Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Inroduction -- 1. A Tentative Paradigm for the Study of Languages and Literary Cultures in Hyderabad City -- 2. The Poetry Society of Hyderabad -- 3. The Poetry Society Hyderabad Centre: A Brief Survey -- 4. The Dramatic Circle of Hyderabad -- 5. American Studies Research Centre: The Rise and Fall of an Institution -- 6. Languages and Literary Cultures in Hyderabad: The Foreign Languages -- 7. The Unique Literary Traditions of Dakhni -- 8. Dakhni Literature: History, Culture and Linguistic Exchanges -- 9. Urdu Poetry and Hyderabadi Culture -- 10. Localities as Reflections of Linguistic Cultures of Hyderabad -- 11. Languages and Literary Cultures in Hyderabad: Arabic -- 12. The Da'irat-ul-Ma'arif: A Unique Language Institute of Hyderabad -- 13. Telugu Language in Hyderabad: A Personal Memoir -- 14. The Role of Literary Associations in the Promotion of Telugu Language in Hyderabad -- 15. Telugu Poets of the Deccan and their Contribution to the Development of Literary Culture in Hyderabad -- 16. Literary Translation and Contribution of Hyderabad to Hindi -- 17. Hindi Prose Writing in Hyderabad -- 18. Hindi Journalism in Hyderabad City -- 19. Growth of Malayalam Language and Culture in the City of Hyderabad -- 20. Contribution of Multilinguist Sri Gunde Rao Harkare to Sanskrit Literature and Tradition -- 21. Growth of Marathi Language and Literature in Hyderabad -- 22. Tamilians, Tamil Language and Literature in Hyderabad -- 23. Kannada in Hyderabad: Past and Present -- 24. Preservation and Digitization of Rare Literature:A Case Study of Osmania University Library, Hyderabad -- List of Contributors -- Index