This issue of "Mahfil" is devoted to Sanskrit literature and contains a note on Sanskrit pronunciation and selections of Sanskrit literature. It also contains articles analyzing and discussing various aspects of the literature, including "Sanskrit Rhetoric and Poetic,""The Creative Role of the Goddess Vac in the…

This volume contains articles about South Asian literature and poetry by G.M. Muktibodh, P. Naik, S. Chattopadhyay, M. Kureishi, and P.S. Rege. The articles and authors are: "The Hindi 'Riti' Tradition and the "Rasakapriya' of Keshavadasa: An Introductory Review" by K.C. Bahl; "Tradition and Modernity in Literature" by…

THIS IS A GRADED INTERMEDIATE READER INTENDED FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH 20TH-CENTURY URDU PROSE. THE TEXTS INCLUDE SELECTIONS FROM FOLKLORE LITERATURE, NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, LITERARY AND HUMOROUS ESSAYS, ANECDOTES, LETTERS, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS, AS WELL AS SPEECHES AND NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS. THE WRITERS…

This volume contains both literature from South Asia and articles about South Asian literature. The first article consists of an interview with a leading Pakistani poet, N.M. Rashed, who discusses modern Urdu literature. Other articles are: "Five 'Dangerous' Books"--on censorship in East Pakistan--by P. Sarkar; "Baluchi Language and…