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 ...

When Urdu journalism is celebrating 200 years of its existence, it seems to be perhaps the best opportunity to clear some myths and misconceptions about Urdu. Urdu was born and flourished in India.

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

Renowned Pakistani actor Faisal Qureshi has urged Pakistani cricketers to prioritize speaking Urdu in public and take pride ...

Sitting in my university office in Paris, I was recently visited by a young French student wishing to learn the Urdu script. He had traveled to Turkey to study Indian Sufism, and his teachers had told ...

India’s top court upheld the use of Urdu on public signboards in Maharashtra, rejecting the notion that the language was alien to the country. The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Urdu and Marathi, ...

A political dispute emerged between Karnataka's Congress and the BJP over an Urdu advertisement for a health program. The BJP ...