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 ...

As December descended, people all over the country could finally sense a relief from their pangs of a year-long wait for ...

New Delhi: The thriving Urdu literary culture of 18th and 19th century in North Indian cities of Delhi and Lucknow that remained vigorous and resilient even at the face of glaring defeat in 1857 at ...

A language that is known for its khoobsoorat alfaaz and tehzeeb, Urdu has caught the attention of young and the old from the city. Bhopal was once known for its Urdu speaking population and culture of ...

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 ...

Keen to make Urdu culture, poetry, language and traditions accessible to the young generation, especially the growing diaspora, India will soon boast of its first Urdu Wikipedia. Mooted by the ...

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 ...

The Delhi Government on Saturday announced Jashn-e-Virasat-e-Urdu, a festival to celebrate Urdu culture and its heritage. While promoting and preserving the collective social and cultural heritage of ...

The Urdu Academy, Jeddah, recently organized its 5th quarterly program dubbed “Aoa Urdu Seikhien (Let’s Learn Urdu) recently. The initiative to promote the Urdu language was a follow-up of events that ...

This anonymous couplet loosely translates to how there are still a few people who can speak Urdu language, and thus can gracefully dissolve happiness in the atmosphere. Some of these few, have ...