Gulzar, the recipient of the Jnanpith Award, expresses optimism about the future of Urdu. He believes that despite the decline of the Urdu script, the language itself is alive and thriving, with Urdu ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

CHANDIGARH: There have been numerous allegations levelled against the powers that be that attempts are being made to saffronise education – as a result of which numerous languages, especially Urdu, ...

One is quite familiar with the expressions: Urdu speaking, Urdudaan and Urdu medium, literal and colloquial. Urdu-speaking people are not just the ones who natively speak Urdu or the descendants of ...

India’s top court upheld the use of Urdu on public signboards in Maharashtra, rejecting the notion that the language was alien to the country. The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Urdu and Marathi, ...

Sudha Pai in 2002 stated, “If a language is not characterised by political neutrality, it too often becomes the tool by which this language group seeks to extend its domination over the minority ...

SOME expressions and words used in Mir Amman’s Baagh-o-Bahaar may sound old-fashioned or obsolete. Some of them definitely resonate with different meanings and some seem downright incorrect. But they ...

“There was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.” Kingsley Amis’s famous statement made in the modern classic, Lucky Jim, is most appropriate in any discussion related to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. File. Teacher gives lessons in Urdu language (AFP via Getty) India’s top court upheld the use of Urdu on public signboards in ...

Saadat Hasan Manto was of the view that a language cannot be made or developed, it develops on its own. Manoj Roy Saadat Hasan Manto was of the view that a language cannot be made or developed, it ...