Learning Critical Thinking from Mirza Ghalib's Poetry Ft. Dr Anjum Altaf | 010 | The Intelligentsia

Dr. Anjum Altaf, a member of the International Coalition for Education Reform in Pakistan (ICERP), obtained MA and PhD degrees from Stanford University. He was a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He is the author of Transgressions: Poems Inspired by Faiz Ahmed Faiz (2019), More Transgressions: Poems Inspired by Faiz Ahmed Faiz (2021), and co-author (with Amit Basole) of Thinking with Ghalib: Poetry for a New Generation (2021).

00:00 Introduction of the Book ‘Thinking With Ghalib”
02:20 Standard of ‘Research’ in Social Sciences by University Students
06:00 Why Did the Authors Choose Ghalib?
09:20 Critical Thinking and Difference of Opinion
12:43 Melting Pot
14:50 ‘Thinking’ Explained: Three Levels of Thinking
20:26 “It is too ambitious to claim something as truth”
22:20 Thinking is a Subversive Process
24:20 Understanding Ghalib
28:54 Relevance of Ghalib Today
31:01 Inductive Method and Birds Eye View
33:44 Meanings of “Kuch na tha tou khuda tha ...”
39:00 Ghalib and the Pakistan’s Political Drama
51:10 Ghalib and Pakistan’s Education, Poverty, Frauds, and Judiciary
53:18 Any Such Upcoming Books?
55:10 How Can Our Literary Legacy Be Taught to the New Generation?
59:10 Why is Translation of Books Important?

Check out the article on the book "Thinking with Ghalib" by Anjum Altaf and Amit Basole, featured in Sapan News here: https://sapannews.com/2022/02/11/work...

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