SATIRE IN BRAJ AND URDU
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Saturday April 12, 2008, 10:30-3:30
Columbia University, School of International Affairs, Room 1134 (enter from 118th St.)
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The workshop is sponsored by the Southern Asian Institute and the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University. It is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required:

*REGISTRATION FORM*
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Workshop schedule:
10:00-10:30 coffee ~~ 10:30-12:30: Braj text, and Sauda
12:30-1:30: lunch ~~ 1:30-3:30: Sarshar
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STUDY MATERIALS FOR THE WORKSHOP
(copies of selected parts of this material will be made available at the workshop itself and will form the basis of discussion)

==Stanzas from the Shivraj Bhushan by Bhushan Tripathi (fl. 1673): *Hindi text*; *translation by Allison Busch*
==Annotated translations of some of the satires of Mirza Rafi 'Sauda' (1706?-81), with texts: *Columbia Univ.*
==Ab-e hayat (1880) on Sauda: *DSAL*
==An excerpt from Fasanah-e Azad by Ratan Nath Dar 'Sarshar' (1846-1902): *Urdu text*; *translation by Jennifer Dubrow*
==A special treat: *recitation of the Sarshar passage by Ziya Mohyeddin*
==A tarji'-band from the Avadh Panch, 1880: *Urdu text and transliteration*; *translation by Jennifer Dubrow*
 

For comparison:
==A satiric *shahr-ashob by Jur'at (1748-1809)*, with *commentary by S. R. Faruqi*
==A satiric *shahr-ashob by Nazir Akbarabadi (1740-1830)*, with *commentary by FWP*
 

further inquiries: <fp7@columbia.edu>