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Saif Mahmood

Saif Mahmood, author of the bestselling Beloved Delhi: A Mughal City and Her Greatest Poets, is an international lawyer, legal scholar and cultural activist who speaks and writes on Urdu poetry and its  timeless legacy. His works showcase the richness of Urdu poetic traditions, framing poetry as a living cultural document. Saif holds a doctorate in law and has been Visiting Academic at the University of Oxford and divides his time between London and New Delhi. 

Session

  01:45 PM to 02:45 PM, June 15, 2025   Pigott Theatre

25. Urdu in India, India in Urdu

Javed Akhtar in conversation with Saif Mahmood