As long as a language is yoked to a particular faith—as Urdu often is with Islam—it neither grows freely nor is understood in ...

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 ...

Islam was the principal identity symbol of the Indian Muslims who got mobilised to give a united opposition to the Hindu majority to obtain maximum political and economic advantages and then, under ...