The second day of the Bahar-e-Urdu festival was a vibrant celebration at the Dome SVP Stadium, marking fifty years of ...

rdu. The very word evokes a sense of nostalgia, a whisper of poetry, a connection to a rich cultural heritage. More than just a language, it’s an emotion, a shared history, a mother tongue that ...

Extract from a Hindustani textbook used at INALCO, Paris in 1833. Credit: Langues’O 1795-1995 Subscribe for ads-free reading Sitting in my university office in Paris, I was recently visited by a young ...

An emeritus professor in the University of Chicago’s Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations (SALC), which he ...

The neglect of the Urdu language in Pakistani society is deeply concerning and must be addressed before its decline becomes irreversible. Urdu is one of the most lyrical and culturally rich languages ...

The Maharashtra Urdu Sahitya Academy celebrates its 50th anniversary with Bahar-e-Urdu, a three-day cultural event in Mumbai featuring Urdu literature, art, and music. Highlights include seminars, ...

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 ...

The Hindi/Urdu program in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations offers Hindi/Urdu language courses, as well as courses taught in English about South Asian culture and literature. The ...

LAHORE: OxfordAQA, the fastest growing international examination body, announced the launch of three new mandatory subject specifications: OxfordAQA International GCSE Islamiat, OxfordAQA ...