Mahmood Farooqui

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Mahmood Farooqui is an Indian writer and director. He specializes in a type of story-telling known as Dastangoi. In Besieged: voices from Delhi 1857 Farooqui published a series of his translations of texts representing the views of those besieged in Delhi in 1857. He was a researcher for White Mughals, a book by William Dalrymple. Farooqui along with his uncle noted Urdu poet and literary critic Shamsur Rahman Faruqi have played significant roles in Dastangoi's revival in the 21st century. In August 2016 he was found guilty in the first Indian trial that recognised forced Oral sex as Rape.
Mahmood Farooqui is an Indian writer and director. He specializes in a type of story-telling known as Dastangoi. In Besieged: voices from Delhi 1857 Farooqui published a series of his translations of texts representing the views of those besieged in Delhi in 1857. He was a researcher for White Mughals, a book by William Dalrymple. Farooqui along with his uncle noted Urdu poet and literary critic Shamsur Rahman Faruqi have played significant roles in Dastangoi's revival in the 21st century. In August 2016 he was found guilty in the first Indian trial that recognised forced Oral sex as Rape.

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