The Minister emphasized that such publications serve as a critical medium for connecting citizens—especially students, ...

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 Indian Supreme Court recently upheld the use of Urdu on the signboard of a municipal council building in Maharashtra, in a significant ruling emphasising linguistic and cultural diversity in the ...

In a significant observation, the Supreme Court of India described Urdu as one of the finest expressions of India’s Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb — the syncretic culture of northern and central India.

After reading some interesting analyses of the dominance of the Hindi-belt in India, I thought about my work on culture, language, and politics, specifically the decay of Urdu litearure in ...

Urdu targeted in India as right-wing politics distorts history and fuels division Urdu is intertwined with India's cultural, literary, and historical heritage, especially in poetry, cinema, and ...

In a landmark judgment promoting linguistic inclusivity, the Supreme Court of India has upheld the use of Urdu on the Patur Municipal Council building’s signboard in Maharashtra, dismissing a petition ...

IN DELHI’S Urdu Bazaar in 1980s, there were some 80 shops selling Urdu books. Now there are barely six and they too have to wait for a passionate customer looking for Urdu books, says a story by ...

Constant (book) gardener National Book Trust, India (NBT), is marking its participation in the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) yet again. Its stall at SIBF’s 42nd edition was being manned by ...

India's right-wing seems to think it's a foreign import, forced upon by so-called Islamic invaders. The latest fracas happened in April when a reporter from a far-right news channel barged into a ...