If the ideals of 'unity in diversity' have withstood the test of time in India, the overriding influence of Hindustani films ...

"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 ...

Urdu language isn’t alien to India and can be freely used, top court rules - Top court rejects petition demanding removal of Urdu from public signage in Maharashtra ...

Urdu literary groups have welcomed the Supreme Court's judgment on Urdu, calling it a language rooted in India and as Indian as other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi and Marathi.

The court's ruling is a reminder that languages evolve through shared histories and collective usage, not exclusion, writes .

Amid renaming sprees and a parochial identity politics, the ruling recognises that language is also about belonging and state legitimacy.