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2. Indian English literature - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Indian English literature ( IEL ), also referred to as Indian Writing in English ( IWE ), is the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language but whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous languages of India. Its early history began with the works of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio and Michael ...

3. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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   e. Hindi literature ( Hindi: हिन्दी साहित्य, hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Hindi languages which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa like Awadhi, and Marwari languages. Hindi literature is composed in three broad styles ...

4. Tawaif - Wikipedia

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   A tawaif was a highly successful courtesan singer ‚ dancer ‚ and poet who catered to the nobility of the Indian subcontinent, particularly during the Mughal era. Many tawaifs ( nautch girls to the British) were forced to go into prostitution due to a lack of opportunities by the time of the British Raj. [1]

5. Doha (Indian literature) - Wikipedia

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   Doha is a lyrical verse-format which was extensively used by Indian poets and bards of North India probably since the beginning of the 6th century AD. Dohas of Kabir, Tulsidas, Raskhan, Rahim and the dohas of Nanak called Sakhis are famous. Satasai of Hindi poet, Bihārī, contains many dohas. Dohas are written even now.

6. Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature - Wikipedia

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   OCLC. 430192715. The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature is a multi-volume English language encyclopedia of Indian literature published by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. The idea for the project emerged in the mid-1970s, and three volumes were planned to cover all Indian literature, including that in native vernaculars.

7. Hindi - Wikipedia

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   Distribution of L1 self-reported speakers of Hindi in India as per the 2011 Census. Modern Standard Hindi, [a] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India.

8. Satasai - Wikipedia

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   The Satasai (Satsai) or Bihari Satsai (Seven Hundred Verses of Bihari) is a famous work of the early 17th century by the Hindi poet Bihārī, in the Braj Bhasha dialect of Hindi spoken in the Braj region of northern India. [1] It contains Dohas, or couplets, on Bhakti (devotion), Neeti (Moral policies) and Shringara (love). [citation needed]

9. Katha (storytelling format) - Wikipedia

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   Katha (storytelling format) Katha (or Kathya) is an Indian style of religious storytelling, performances of which are a ritual event in Hinduism. It often involves priest -narrators ( kathavachak or vyas) who recite stories from Hindu religious texts, such as the Puranas, the Ramayana or Bhagavata Purana, followed by a commentary ( Pravachan ).