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"It's sad that the post-modern literary paradigm generally eschews religious texts. Quran is specially regarded as the archetypal dogma and thus uncompatible with modernity. In my recent study, I have found it relevant to both the current times and my personal life. Partly poetic, it carries profoundly symbolic meanings - much beyond the simplistic classroom teachings and anachronistic medieval MiddleEastern exegesis." — Apr 25, 2023 03:09AM
"It's sad that the post-modern literary paradigm generally eschews religious texts. Quran is specially regarded as the archetypal dogma and thus uncompatible with modernity. In my recent study, I have found it relevant to both the current times and my personal life. Partly poetic, it carries profoundly symbolic meanings - much beyond the simplistic classroom teachings and anachronistic medieval MiddleEastern exegesis." — Apr 25, 2023 03:09AM
“دل رہینِ غمِ جہاں ہے آج
ہر نَفَس تشنہء فغاں ہے آج
سخت ویراں ہے محفلِ ہستی
اے غمِ دوست! تُو کہاں ہے آج”
― Nuskha ha-e Wafa / نسخہ ہائے وفا
ہر نَفَس تشنہء فغاں ہے آج
سخت ویراں ہے محفلِ ہستی
اے غمِ دوست! تُو کہاں ہے آج”
― Nuskha ha-e Wafa / نسخہ ہائے وفا
“You want freedom and they give you chicken korma.”
― A Case of Exploding Mangoes
― A Case of Exploding Mangoes
“Manners are not like bonbons, Nina. You may not choose the ones that suit you best; and you certainly cannot put the half-bitten ones back in the box.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“The various manifestations of socialism destroyed both their peoples and their ecosystems, whereas the powers of the North and the West have been able to save their peoples and some of their countrysides by destroying the rest of the world and reducing it's people to abject poverty.”
― We Have Never Been Modern
― We Have Never Been Modern
“گدھوں اور دانشمندوں کی ایک مثال ہے کہ جہاں سب گدھے ہوجائیں وہاں کوئی گدھا نہیں ہوتا اور جہاں سب دانشمند بن جائیں وہاں کوئی دانشمند نہیں رہتا۔”
― Akhri Aadmi / آخری آدمی
― Akhri Aadmi / آخری آدمی
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South Asian Historical Fiction
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This is a group for readers who enjoy reading historical fiction from the Indian subcontinent.
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