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Zindeeq
''Zindeeq'' is the fifth novel by Urdu novelist ''Rahman Abbas'', the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (India's National Academy of Letters) for his fourth novel, ''Rohzin'' in 2018. Zindeeq was published in November 2021 by Arshia Publication, New Delhi (). Rahman has received an international grant to study Nazism in Germany and find out how the politics in Pakistan and India will affect its minorities. The novel research grant was awarded by 'Crossing Borders' programme, jointly held by the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Literarisches Colloquium, Berlin as reported by LCB & TOI. Zindeeq is published in November 2021 by Arshia Publication, New Delhi, (). Awards Maharashtra State Urdu Sahitya Academy Award for Best Novel Plot It is a dystopian novel about the future of the subcontinent, challenges faced by minorities and about various aspects of the queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahman Abbas
Rahman Abbas (born 30 January 1972) is an Indian people, Indian fiction writer and the recipient of the India's highest literary Award ''Sahitya Akademi Award'' for his fourth novel ''Rohzin'' in 2018. He is also the recipient of the two State Academy Awards for his third and fourth novels respectively i.e. ''Hide and Seek in the Shadow of God'' (2011) and the ''Rohzin'' in 2017. He is the only Indian novelist whose work in German has received a LitProm Grant funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and the Swiss-South Cultural Fund. He writes in Urdu and in English language, English. His novels deal with themes of forbidden politics and love. The largest online reading portal Rekhta has stated that Rahman Abbas is one of the most read Urdu novelists. Penguin Random House has published Rohzin in English in May 2022. Rohzin has been longlisted for JCB Prize 2022, the richest literary prize in India. Life and career Abbas has master's degrees in Urdu literature, Urdu and Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohzin
Rohzin is the fourth novel of Rahman Abbas. On this novel he won India's highest literary Award '' Sahitya Akademi Award '' in 2018. Published in 2016 by Arshia Publications, Delhi, and launched at the Jashn-e-Rekhta, Delhi on 14 February 2016. Since, then, Rohzin has been widely debated in India, Pakistan, The Middle East, Canada, Switzerland and Germany. The author coins the word- 'Rohzin' to signify the psychological trauma of children who witness the betrayal of their parents/sleeping with someone else. Critics in the Global South think of Rohzin as a literary landmark in Urdu literature. English Translation Penguin Random House published Rohzin in English in May 2022. and it has been longlisted for JCB Prize, which is the richest literary prize in India. Deccanherald writes that Rohzin is one of the most disturbing novels of recent times, the reading of which cannot but leave the reader haunted for many days. Summary The two main characters are Asrar and Hina. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queer
''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late 19th century. Beginning in the late 1980s, queer activists, such as the members of Queer Nation, began to reappropriation, reclaim the word as a deliberately provocative and Gay liberation, politically radical alternative to the more assimilationist branches of the LGBT community. In the 21st century, ''queer'' became increasingly used to describe a broad spectrum of non-normative sexual and/or gender identities and politics. Academic disciplines such as queer theory and queer studies share a general opposition to Gender binary, binarism, normativity, and a perceived lack of intersectionality, some of them only tangentially connected to the LGBT movement. Queer arts, queer cultural groups, and queer political groups are examples of modern expressions of queer identities. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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