Indian Literature in English Translation

Poetry Kabir: "Ek Achamho Dekha Re Bhai" ("Brother, I Have Seen Some Astonishing Sights"), “Jhagra Ek Naberhu Raam" ("Answer this and Do it Quickly") [From Kabir. Songs of Kabir, Translated by A.K Mehrotra] "Mata Jhuti Pita Bhi Jhuta" (Tell Me O Pandit, What Place is Pure ..

"Maya Tajun Taji Nahin Jai" ("I Try to Give Up Maya"), “Jhini Jhini Bini Chadariya" (*"Sheet") [from Kabir. The Weaver's Song, Translated by Vinay Dharwadher] "Haman Hain Ishq Mastana" (I am Drunk on Love"), “Pani Bin Meen Pyaasi" ("The Fish is Thirsty in Water"); “Koi Sunatahai Guru Gyaani" (*"A Rare and Wise Guru Listens") [From Vipul Rikhi. Drunk on Love: The Life Vision and Songs of Kabir] "Sakhi: Gurudev Ko Ang” (*"Of Guru the Diety") [From Mahan Singh Karki. Kabir: Selected Couplets from The Sakhi in Transversion] The course outline, scheme of examination and detail course contentfor Masterof Arts(English)(Two-year PG Degree Programme approved by the Board of Studies of USHSS in its 40th meeting held on 29th June, 2026.

Sub-Committee of Academic Council 28th July,2026.

Annexure"E" Syllabi and Scheme of Examination for MA English (Two-Year PG Degree Programme) (With effectfrom August,2026) Ghalib: "Naqsh Fariyadi Hai Kis ki Shokhi-e-tahrir Ka" (Against Whose Playful Writings are the Words Complainanats?"), “Yih Na Thi Hamari Qismat Kih Visal-e-Yaar Hota" (It wasn't in My Fate to have Union with the Beloved"),“Na(h) Tha Kuchh To Khuda Tha, Kuchh Na Hota To Khuda Hota" ("When There was Nothing, There was God"), “Koi Ummid Bar Nahin Ati" ("No Hope Ever Comes to Fruition"); “Bazicha(h)-e-Atfal Hai Duniya Mere Agey" ("The World is Merely a Children's Playground to Me") [From Ghalib. Love Sonnets of Ghalib, Translated by Sarfaraz K. Niazi] Tagore: "I Come Out Alone on My Way to My Tryst", "Where the Mind is Without Fear and the Head is Held High", [From Geetanjali]; "I Hold Her Hands and Press Her to My Heart", “The Astronomer", “My Song", "To Shakespeare" [From Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthology, edited by Krishna Dutta & Andrew Robinson] Kedarnath Singh: "Banaras", "Hand", "Between Needle and Thread", "Words Don't Die of Cold", "Two Fragments", "The Spade", “Home and Country" (From Kedarnath Singh. Banaras and Other Poems, edited by K.

Satchidanandan).