ASIA hosted the digital book launch of ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง, ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ณ .
The event was presided over by ASIA Board Chairman, Mr. Najeeb Jung, followed by the ASIA SenseMaker conversation between the translator himself and ASIAโs Research Director, Prof. Amogh Rai.
A Journey to Mecca and London presents the first full English translation of Begum Sarbuland’s Urdu travel diary, offering a rare glimpse into the experiences of an Indian Muslim woman in the early 20th century. Her informal yet insightful entries document not only her daily life and travels with her husband but also her evolving perspectives on gender, Islam, and identity as she encountered other women and Muslim communities along the way.
