What questions do you pose to a man whose legacy spans eight decades? But Gulzar has a way of holding forth when we meet him at his Mumbai bungalow. Dressed in his signature white kurta-pyjamas, the ...

Taking a sharp jibe at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath over his recent remark, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday that Urdu isn't the language of the Muslim community and the ...

The name Maqta carries a quiet declaration. In a ghazal, it is the final couplet where the poet signs himself into the poem.

The BJP's push to remove Urdu from Kashmir's recruitment rules threatens a language central to the region's governance, ...

rdu. The very word evokes a sense of nostalgia, a whisper of poetry, a connection to a rich cultural heritage. More than just a language, it’s an emotion, a shared history, a mother tongue that ...

This weekend of May 16–17, 2026, Ishara Art Foundation invites art enthusiasts, families, and book lovers to explore the ...

The CETI Foundation honoured journalists from across the country at the Naseem Arifi Media Awards 2025 in Hyderabad. Speakers highlighted the contribution of Urdu journalism, concerns over mainstream ...

Row Over Replacing Urdu With Sanskrit In Rajasthan Schools The move comes on the heels of Rajasthan ordering the "merger" of four Urdu-medium schools and what fuelled the growing resentment was a ...

Even though Urdu has remained the state’s second official language since 1989, the UP government’s Urdu proficiency examination appears to have evoked little interest over the years. The state ...

A view of the Supreme Court of India building, an apex judicial body of the country, in New Delhi.(HT_PRINT) The Supreme Court on April 15 upheld the use of Urdu on the signboards of a municipal ...