A dreamer of exquisite fancies
Iqbal and the legacy of progressive thought
By Aamir Riaz
Iqbal and the legacy of progressive thought
By Aamir Riaz
Iqbal
By Attiya Begum
Publisher: Oxford
University Press, 2011
Pages: 150
Price: Rs 495
A few months back, while finalising my report on text book analysis “What are we teaching to our Children”, I had a chance to check a few statements given in the quotes in text books being taught in public schools. In the process, I discovered that the famous Allahabad address of Allama Iqbal was twisted in its Urdu translation just to reinforce anti-Hindu and pro-Islamic sentiments in text books. I checked the original version in a book published by the Iqbal Academy, Lahore “Speeches, Writings, and Statements of Iqbal”, compiled and edited by Latif Ahmed Sherwani and first published in 1944. The address, a 19 page document, is no doubt a piece of scholarship and worth a read even in the 21st century. The whole document is not only a proof of Iqbal’s profound vision, his philosophic outreach, and strategic depth but also reflects his command on time and space, keeping in mind the ground realities of his era.http://jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2012-weekly/nos-05-02-2012/lit.htm#2
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