Mr Abu Shafquat (UK), Ex-CEO, AT&T and Telstra, with my book,'The Fascinating Tales of Urdu & its Courtyard — Dilli.The book offers a glimpse into Delhi’s changing history, culture, language and society. It gives an insight of the seven fabled cities of Delhi along with an interesting journey of Urdu, which was born and brought up here.
The book has stories — from kings, nawabs and poets to saints, faqirs and courtesans. The Fascinating Tales of Urdu & its Courtyard — Dilli is available on Fipkart.com, Amazon.in and Urdubazaar.in.
Delhi has a splendid legacy of Urdu poets — from Hatim, Dard, Sauda, Mir and Mushafi to Zauq, Ghalib, Zafar, Momin, Shefta and Daagh — who saw both the splendour and ravages of the time. The book also gives readers an exposure to Urdu prose and letters which are an important part of Delhi’s history. For the benefit of those who are not well-versed in Urdu, the author has written the extracts in Roman script (English) and has explained the meanings of difficult Urdu words too.
International Readers of The Fascinating Tales of Urdu & its Courtyard — Dilli
