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For years, Urdu on the internet has depended on one name more than most people realize: InPage. If you have [...]Read ...

The language called Urdu is the life of Hindustan. Prologue: A Flight, a Word, a Realization It was while flying over the Black Sea that I noticed a town on the Turkish coast—Ordu. The name struck me.

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

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.

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 ...

Hyderabad: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sparked controversy by claiming the Samajwadi Party wants to "teach Urdu and make people maulvis." Such remarks oversimplify Urdu’s role in ...

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, ...

The Supreme Court has emphasized that India's linguistic diversity should be celebrated, not be a cause for division. The court upheld the use of Urdu, alongside Marathi, on a signboard in Maharashtra ...

A view of the Supreme Court of India building, an apex judicial body of the country, in New Delhi.(HT_PRINT) The Supreme Court on April 15 upheld the use of Urdu on the signboards of a municipal ...