Ralph Russell & Urdu in Britain
This essay by Marion is one in a collection published to honour Ralph’s lifetime’s work at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. It describes his pioneering role during the 1970s and 1980s in setting up courses in Urdu beyond the university, for British adults who were working with people in South Asian communities in cities across Britain.

in Urdu and Muslim South Asia, ed. Christopher Shackle
School of Oriental & African Studies, 1989
ISBN: 978 0728601567

Ralph Russell: teacher, scholar & lover of Urdu
This article by Marion forms an introduction to Ralph’s collected essays on Urdu and Muslim South Asia. It describes how he came to learn Urdu and the development of his ideas about how best to introduce both the language and the literature to non-Urdu speakers.

in How Not to write the History of Urdu Literature by Ralph Russell
Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1999
ISBN: 978 0195647495