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Spring 2023 • Vol. XLV No. 2 • Translation Folio |

Shahen-Shah-e-Kulfi in a Golden Jungle

By Daisy Rockwell and Aftab Ahmad

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Daisy Rockwell is a painter and translator of Hindi and Urdu literature. She was awarded the 2022 International Booker Award, with Geetanjali Shree, for her translation of Shree’s Hindi novel Tomb of Sand.

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Aftab Ahmad is a senior lecturer in Urdu at Columbia University. He translates between Hindi, Urdu, and English and holds a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

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