An anthology of Urdu short stories attempts to bust stereotypes around who writes in Urdu, and for whom. Editor Rakshanda ...

Lucknow: Literary gem, novel ‘Gunahon Ka Devta' by Dharmvir Bharti, is among the most popular books at the 10-day National ...

Once presumed extinct, the performance tradition of Urdu storytelling has now become a symbol of artistic resilience ...

However, identifying Urdu with Muslims has political implications, although there is not much empirical evidence in favour of ...

Patiala: The Punjab languages department has announced the Best Hindi and Urdu Book Awards for 2025. These awards are part of ...

Once India’s common language, Urdu is now boxed as Muslim identity. Dr Rakhshanda Jalil’s anthology reclaims it as India’s shared, many-voiced, culturally composite inheritance.

That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India. The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta in ...

So when the Bengal government’s Urdu Academy canceled a much-publicized event with well-known poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar ...

The Department of Arabic, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), organized a special function to release senior journalist and author Mohammad Wajihuddin's book"The Aligarh Muslim University: The Making of ...

Taslima Nasreen recalls how Javed Akhtar once fought for her book. Now, as he faces threats, no one fights back. What does ...

The poet-lyricist says fundamentalists opposing him is a plaudit for him, professes love for Kolkata and the Book Fair; progressive Urdu lovers write to CM Mamata Banerjee ...