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Naseeruddin Shah writes: Whose Urdu is it anyway?
September 06, 2025 5:33 pm
The West Bengal Urdu Academy’s postponement of an event featuring Javed Akhtar shrinks the scope of a plural language like Urdu
‘Urdu is as Indian as anybody or anything can be regarded as Indian’: Rakhshanda Jalil
August 29, 2025 7:52 pm
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.
Far before the Language debate, Nathaniel Halhed’s 18th-century views shaped the Hindi-Urdu divide
July 25, 2025 7:58 pm
Though better known for his pioneering work on Bengali grammar, Halhed’s lesser-known remarks on Hindustani reveal early insights that cast language in communal terms
Tavleen Singh writes: It is now a battle between an older, civilised India and a barbaric new India
April 20, 2025 12:14 pm
Under the gleaming new airports and the fancy new highways what is being crushed is the spiritual soul of India and it is being crushed by people who believe they are nationalists and patriots.
Hindi and Urdu — a tale of twins
April 19, 2025 12:16 pm
Whatever they become, wherever they go, they will always be identical at the genetic level
Knowledge Nugget: Urdu and the history behind it — All you need to know for UPSC
April 19, 2025 7:49 pm
"Urdu is the finest specimen of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb, or Hindustani tehzeeb," observed the Supreme Court. In today's Knowledge Nugget, learn about the origin of Urdu and go beyond the nugget to understand the official language of India.
How a letter from an organisation promoting Urdu culture led Delhi Police to its oldest surviving chowki
September 21, 2023 3:35 am
The chowki has now been restored after a two-year intensive restoration project carried out in collaboration with the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH).
'What is the harm in language people understand?' Uddhav Sena hits back at BJP over Urdu poster row
March 27, 2023 7:20 am
Sheetal Mhatre, spokesperson for the Shinde group, tweeted: “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj built Hindu Swaraj on this soil. Were you born in this soil of Maharashtra? Is this your Hindutva ideology?”
Sporting newspaper clips on tee, Warring raises law and order issue
March 07, 2023 7:32 am
Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira raised the issue of alleged encroachment of land belonging to villages by some influential people including AAP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mittal.
Special event on Urdu poetry's role in anti-apartheid movement organised in S Africa
September 26, 2022 7:52 am
“Urdu was born in India, but it doesn't belong only to the Indians. It is the official language of Pakistan, and doesn't belong to the Pakistanis only either,” said Shireen Saloojee, one of the organisers.
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