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 ...

In post-independence India, Urdu has undergone a strange trajectory both in the language politics and in the socio-cultural realm. Born, flourished and having seen the heyday of its glory in this ...

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is taking several steps to implement Urdu as an official language in all government departments under Article 251 of the Constitution. In this regard, the Ministry of ...

Urdu remains the language of poetry that accumulates aashiqs at every adaa, but Gen Z is reclaiming it as a connection to their pre-Partition heritage Akshita Nagpal’s move from Delhi to Versova 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.

NCPUL director says ‘all important policy decisions for the country’s development were first announced during these speeches ...

This was stated by speakers during the closing session of a three-day international conference on the Urdu language by the National Language Promotion Department. ‘All languages of the country are ...

The once-thriving world of Urdu-language media in India is today a shadow of its former self. From icons like Qaumi Awaaz and Roznama Rashtriya Sahara to lesser-known weeklies, many publications that ...

Bhopal, Dec 24 (PTI) Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju lauded the Urdu language saying that it has the greatest poetry in the world. "Urdu had the greatest poetry in the world," ...