Joginder Paul

Introduction

Chandana Dutta

SECTION I

IMAGING UNIVERSES: FICTION BY JOGINDER PAUL

a. Traversing Creative Universes: Selected Short Stories

Chapter 1: "The Slump"

Translated by Chandana Dutta

Chapter 2: "Phool"

Translated by Keerti Ramachandra

Chapter 3: "Parayi"

Translated by Keerti Ramachandra

Chapter 4: "The Flight of the Doves"

Translated by Nirupama Dutt

b. Of Roots and Memories: Extracts from Novels and Novellas

Chapter 5: The Story of India

Translated by Krishna Paul and D.R. Goyal

Chapter 6: Blind

Translated by Sukrita Paul Kumar and Hina Nandrajog

Chapter 7: Sleepwalkers

Translated by Sunil Trivedi and Sukrita Paul Kumar

c. A Flock of Birds: Selected Afsanche or Flash Fiction

Chapter 8: Afsanche or Flash Fiction

SECTION II

THE CARTOGRAPHY OF CREATIVITY, ON BEING A WRITER: ESSAYS BY JOGINDER PAUL

a. On the Art of Fiction Writing: Essays in Urdu by Joginder Paul

Chapter 9: New Urdu Fiction: Issues of Language and Expression

Translated by Ambar Ahmad

Chapter 10: Fiction: A Critique

Translated by Ambar Ahmad

b. On Fiction and Fellowship: Essay in English by Joginder Paul

Chapter 11: Fiction: Fellowship in Suffering

c. The Writer on Other Writers: Essays in Urdu by Joginder Paul

Chapter 12: Premchand: The Precursor of the Modern Urdu Short Story

Translated by Abdul Naseeb Khan

Chapter 13: Wazir Agha: The Writer of Inshaiya

Translated by Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

SECTION III

MAPPING CREATIVITY: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON JOGINDER PAUL AS A WRITER

a. The Art of Joginder Paul: Essays

Chapter 14: On Joginder Paul's Nadeed

Wazir Agha

Translated by Jai Ratan

Chapter 15: Joginder Paul's Short Stories

Wahab Ashrafi

Translated by Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

Chapter 16: The Art of Joginder Paul

Qamar Rais

Translated by Abdul Naseeb Khan

Chapter 17: The Creative Process in Joginder Paul's Fiction

Sharib Rudaulvi

Translated by Ambar Ahmad

Chapter 18: A Speech on Joginder Paul: Some Insights

Fikr Taunsvi

Translated by Ambar Ahmad

Chapter 19: Art and Aesthetics in Joginder Paul

Muhammad Ali Siddiqui

Translated by Sami Rafiq

Chapter 20: The Story of a Banyan Tree: Reminiscing the Life and Times of Joginder Paul

Ali Ahmad Fatmi

Translated by Huma Khalil

Chapter 21: Lamps of Insights: Joginder Paul's Afsanche

Anwar Pasha

Translated by Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

b. Perspectives from Afar: Essays

Chapter 22: Subverting the Nation-State through Post-Partition Nostalgia: Joginder Paul's Sleepwalkers

Amrita Ghosh

Chapter 23: On Joginder Paul's Afsanche: An Apology

Christopher Merrill

SECTION IV

A CREATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS PAR EXCELLENCE:

CONVERSATIONS AND DIALOGUES

a. Art in Every Fibre of his Being: A Conversation with Joginder Paul

Chapter 24: A Conversation with Joginder Paul

Ateequllah and Sadique

Translated by Ambar Ahmad

b. On the Wordsmith: Conversations on Joginder Paul

Chapter 25: On Joginder Paul: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

Conversation with Chandana Dutta

Chapter 26: On Joginder Paul's Art and Fiction

Nizam Siddiqui in Conversation with Chandana Dutta

Translated by Chandana Dutta

Chapter 27: Joginder Paul: A Creative Consciousness Par Excellence

Intekhab Hameed Khan in Conversation

Translated by Punya Prakash Tripathi

SECTION V

NAVIGATING THE SELF: SCRIPTING THE LIFE OF A WRITER

a. The Restless Seeker: A Personal Perspective

Chapter 28: A Caravan of Memories

Joginder Paul

Translated by Girija Sharma

b. The Storyteller's Journey: About Joginder Paul

Chapter 29: Only I Would Know

Krishna Paul

Translated by Chandana Dutta

Chapter 30: My Papaji

Usha Nagpal

Chapter 31: My Incomparable Baba: A Tribute to Joginder Paul

Zahir Anwar

Translated by Smita Mishra Chaturvedi

SECTION VI

FROM THE TRANSLATORS: PRESENTING JOGINDER PAUL TO HIS READERS

Chapter 32: Transfusion as Translation: Ek Boond Lahu Ki Becoming A Drop of Blood

Snehal Singhavi

Chapter 33: To See or Not to See: Some Thoughts, Some Notes

Sukrita Paul Kumar

Chapter 34: Trans-creating the Pain of Displacement and Denial: Khwabrau into Sleepwalkers

Sunil Trivedi

Chapter 35: From Paar Pare to Beyond Black Waters

Vibha S. Chauhan

Chapter 36: Translating Joginder Paul

Meenakshi Bharat

Chapter 37: Translating Joginder Paul: A Sleepwalker's Dream

Keerti Ramachandra

SECTION VII

FROM THE ARCHIVES: DOCUMENTING JOGINDER PAUL

Chapter 38: "Study of a Literary Work: A Critical Practice" A Letter to the Editor of Tulu-e-Afkaar

Joginder Paul

Translated by Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

SECTION VIII

THE LOGS OF A LIFE

Chapter 39: Joginder Paul: A Bibliographical Chronology

Compiled by Abu Zahir Rabbani

Joginder Paul: A Detailed Bibliography