Media is the fourth pillar of democracy, along with executive, legislative and judiciary. But, in the post-truth era of embedded journalism, newspapers have cast aside objectivity to reveal their communal bias. It is evident in the Hindi newspapers’...
With so much hate being spewed on social media and public platforms, the language of Urdu feels like a soothing balm
Urdu publishing stares at a bleak present—of poor quality paper, printing, binding, packaging and no marketing. But most of all, it craves for readers.
As advocates of regional languages gear up to face the threat of a Hindi deluge, they are also waking up to the existential threat of internal decay. We look...
Caught between twin pincers of the market and a communalised polity, Urdu is in death throes
Jila Watni (exile) was an important theme in the works of Progressive Urdu poets, who were committed to social justice and gender equality.
Since it was made the official language in 1889, Urdu has been the language of the Muslim masses. But the abrogation of Article 370, which has stripped Urdu of...
In these stanzas selected from ‘Shab-e-Baraat,’ the 18th century Urdu poet sketches the exuberance and zeal with which Shabe-e-Baraat is celebrated, and...
Along with Lucknowi mushaira and Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb, Urdu literature is in decline. And the current socio-political atmosphere can't escape its share of the...
The clarion call you gave to keep marching for ‘the salvation of sights and hearts’ and the concepts of dissent and resistance that you so passionately...
Habib Tanvir experimented with both content and form in his plays like Agra Bazar and Charandas Chor. Naya Theatre marked his lifelong quest to create a new...
After the Ladakh government dropped official status of Urdu language and removed its mandate for government jobs, people see it as a decision to create rift...
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Ashar Najmi’s Urdu novel explores the complex perception of gender roles, gender identity and the ubiquitous unitary sexual orientation in the literary...
Supreme Court lawyer Ejaz Maqbool’s new book shows that humour and Urdu poetry have played a significant role in handling even the tensest situations and...
Can faith and scholarship live together with religion as the common archive? This is a profound question to which there is no easy answer.
Mumbai-based Film Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO, found a bunch of priceless handwritten letters, diaries, nazm, and black and white photographs of...
Urdu poetry, ghazals and tales are harmonised in a whole in Sukhan, a labour of passion by a few Marathi performers
Siddiqui said she wanted Muslim community aware of the goodness of Ramayana along with the Hindus.
IPC Section 295A pertains to deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.
Not only is this excellent collection a roster of the greats, it’s also a diachronic run through the Urdu short story from its earliest years
The computerisation of calligraphic fonts has damaged the livelihoods of the remaining few calligraphy artists or Katibs in Urdu Bazaar, Delhi.
