The author of this unique collection of new verses, opening one side in Hindi and the other in Urdu, is Salman Akhtar—an ...

This isn’t about clinging to the past; it’s about preserving a vital part of our present and future. Urdu is not just a language; it’s a cultural treasure, a repository of our collective memory. It’s ...

Unpacking the politics of language in Pakistan apart from its symbolic and cultural significance as identity markers ...

LAHORE (Web Desk) - Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) 2025 continued on second day on Saturday, with a remarkable confluence of intellect, storytelling, and artistic expression. The day commenced with ...

‘Language politics’ has defined the course of developments in Uttar Pradesh in the past week with the Assembly in session and ...

The Urdu Adab’s special issue on Mir Taqi Mir acknowledges a past mistake of censorship and rectifies it by publishing, for the first time, the complete unabridged text of ‘Zikr-i Mir’, the poet’s ...

A detailed report about the state and status of female fiction writers in Jammu and Kashmir with focus on Valley.

The available archives will be available in the Library’s South Asian Desk, a Kashmiri-origin library member Abid Bhat told ...

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav criticized the UP government for its contradictory stance on Urdu, noting that while the Chief Minister uses Urdu terms, he opposes the language. The controversy ...

National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi criticized UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his remarks on the Urdu ...

A row erupted after the Rajasthan education department ordered the replacement of Urdu with Sanskrit in two government ...