombing of Libya 1986 the first coup in Fiji 1987 Nicaragua war 1989 Operation Desert Storm 1991 US occupation of Afghanistan 2002 and Iraq 2003 and the Syrian civil war 2011. He has also conducted long-format TV interviews with world statesmen like Fidel Castro Nelson Mandela Mikhail Gorbachev Saddam Hussain Muammar Qaddafi Benazir Bhutto Henry Kissinger Yitzhak Rabin Shimon Peres Benjamin Netanyahu Hashemi Rafsanjani Hosni Mubarak and Mahathir Mohammad. Among the path-breaking works in the field of India's plural culture and the history of Hindustani classical music is his three-part DVD series on the history of Hindustani classical music. He has produced thirty-five short films on India's composite culture which were considered a landmark. He has authored three books: Reflections of an Indian Muslim (1992) The Last Brahmin Prime Minister (1996) and Being The Other: The Muslim in India (2016).

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