The Hindi-Urdu controversy is not just about language. It reflects historical conflicts, colonial policies, and political struggles that continue today in India.

At a time when historical wounds remain etched in collective memory, PM Modi’s championing of Sufi traditions signals an ...

It is impossible to identify a pure Hindi or Urdu speaker. The Urdu-Hindi controversy not merely survived but also ...

The Urdu word ‘Rahzan,’ roughly translated as ‘thief,’ implies that when a woman decides to pursue something, she must endure ...

and literary icon Amjad Islam Amjad was observed on Monday. He was born on August 4, 1944, in Lahore, was a prolific poet and playwright who made significant contributions to Urdu literature.

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 ...

For the last three decades and more the once verdant artistic landscape of Patna has become more like a cultural desert ...

The poet Nezami Ganjavi, one of the giants of the Persian literary tradition, is the author of the melodic romantic and ...

Wrapped in our centuries-old history lie micro-histories with stories that inspire; enveloped within those stories are layers of micro-stories which broaden understanding.

Influenced by artistic freedom, Mazharul Islam's creative experiments grant him a unique and elevated place in Urdu literature, hence it wouldn't be wrong to say that he is the "manifest sun" of Urdu ...

Sunil Sharma, a scholar of Persian and South Asian literature, describes Khusrau as likely the most popular, eclectic and incomparable cultural icon of medieval Islamic India whose works ...

Here too, there was this volley of power changes where every new generation is, at once, an enemy and a friend to their ...