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 ...

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 ...

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.

Speakers at an awareness programme on Urdu language conducted on Thursday laid emphasis on promoting Urdu as the second language at the academic level to ensure a fruitful career in the long run. The ...

Safar Jari Hai, author of Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Urdu poetry collection, on his literary journey, range of his ...