• ISBN13: 9780190132637
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: May 13, 2022
• Pages: 241
• Original Price: INR 1695.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 354 grams

About the Book In seventh-century Arabia, Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussain,<br>sacrificed his life and his family members and companions in the desert of<br>Karbala, Iraq, to resist the debauched ruler Yazid. In twentieth-century India,<br>when the communal conflict was at its peak, Premchand wrote a play about this<br>pivotal event of Islamic history and transformed it into a nationalist narrative.<br>This first-ever English translation of Premchand's outstanding play Karbala<br>(1924) is an illuminating blend of historical facts and imagination. It reveals<br>Premchand's profound understanding of the communal conflict in early<br>twentieth-century India and his unique way of imagining the nation, in tune<br>with Gandhian principles of communal harmony and co-existence of religions. About the Author Dr Nishat Zaidi</b> is Professor and Head, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.