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Wayward Verses - Unruly Urdu Poetry

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Author:	Sanjiv Saraf
Language:	English
Publisher:	Rekhta Publication
Year:	2024

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About The Book: Wayward Verses is a celebration of the undaunted spirit of poets who dare to defy social convention and the accepted concepts of morality. These independent thinkers express their convictions in incisive verse to bring down shibboleths and derisively mock the purveyors of "purity." There is nothing too sacred for them—God, established religion, strictures against drinking, sexuality, or homoeroticism. They rebel against all forms of restriction, oppression, and dos and don’ts. Biting wit and humour are the weapons they employ to bring home their points. In this book, Sanjiv Saraf has assiduously selected verses to give an overarching view of this terrain, along with rhymed translations for the English readers.

About The Author: Industrialist, investor, and social entrepreneur, Sanjiv Saraf juggles many roles, but his passion for Urdu poetry is what is closest to his heart. He set up Rekhta Foundation—which hosts the world’s largest and most popular resource for Urdu language and literature—apart from doing extensive work for preservation of texts and propagation of the language among youth through festivals and events.

An alumnus of the Scindia School (1975) and a graduate from IIT Kharagpur (1980), Sanjiv was involved in business and industry for over thirty years, during which he founded Polyplex Corpn. Ltd., an Indian multinational, Manupatra, India’s leading legal database, and other ventures in the green energy space. Thereafter, he turned his energies towards Urdu literature and is now fully involved in what he considers ‘the most satisfying work of my life, so far’.

Sanjiv is a recipient of several awards and honours, including the distinguished Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) degree from Maulana Azad National Urdu University Hyderabad in 2016, the National Sir Syed Excellence Award 2018 from Aligarh Muslim University for his contribution to the cause of preserving and promoting Urdu, Madhav Award as an Old Boy of Eminence for the year 2020 from the Scindia School for his outstanding work through Rekhta Foundation and his Alma Mater IIT Kharagpur conferred on him the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2022.