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Urdu has been a controversial language in Pakistan despite its official and holy status. The Bengalis rejected it way back in the 1940s when Jinnah, advised by a bureaucracy, with imperial moorings ...

KARACHI: The irresponsible use of words, such as tsunami and drone attack, has not only crippled our political system but it has butchered the Urdu language as well. Scholar Arfa Sayeda Zehra noted, ...

If you feel Urdu language needs revival in India, Sanjiv Saraf, the founder of Rekhta foundation counters by saying that the interest in the language is growing robust by every passing day. Read the ...

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 ...

St Luke’s Hindustani Church in Hyderabad, dating back to 1905, continues its tradition of conducting Sunday services in Urdu, ...

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.

Although Urdu is Pakistan’s national language, an interesting debate that often resurfaces is that the native speakers of Urdu hardly constitute 10 per cent of Pakistan’s population. Prof Fateh ...

The resounding success of Jashn-e-Rekhta in Delhi and the Urdu Book Fair at Aligarh Muslim University indicate the enduring ...

The second day of the 10th edition of Jashn-e-Rekhta saw a mushaira by acclaimed names, including Wasim Barelvi, Javed Akhtar, and Vijendra Singh Parwaz.