ANNUAL OF URDU STUDIES ^7 (1990) Editor: C. M. Nairn Contents: 1 Boy-Love in the Urdu Ghazal Tariq Rahrnan 21 Some Problems of Urdu Lexicography Sharnsur Rahman Faruqi 31 The Influence of Nazir Ahmad's Mirat al-'Arus (1869) on the Development of Hindi Fiction A. S. Kaisi 45 Six Poems Azra Abbas 49 Reality — Fictional and Spiritual "Zeno" 53 A Journey Through Time Muzaffar Iqbal 62 Autobiography Surendra Prakash 67 To Be or not to Be a Goddess: The Question of Rajendra Singh BedFs Women Characters Jamila Feldman 76 The Dastan Revival: An Overview Frances W. Pritchett 83 Images in a Broken Mirror: The Urdu Scene in Bangladesh Asif Aslam Farrukhi 88 A Triumph of Imagination: The Poetry of Nazir Qaiser Kristine M. Rogers