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But You Don’t Look Like A Muslim
Rakshanda Jalil
HarperCollins
Pages 223, Rs 599
In the book under review, Rakshanda Jalil, a noted translator of Urdu prose and poetry, offers a wide-ranging analysis of the history of the language in the subcontinent and ties it with the pluralistic ethos of India. She also discusses what being Muslim means in today’s times and stresses how a discussion on integrating the community is overdue.
Ms Jalil divides her book into thematic sections: There are chapters on the literature of partition, on Urdu pulp fiction, and on Urdu poets celebrating Diwali and Christmas.
