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 textHindi 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 textHindi translation
=Pariye gar bimar / "Pariye gar bimar": Urdu textHindi translation
=Professor / "Professor": Urdu textHindi 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