In post-independence India, Urdu has undergone a strange trajectory both in the language politics and in the socio-cultural realm. Born, flourished and having seen the heyday of its glory in this ...

Urdu Worlds' challenges traditional boundaries, exploring language, identity, intersection of art, cultural heritage ...

If you feel Urdu language needs revival in India, Sanjiv Saraf, the founder of Rekhta foundation counters by saying that the interest in the language is growing robust by every passing day. Read the ...

English rubs shoulders with Urdu on banners, billboards and shop fronts in Pakistan While many nations are adopting English, Pakistan is going the opposite way, with the Supreme Court ruling for it to ...

“Where did this Urdu-speaking white guy come from?” (or, in most Indian contexts, Hindi-speaking) is a question I hear pretty frequently. It’s a legitimate one, and arguably better for everyone ...

The first pillar of strength for every great nation is its identity. And a dominant aspect of that identity is the nation’s language. Pakistan’s national language is Urdu, yet year after year one ...

That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India. The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta in ...