In the bustling heart of Old Delhi, Indian bookseller Mohammed Mahfooz Alam sits forlorn in his quiet store, among the last ...

Come December, and New Delhi reverberates with the soulful melodies of Jashn-e-Rekhta, a three-day festival that celebrates ...

In the vibrant world of arts, theatre weaves together cultural commentary and emotional depth, and this is demonstrated by ...

Urdu, spoken by many millions today, has a rich past that reflects how cultures melded to forge India's complex history. But its literature has been subsumed by the cultural domination of Hindi ...

"We were only doing that [speaking loudly in Urdu] to deceive the bowlers. Rehan and Shoaib understand Urdu, so to fool them, we wanted them to hear we were only looking for the single. When we ...

Of course, there are a few errors in Iqbal’s Urdu poetry when it comes to lexical or syntactical analysis, but these errors make a very tiny part of his works and are negligible as they do not ...

New Delhi (AFP) – In the bustling heart of Old Delhi, Indian bookseller Mohammed Mahfooz Alam sits forlorn in his quiet store, among the last few selling literature in a language beloved by ...

Celebrating Diwali in Bikaner, Muslim poets recite an 89-year-old Urdu version of the Ramayana, promoting harmony. Composed by Maulvi Badshah Hussain Rana Lakhnavi in 1935, this tradition aims to ...

The annual four-day Urdu Heritage Festival returned to the Capital on Thursday, offering a plethora of cultural events, ghazal and qawwali performances as hundreds of people crowded the Central ...

"Just because the people feel that ye hamari sunta hai, achha padha likha hai, ye English, Urdu, Pashto achhi bolta hai toh isko kaptaan bana do (He may not be a good player but if he listens to ...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Urdu Akademi, which had started a three-month certificate course in Urdu theatre, has trained over 100 students, providing them with practical knowledge and skills in the field.

Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti translated Al-Fehrist into Urdu and Lahore’s Saqafat-i-Islamia published it in 1969. Two other editions followed. What perturbs one is the fact that the brilliant example ...