That the two founding figures of Indian and Pakistani independence were united by a shared love of Urdu speaks eloquently of the language’s rich history. From left, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru, Vice ...
IN one of my columns in an Urdu-language daily, I mentioned a book 'Sarguzasht-i-Alfaaz'. Written by Ahmed Din (1866-1929), the book, probably the first of its kind in Urdu, discussed the origins of ...
After reading some interesting analyses of the dominance of the Hindi-belt in India, I thought about my work on culture, language, and politics, specifically the decay of Urdu litearure in ...
When Urdu journalism is celebrating 200 years of its existence, it seems to be perhaps the best opportunity to clear some myths and misconceptions about Urdu. Urdu was born and flourished in India.
New Delhi: A lesson on the evolution of Urdu is not the sort of session that usually electrifies a crowd. But on Day 2 of Jashn-e-Rekhta, poet and theatre director Danish Husain turned it into a ...
A UCLA professor aims to bridge the political and cultural divides between students of Indian and Pakistani heritage by bringing them together in a Hindi-Urdu language class. Gyanam Mahajan, an Asian ...
KARACHI, Nov 19 The third day of the 2nd International Urdu Conference began on Thursday with a session entitled 'Urdu language and literature and the media'. Journalist Farhad Zaidi presided over the ...
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