We were groomed into believing that Islam was the most dynamic of religions but we found it equally easy to accept that it was Islam’s interaction with an older civilization that resulted in Dara Shikoh, Rahim, Kabir, Amir Khusro, Raskhan, Nazeer Akbarabadi, Ghalib and Anis. As I have pointed out, the merging of Urdu culture with Awadhi and Brajbhasha was something we learned very early in life and it is sad that this syncretism is now under siege.
