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professor toofaanii publishers is proud to announce their 66th book:
Poems Written in a Flutter
by Hashmat Rahimtoola
Hashmat Rahimtoola was born in Santa Cruz, Mumbai in 1943 to Indurani, a film star in Bollywood in the 40s. She grew up with a love of nature, playing in the garden of Ishrat Bungalow with her five brothers and sisters and visiting the lakes and hill stations beyond the city. She wrote her first poem at thirteen. She was educated by nuns at St. Teresa’s Convent and went on to study English Literature at St. Xavier’s College. There, she stood first for both her BA Honors in English Literature and her minor in Islamic Culture in Bombay University. For her highest achievements in Islamic Culture she was offered a scholarship for further studies at Al Azhar in Cairo, which she declined. She taught sixth grade for one year at Sacred Heart Boy’s School. She also tutored English Literature at Narsi Monjee College for five years, where she worked with the students enrolled in the Cambridge Education enrollment partner program. Her essay on P.B. Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound,” received the College’s Book Award. In 1977, Hashmat and her husband Rafique moved to the United States where she raised a family, worked as a teacher’s assistant, and continued to write poetry.
The book is in English, 6 by 9 paperback, 69 pages, has Table of Contents. Poems are in English and in Urdu (Roman script).
As usual the first 15 pages may be read here.
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professor toofaani publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 76th book
Hindi Talkies (1951-1960) 78RPM Records Information in HINDI
Har Mandir Singh ‘Hamraaz’
Professor Surjit Singh
This book is based on the Database Website and is the 7th book in Hindi.
Here we have a table of the 78RPM records arranged by the Record Number, year, film, song, singer for 1951-1960.
Starts with
A-1001 1954 Mahaboobaa महबूबा 2. आते जाते आंख बचाना ... हाय रे तेरा जवाब नहीं (भाग-1) मु रफ़ी, शमशाद बेगम
and ends with
VE 2602 1952 Yaatrik यात्रिक 8. मीरा कहे बिना प्रेम से नहिं मिले नंदलाला, प्रीत करना चाही बिनोता चक्रवर्ती
It is in HINDI, paperback, US Letter, 301 pages.
First few pages may be read here
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professor toofaanii publishers, Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 52nd book
Hindi Talkie Filmography (1961-70)
Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz'
and
Prof Surjit Singh
This book is a sister project, part of the much larger project undertaken by the two of us, with the help of many volunteers. Full details of the project can be seen on the main website
http://hamraaz.org/hfgk/index.php
The project is an outgrowth of the massive Hindi Film Geet Kosh (1980-) series of books compiled by the first author. The website is planned to contain all the data in the Geet Kosh, suitably expanded and revised by including the latest information.
The whole history of the Geet Kosh may be read in the My Story section of the above-mentioned website. It is felt unnecessary to repeat it here. Suffice it to say that after the pioneering work of Firoze Rangoonwalla and BV Dharap, Geet Kosh was a unique and original compilation work expanding the earlier work in many directions.
The database on the website is divided into three section for convenience. The Censor Certificate section has the information about the censored films. The Filmography section has the information about film production and other details. The Song section has detailed information about the songs.
It is a work in progress.
This book is based on the Filmography Section of Hindi Talkies Feature Films from 1961 to 1970.
In addition to the main cast, which is available here and there, we have also included the Junior Artists and Group Dancers for each film, if the video is available.
Paperback, 6 by 9 in, 232 pages. Rs 520 and $8.50 (International)
As usual, first ten pages may be read here
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