Editor and translator Rakhshanda Jalil's new anthology begins with a story by one of the four pillars of the modern Urdu short story: Krishan Chander (right). (Images courtesy Rakhshanda Jalil and via ...

Until a quarter of a century ago the debate whether Urdu should be adopted as the medium of instruction or not would come up in conversations. Now rarely does one hear such arguments that used to take ...

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 ...

The abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir marked the end of Urdu as the only official language, a status it enjoyed for 131 years. Making any language official is always complex and political in nature ...

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.

Nagma Rehman has a lament in her retired life. Ms. Rehman, who retired a year ago as Urdu teacher at the Baxibagh, Government Higher Secondary School in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, says her school has ...

WHAT do they call a computer mouse in Urdu? ‘Chooha’? Definitely not, as ‘chooha’ literally means ‘rat’ in Urdu and it would sound funny in technical context. A computer mouse is simply ‘mouse’ in ...

India is a country whose wonderful diversity stems from the richness of its past. That includes the Urdu script. Extract from a Hindustani textbook used at INALCO, Paris in 1833. Credit: Langues’O ...

The petty politics and politicians of the country have tried burying this language! This ‘connecting language’, Urdu, lies crushed in the midst of the communal virus holding sway I’d near forgotten ...

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 ...