Materials prepared by Aftab Ahmad
Senior Lecturer in Urdu/Hindi
Dept. of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African
Studies
Columbia University
Most of these texts have been
slightly edited for the use of students, and the
glossaries are still in draft form. Later versions
will be supplied as they become available.
*Urdu
Reader for Urdu for Heritage Speakers II, Spring
2014 -- Mukhtasar Afsane* (texts and serial
glossaries)
"This reader contains Urdu and Hindi short stories in
Urdu script. They are based on themes like child labor,
women's issues, corruption, and communal riots. It also
contains a couple of humorous stories."
*Hindi
Reader for Intermediate Hindi-Urdu -- Laghu Katha'en*
(texts and serial glossaries)*
[This reader is almost the same as the Urdu version
above, but is in Devanagari.]
*Advanced
Urdu Readings (a compilation, texts and serial
glossaries)*
An index of the contents, with page numbers
Manto stories: "Toba Tek Singh"; "Khol do"; "Ji aya"
Nazir Ahmad story: "'Aql ki narasa'i"
Sir Sayyid story: "Ta'assub"
Two translations into Urdu by Aftab Ahmad
Muhammad Husain Azad: a passage from "Darbar-e Akbari*
Shibli Nu'mani: a passage from "Safar-namah"
Ghazals by Mir, Ghalib, Iqbal
Nazms by Iqbal, Faiz, Kishwar Naheed, Sahir Ludhianvi
*"Advanced Urdu
materials" (texts and serial glossaries)*
Sharar: an excerpt from "Bazm-e qudrat"
Muhammad Zaka'ullah: "Haya"
Hali: an excerpt from "Yadgar-e Ghalib"
Mir Amman: "Sair pahle darvesh ki" from "Bagh o bahar"
*"A
letter and a ghazal of Ghalib's" (texts and serial
glossaries)*
*"Muhammad Husain Azad
on Mir, from Aab-e hayaat" (text and serial glossary)*
Includes a film song, "Baghon men bahar hai"
*"Shahr-e do
qissah" by Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi*
An excerpt from "Aab-e gum," Urdu text with serial
glossary
Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi--humorous
sketches: Urdu texts and careful Hindi translations
=An introduction to the author and his work: Urdu text;
Hindi
translation
=Apne ap ko m'af kar diya kijiye / "Apne ap ko maf kar
diya kijiye" (about Faiz): Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Aur ana ghar men murghiyon ka / "Aur ana ghar men
murghiyon ka": Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Bare alu ka kuchh bayan ho ja'e / "Akhir alu ka kuchh
bayan ho ja'e": Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Bifocal Club: Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Caesar, Mata Hari, aur Mirza: Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Chand tasvir-e butan / "Chand tasvir-e butan": Urdu text;
Hindi
translation
=Charpa'i aur kalchar / "Charpa'i aur kalchar": Urdu text;
Hindi
translation
=Coffee / "Coffee": Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Cricket / "Cricket": Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Dast-e Zulaikha / "Dast-e Zulekha": Urdu text; Hindi translation
=Hill Station / "Hill Station": Urdu text; Hindi translation
=Junun-e Latifah / "Lalayit Kala": Urdu text;
Hindi translation
=Kaghazi hai
pairahan: Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Mausamon ka shahr / "Mausamon ka shahr": Urdu text; Hindi
translation
=Muridpur ka Pir / "Muridpur ka Pir": Urdu text; Hindi translation
=Muzi / "Dusht": Urdu text;
Hindi translation
=Pariye gar bimar / "Pariye gar bimar": Urdu text;
Hindi
translation
=Professor / "Professor": Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Sarkhail-e qabilah-e Yaganah (Iftikhar 'Arif aur un ki
sha'iri / "Yaganah qabile ke nayak (Iftikhar Arif aur un
ki shayari)): Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Sibghe and Sons / "Sibghe and Sons": Urdu text; Hindi translation
=Sun / "Sun": Urdu text; Hindi translation
Ahmad Shah Patras Bukhari /
"Ahmad Shah Patras Bukhari": Urdu text;
Hindi
translation
=Ab aur tab: Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Anarkali, Mukhlis Sahib, aur Ham Niyazmand / "Anarkali,
Shubhchintak Sahib, aur Ham Nivedak": Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Anjam bakhair / "Sukhant": Urdu text; Hindi translation
=Bachche: Urdu text; Hindi translation
=Cinema ka ishq Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Dost ke nam: Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Ghunchah-e Tabassum ke Dibachon par ek nazar / "Muskan
ki kali ki prastavna'on par ek drishti": Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Hostel men paRhna: Urdu text; Hindi
translation
=Jhulne: Urdu text; Hindi translation
=Kutte: Urdu text; Hindi translation
=Lahor ka jughrafiyah / "Lahore ka bhugol": Urdu text;
Hindi
translation
=Main ek miyan hun / "Main ek pati hun": Urdu text;
Hindi
translation
=Muridpur ka pir: Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Savere jo kal meri ankh khuli / "Savere jo kal ankh
meri khuli": Urdu
text; Hindi
translation
=Urdu ki akhiri kitab: Urdu text;
Hindi
translation
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