By PIB
New Delhi : The Vice President of India Mohd. Hamid Ansari released the two volumes of the “The Oxford India Anthology of Modern Urdu Literature” edited by ‘Ms. Mehr Afshan Farooqi’ at a function here today. These volumes survey the field of Urdu Literature from the mid 19th to late 20th century and cover up the period of 100 years of literary production with about 90 authors and over 130 selections. These include major genres like poetry, drama and fiction as well as essays, autobiography and letters.
Addressing on the occasion, the Vice President said that Ms. Farooqi has done a favour to all by publishing such a valuable book because such a book on Urdu literature was badly needed. This is a new way to entice people and a great service to the language as well as the readers.. A good and distinctive literature could be created through an open interaction of ideas and a free translation of classic text.
Congratulating the editor of these volumes, the Vice President said that the focus of selection in these volumes is on literary excellence. He hoped that these volumes would enlighten the general readers as well as the students and scholars of Urdu literature. A number of literary personalities and dignitaries were present on the occasion.