'The World in Words: Travel Writing and the Global Imagination in Muslim South Asia is both a remarkable work of research on adventure storytelling and an adventure in itself. Charting connected histories, fictive kinships, and pluralistic visions of sublime beauty, Daniel Majchrowicz draws new maps of the subcontinent and the world that are dynamic and expansive, yet intimate. This essential guide to the Urdu travelogue hinges on a truth captured by the great Urdu poet Mir: “sarsarī tum jahāñ se guzre, varnah har jā jahān-e dīgar thā” (You breezed through the world without noticing, but each place was a world of its own). The sheer delight of exploring these worlds with Majchrowicz will lead readers to the ends of the earth and back—with no jet-lag whatsoever.' Syed Akbar Hyder, Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Islamic Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Acknowledgements; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Introduction; Part I: 1. Bhavani Goes to Badrinath; 2. A Future Fit for a King; 3. The Travel Lesson; Part II: 4. Worldly Pleasures; 5. Seeking Sisterhood; 6. Border Crossings; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
