The language called Urdu is the life of Hindustan. Prologue: A Flight, a Word, a Realization It was while flying over the Black Sea that I noticed a town on the Turkish coast—Ordu. The name struck me.

Urdu literature emanating from Pakistan has been mesmerising readers for ages. Bano Qudsia’s insightful stories about normal humans pursuing their lives, Saadat Hasan Manto’s stories that defied the ...

In order to flourish and have existential permanence, a language needs both chroniclers and ambassadors, in addition to gifted writers, poets and critics. Chroniclers to document the knowledge about ...

Punjab University Oriental College Department of Urdu has organised a seminar in which Pakistan's renowned linguistic expert Dr Tariq Rehman delivered a comprehensive lecture on social and political ...

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 ...

The Power Of Urdu In Jammu And Kashmir. Representational PhotoBy Sadaket Ali MalikOn any street in Srinagar, voices flow in ...

Language is identity. This is something most people believe in. When I began researching Hyderabad’s history over the last decade, I came across a big mismatch in what we, Dakhni people, are told ...

The Supreme Court has affirmed the use of Urdu on the signboard of Patur Municipal Council in Maharashtra, emphasizing that language should not be a cause of division. The court highlighted Urdu's ...