00753nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100001800041245005800059260004300117300005000160520039000210773004300600260625b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMisra, Salil   aSyncretic and universalist potentials of Urdu poerty   aIndia International Center Quarterly    a52 (3&4), Winter 2025- Summer 2026: p.196-210  aThis essay has three objectives. First, it offers an outsiders perspective on Urdu. It suggests that some of Urdu’s distinctive features might not be obvious to insiders, who may regard its quirks as inherent and natural. Second it examines the nature of the syncretic and universalist elements within Urdu poetry as they developed during the 18th and 19th centuries. – Reproduced   aIndia International Center Quarterly