The library houses more than 2,500,000 items of 19th and 20th century Telugu, Urdu and English literature.
The next generation of Urdu short story writers included Qurratulain Hyder, Qazi Abdul Sattar and Joginder Paul.
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Rahman Abbas is a major name in post-modernist Indian Urdu novels.
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The short story tradition continues with younger generation writers like Zahida Hina, Paigham Afaqui, Syed Mohd Ashraf, Salam Bin Razzaq and Moinuddin Jinabade.
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