In this book of essays, Rakhshanda Jalil shines a light on the inclusive and pluralistic nature of Urdu poetry ...

The Urdu Drama festival aimed to promote the language. Thespians also raised concerns about the challenges they face— ...

SC order (staying demolitions) is a welcome development. It will curb bulldozer politics. It should also lead to ...

THIS Persian couplet, written by Empress Noor Jahan (1577-1645), can roughly be translated as: I have given life and bought ...

The controversy stems from an official order from the Department of Women and Child Welfare, which requires applicants in ...

In the introduction to her new book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu, Rakhshanda Jalil writes: “There are ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has caused difficulties for Urdu medium students in MANUU schools by offering ...

The MANUU 'model schools' in Hyderabad, Nuh (Haryana) and Darbhanga (Bihar) offer education in Urdu. They are affiliated to ...

CBSE had directed school heads and exam centre superintendents to print the question paper for classes 10 and 12 only in ...

A LARGE number of books have been written in Urdu on the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), but Shibli No’mani’s Seeratun Nabi ...

Mumtaz Shireen (1924–1973), born a hundred years ago this week on September 12, is a significant name in the landscapes of ...

Vinesh Phogat’s candidature seems to be having an impact across Haryana, especially among women voters... BJP’s electoral ...