{"product_id":"the-homelands-an-ocean-9780143460213","title":"The Homeland's an Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003e 'Like the whirlpool, still center of a giddy circling, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the homeland's an ocean that scatters us in all directions.' \u003cbr\u003e Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mir, one of the greatest Urdu poets, lived through extraordinarily turbulent times in a Delhi besieged by marauders, and in exile elsewhere in North India. By the time he died, aged eighty-seven, he had witnessed a long era of violence and chaos. Yet, through it all, he crafted the most exquisite poetry, shaping the Urdu language from the resources of Khari Boli, Persian and Brajbhasha. A thoughtful selection of 150 of his \u003ci\u003easha'ar\u003c\/i\u003e or couplets by Ranjit Hoskote, \u003ci\u003eThe Homeland's an Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a far more political Mir than we know, a many-sided poet of melancholia, irreverent humor, love and audacious social vision. Hoskote's fresh, contemporary translation brings Mir's poetry back to a world that needs such a passionately urgent voice. Framed by the translator's substantial introduction to Mir's life and his literary, linguistic and political contexts, this book invites readers to look through a unique eighteenth-century lens at our current crises of homeland, identity and belonging. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRanjit Hoskote (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ranjit Hoskote is an acclaimed poet, translator, cultural theorist and curator. He is the author of eight collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eJonahwhale \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), \u003ci\u003eHunchprose\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and \u003ci\u003eIcelight\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). His translation of a fourteenth-century Kashmiri woman mystic's poetry, \u003ci\u003eI, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Ded\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), was honored with the Sahitya Akademi Translation Award. Hoskote has received, among other honors, the S.H. Raza Award for Literature and the JLF-Mahakavi Kanhaiyalal Sethia Award for Poetry. He serves on the editorial board of the Murty Classical Library of India, which is published by the Harvard University Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"India Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676142895378,"sku":"9780143460213","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23089beb-495b-47a3-ace5-b920f0a94ca4.jpg?v=1761045821","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-homelands-an-ocean-9780143460213","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}