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Khalid Alvi
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| Born | 20 June 1962 Chandpur, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Parent(s) | Late Malik Irfan Ahmad, Late Islama Khatoon |
Khalid Alvi also known as Khalid Mustafa Alvi is a professor at the University of Delhi, critic, and Urdu poet. He has written twelve books and edited the English journal Furtherance and the Urdu monthly Shahkaar.[citation needed] Some of his works have been translated into German, Persian and Uzbek Languages.
Early life and education[edit]
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Khalid Alvi received his early education in his home town Chandpur, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh and then he joined the University of Delhi as a Research Scholar. During his stay at University of Delhi as a research scholar he was invited to deliver a series of lecture on Indian literature by Peshawar University, Oriental Institute Tashkent and some other Organisations in various parts of the world.
Career[edit]
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After Alvi finished his MPhil, he was offered an assistant professorship at the college of Delhi University.
Writing[edit]
One of Alvi's books, Angarey, has been the subject of controversy. The book is a collection of Urdu short stories, first published in the 1930s, and then banned in 1933. It was written by Sajjad Zaheer, Rashid Jahan, Mahmud-uz-Zafar and Ahmed Ali[1] Alvi reissued the book in 1993, but, when doing so, had to excise major portions of it.[2] In 2014 he along with Vibha S. Chauhan translated the book in English.[3]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Swami, Praveen (7 May 2013). "India's cricket god Dhoni and our crazed god squad". Firstpost World. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ↑ Kumar, Girja (1997). The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India. Har-Anand Publications. p. 124.
- ↑ "The literary forest fire that censors failed to extinguish". www.sunday-guardian.com. Retrieved 27 December 2020.