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Ektara's Etihas video magazine
11th issue, November 2016

(See the list of previous issues)

Welcome to the eleventh issue of Etihas.in, the online video magazine of history, arts and culture of India and South Asia. We hope our stories and interviews will entertain and inspire you, and arouse your appetite for more about our rich and diverse pasts.

In this November 2016 issue, we bring you the following short videos and segments:

1. Diwali milan: Urdu nazms of Nazeer Akbarabadi and Nazeer Banarasi
2. Asghar Ali Engineer: How History is Told
3. Biology and Medical Sciences in India's History

1. Diwali milan: Urdu nazms of Nazeer Akbarabadi
and Nazeer Banarasi

While 18th century Urdu poet Nazeer Akbarabadi is famous for his festive nazms (poems) on all kinds of cultural activities and fairs, including Diwali and other occasions (some of it featured in this video), we also present a poem on Diwali by another poet, Nazeer Banarasi, recited here by Sadia Wahidi.

2. Asghar Ali Engineer: How History is Told
In a series of lectures on communalism, the peace activist (late) Dr. Engineer talks about how (and why) history is told and how it can sometimes be misused for political gains. Some other parts of his lecture can be seen in the July 2016 issue of Etihas.

3. Biology and Medical Sciences in India's History:
In our series of online bibliographies on Indian history and heritage, this month we present a list of selected resources and links on the history of biological and medical sciences in India. See the list here >>

 
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