Praises Modi for linguistic respect Correspondent LUCKNOW, Dec 1: Speaking at the Fifth International Urdu Conference held at ...

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 audience cheered and clapped entreating the poets for an encore. At the 56th edition of Bazm-e-Mushaira in the national capital last month, the energy and the evocation of emotions did well to ...

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 the Rekhta Foundation launched its first Jashn-e-Rekhta in 2015, the idea was simple -- to bring Urdu out of the two-dimensional space of books and put it before people in all its lived, performe ...

NCPUL director says ‘all important policy decisions for the country’s development were first announced during these speeches ...

A view of the Supreme Court of India building, an apex judicial body of the country, in New Delhi.(HT_PRINT) The Supreme Court on April 15 upheld the use of Urdu on the signboards of a municipal ...

Nestled in Chandni Chowk, one of the city’s oldest and busiest markets, the Urdu Bazaar seems like a fading relic of Delhi’s rich cultural heritage. The bazaar dedicated to Urdu literature, which once ...

Javed Akhtar challenges the misconception that Urdu is a Muslim language, emphasizing it's region-specific, not religion-specific. During an event, he asserted that Urdu and Hindi were equals until ...