Firdous Ali was an accomplished linguist and translator. Hewas proficient in Kashmiri, Urdu, Persian, Punjabi and English, and had aprodigious knowledge of the poetry of Indian and Persian languages and anencyclopaedic knowledge of the history of Indian cinema.
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Bhushan Korgaonkar is a multilingual writer, director theatre producer and translator. Celebrated for his engaging…
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