Afsar Mohammad
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Very happy to share that I just finished the first round of proofreading for my forthcoming book on Hyderabad “Remaking History “from the Cambridge University Press!!!
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After almost a decade of hard work and writing,the book is now out! I'm very grateful to the fascinating team of Cambridge for their devotion, care and consistency in making this dream a reality! Thank you so much
@qudsiya_Ah
@RanaAnwesha
@SaniyaPuri007
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I'm very very happy to share this good news! My first ever collection of Telugu poems in English translation- Evening with a Sufi- will be out next week from the prestigious Red River press!
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Spring 2023 starts off with this beautiful news! The cover page for my forthcoming book on Hyderabad from Cambridge University!!
Photo caption:
1947 Hyderabad: When Chai, samosa and a newspaper were daily staple of the city life in Hyderabad.
image: Mohammad Ayub Ali Khan
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Such an intense conversation about Shailaja Paiks book “vulgarity of caste” at UPenn!
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Happy to share that I just won Telugu University's "best poet of the year" award for my recent poetry collection "Inti Vaipu" (homebound).
I take this opportunity to thank once again my dear friend and the publisher of this collection Ravinder Verelly.
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As I get ready to write a preface to Saibaba's forthcoming book, this image--no words! so painful now to read his lovely sentences and tears stop me at every sentence! Hopefully, I will gather enough energy to finish this preface soon!😢
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If you’re visiting Hyderabad next time, don’t forget to get hold of this little book written by Sibghat and Mehdi Sajid! Such a lovely guide ❤️
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I'm very happy to share that my book "Remaking History: 1948 Police Action and the Muslims of Hyderabad," (Cambridge University, 2023) is now available in Cambridge core series and it's open access. Please feel free to download and share your feedback!
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Editing, editing and editing:
Back to my desk as I got the final edits from the Cambridge University Press!! So happy to read this feedback and returning to my chapters!!
I hope to share the final date of publication soon!!!!!!!!!
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All set for our Annual Telugu conference on December 2nd and 3rd! So excited to meet several internationally acclaimed Telugu scholars in-person!
image: Laxman Aelay
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1992 December 6 still haunts:
Spoke at today's protest gathering on the Babri Demolition on the Upenn campus! Thank you so much, South Asian graduate students, for organizing this protest.
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A visitation to my parent’s final resting place in Khammam! As many of my friends already know I’ve dedicated this book to their precious memory!
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The first ever English translation of my Telugu poems - Evening with a Sufi--just arrived in Philadelphia!
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From British museum: Alam from Deccan probably 1700 or 1800s!
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Happy to share that this beautiful collection of essays "Hundred years of the Wasteland and Indian Responses" is now out. Find time to read my essay on Eliot and Telugu poetry!
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Upenn campus is always there when it comes to these solidarities!
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#while
receiving the literary excellence award from the Telugu association of Delaware valley!
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Here’s another chapter in a forthcoming volume on TS Eliot and Indian literature published by Orient BlackSwan! The volume will be out very soon!
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Happy to share that 2023 came to an end with this latest publication from Oxford! Thank you so much
@uanjaria
Anjaria and Anjali Nerlekar for this beautiful opportunity to write for the Handbook of Modern Indian literature!
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This image was one of the last pics with my Amma! Inspired by her marsiyas and Fatima stories, I started working on this book. Nevertheless, I took a different direction towards vernacular expressions of Muharram!
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I hear from many Hyderabadi friends that this book is now in their personal libraries! So- the mission accomplished!
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Am I ready or not?! Not sure!!! But---So excited to see you all friends at McGill!!
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Dear friends: Here starts my new journey into a new book: Sufi narratives from the margins: Alternative histories from South India.
It's such a moment of pride to be among these great scholars and speakers!
Thank you so much, Jamal Elias bhai for this opportunity!
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First day of our Upenn Telugu studies conference! Really a great experience to have such an excellent team of inspiring speakers!
An image from: Telangana's new histories panel!
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Uchicago talk: many really great things today at my Uchicago talk on my book! But the most amazing was to meet my favorite historian Muzaffar Alam sahab and his inspiring questions and conversations about the book ❤️
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It's a much-awaited book, and here go it's here finally! Today we all celebrated Lisa Mitchell's book launch among many professors, graduate students and community members.
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Yesterday's first ever Telugu Symposium at the Annual Conference of South Asia was one of my enriching experiences of recent times. A wide range of topics, scholars from different parts of the world, and inspiring discussions! Such an amazing beginning!
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Piecing together a decade of oral history work with long-lost sources in Telugu and Urdu, the book introduces readers to previously unheard voices from Hyderabad State.
- Taylor Sherman, Author of Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths
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Once again, I hear some voices that fail to see the ground reality of the public rituals of Muharram. Once again, I hear some poisoned words that spread hatred between Dalits and Muslims. It's time to go to this village in South India to witness the legacy of the Hussainiyat!
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When Anindu and Gaddar "played" a dappu together in a public meeting! Gaddar anna, your presence was a celebration, your performance was a battle on its own! You live forever, forever!
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After a busy day of teaching/seminars/ student meetings, the birthday came to an end with a dinner at an Italina restaurant Ambrosia!
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Sailasri (Columbia) talking about bonaalu at UPenn Telugu conference!
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Happy to share this book talk event invite at the McGill University, Montreal!
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All set for the first day of classes this semester! Teaching "Religious Literatures of India" and we begin with Akka Mahadevi's poem!!
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Dear Hyderabadis: Mark your calendar- 9th 6 pm at Lamakaan
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Eid Mubarak...
*
The subject today is Love
And for tomorrow as well,
As a matter of fact
I know of no better topic
For us to discuss
Until we all
Die!
- Hafez
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Just heard that the Dalit Sanskrit scholar Kumud Pawde is no more!
I still remember when my class "Religious Literatures of India" read and discussed her phenomenal essay "The Story of My Sanskrit."
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All set for the Telugu conference tomorrow on our campus!
Topics for December 2nd:
10:00 to 12:00 am: Caste Histories and Textual Studies
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm : Telangana’s New Histories
3:30 pm to 5:30 pm Multiple Dimensions of Politics and Resistance
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So happy to share that Cambridge University Press is super prompt in paying the royalties!
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Dear friends, please mark these dates for our penn colloquium!
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Let's welcome this innovative collection of poems! For the first time, we see here many Hyderabadi poets writing about their love for the city! I'm very happy to be a tiny part of this beautiful collection! Kudos, Usha Akella for your time, patience and devotion!
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Happy to share that I will be speaking about Telugu Sufi Poetry at this lovely conference at the University of Cambridge on April 3rd!
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Happy to share this thought-provoking review of my book "Remaking History," by Tanvi Rupakula!
"The core thrust is that a cohesive and uniquely Hyderabadi imaginary existed alongside Indian nationalism and Telugu nationalism which eventually shaped the region....
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Happy to share my first ever OP-ED for an American newspaper..
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The last class day of the Beginning Telugu came to an end with food and fun conversations ❤️
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On this day in 2018, the South Asian edition of the "Festival of Pirs" was out from the Oxford!
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During my talk at UCLA, it was quite a surprise to meet and talk to Karen Leonard whose work on Hyderabad remains a path-breaking contribution. Karen came all the way to my talk and shared her generous comments!
bahut shukriyaa, Karen!
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Happy to share this book launch announcement at the University of Texas at Austin this Friday! See you there, Texas friends!
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Finally--done with the reading! Lots of learning/unlearning! Looking forward to more conversations along the way!
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"I’m not a big fan of those ideas of nationalism, mother tongue and singular geographies. They don’t exist in my world."
Thank you so much, Mitali, for this opportunity!
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Just back from an inspiring session at the Dalit history month event at Columbia! Such an amazing conversation about Dalit and Muslim solidarity..
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Happy to share that my talk at University of California-Los Angeles went really well! Such an amazing audience. Thought-provoking questions and conversations! Thank you so much, Anna Morcom for this lovely opportunity to present my work at UCLA.
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Dear friends in and around Hyderabad: As I wrap up my Delhi trip this evening, I'm going to get another opportunity to meet you at Anweshi tomorrow 4 pm. See you there!
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Happy to share that my next book talk will be at the UCLA..
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Happy to share that my next book talk will be at my alma mater--on March 7th. It's going to be a quite nostalgic!
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Almost ready for today's talk on Gaddar! I just decided to share this precious picture of my son Anindu playing (sitting in the lap of Vara Vara Rao) with Gaddar's dappu!
Dear friends in and around Madison, let's meet today at the Van Hise 1418 for this event with
@SriVamsiMatta
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So happy to see a full house at the book talk today at the center for South Asia at University of Wisconsin- Madison!
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Happy to share that my next talk will be at the University of Chicago on November 9th! If you're around, let's meet!
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“Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.”
So-while I still celebrate many lovely wishes from my friends, I remember these words from Rumi!
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Another beautiful suprise from Gulzar Sahab! He just recited his Hindi translation of my Telugu poem at Jaipur Literary Festival (32 minute on this video)
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Finally, we’re here in my “Religion and Resistance “class❤️
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Very happy to be a part of this much awaited collection of literary theory in Telugu!
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Muharram-2:
Many things come to my mind when I return to my field research about Muharram in Andhra and Telangana. I've been to several places where Bi Fatima is a constant presence in public rituals and story-telling sessions. I will have more about these pilgrimages later!
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Dear friends:
Happy to share this as my Ramzan gift. Since this is online talk and open to all, looking forward to seeing you there!
Join:
Website:
Registration Link:
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Many memories from this year's AAR! Heard from many professors/colleagues that they're still using this book -Festival of Pirs- in their classes. It's almost ten years-- a decade exactly--and so happy the book is still alive!!
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Happy to share my first ever bilingual poetry collection - Fasting Hymns! Thank you so much
@srinivas
goud for the beautiful translations into Telugu and Charan Parimi for the fascinating sketches!
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Really inspiring conversation with my lovely Hyderabadi community today at the Lamakaan! Thank you so much Moses Tulasi Khadeeja Amenda and the entire Lamakaan team for this! I believe this is just a beginning ofa conversation on 1948 Police Action and the Muslim question!
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Lovely words and flowers:
"Evening with a Sufi" was launched today in Madison's South Asia conference by Jack Hawley! It's such a pleasure that he spoke really beautiful words and also recited a few poems. Hawley saahab also brought lovely flowers! Thank you , Hawley saahab!
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A postcard for all Hyderabadis from the British Library! ( this pic from the Andhra Bharathi Telugu monthly, 1912)
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Yesterday was one of the beautiful moments in Madison when I gave a keynote at the 2023 conference of the South Asian Teacher's Association (SALTA). Thank you so much for the opportunity, Elliott McCarter Kusum Knapczyk for your great hospitality, and Rajiv Ranjan for this pic.
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Happy to share all good things about my talk at the McGill! So much to write about the question-and-answer session about language politics, nationalism, Hindu-Muslim question, resolute localism!
Thanks again
@mkhanpasha
for a beautiful opportunity and lovely hospitality!
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Next book talk in India on 17th!
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
29, Rajpur Road, Delhi-110054
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Reading and reflecting on this thoughtful work! So much to learn and unlearn! Shukriyaa, Hamid Dabashi saahab for writing this lovely book ❤️
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Eid Mubarak!
Missing Eid back home! Every Ramzaan, I remember Amma's words "Babu, you should write about Ramzan, our only Holy month!" Yes! It's long overdue..need to return to something along the similar lines!
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The last day of my delightful class “ Words are weapons” -a truly multicultural and diverse group ❤️
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Happy to share that I will be speaking about our own beloved Gaddar (in colloboration with Sri Vamsi Matta) on March 8th in Madison!
"The Poetics of the People's Movement: From Paul Robeson to Gaddar"
It's a totally new topic and need to see how far we can go!
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Images from London-1: River walks are really inspiring! And, if there’s a book shop, it’s even more lively!
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Happy to share this pic from our last class day of the Intermediate level Telugu class at Upenn!
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Lots of love for my book in Hyderabad and Telangana! At least five reading clubs are now planning book events back home! Of course, these reading clubs are also buying a good number of copies of the book!
@qudsiya_Ah
@RanaAnwesha
@SaniyaPuri007
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