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December 2021
Cultural Event: Urdu Majlis on Maha Laqa Bai Chanda (hybrid)
Please join us via Zoom for the next monthly meeting of Urdu Majlis, the Triangle's Literary Forum, on Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. The featured poet is Maha Laqa Bai Chanda (1768-1824), the first published woman poet in Urdu. Maha Laqa Bai was the most renowned singer, dancer, and poet of her time in Hyderabad. This meeting of Urdu Majlis will be in HYBRID mode: we will meet in person in room 219 New West but you…
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