The renowned writer was honoured with the 58th Jnanpith award for the year 2023 at a warm, informal ceremony at his Pali hill ...

Hyderabad's youth are reviving Urdu through poetry readings and workshops in heritage sites. Platforms like Anjuman-e-Fannan ...

With five months of preparation, which included becoming well-versed in Hindi after writing in Urdu script all her life, she passed with 78% marks. Expecting a higher score, she now aims to take ...

For instance, Urdu writing goes from right to left. Leaders in the High Point, N.C., school reached out to Ashraf to help the Urdu-language teachers develop curriculum with learning objectives ...

The court upheld the use of Urdu, alongside Marathi, on a signboard in Maharashtra, dismissing the misconception that Urdu is foreign to India. It cautioned against associating language with ...

The Supreme Court on April 15 upheld the continued use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Patur Municipal Council in Maharashtra’s Akola district. The legal question before it Mrs Varshatai vs ...

Language is not religion and to consider Urdu as a language of Muslims is a "pitiable digression" from reality and unity in diversity, the Supreme Court has said while rejecting a petition ...

The court said it is a “misconception that Urdu is alien to India”, adding that “it is a language which was born in this land”. Writing for the bench, Justice Dhulia elaborated on the bench’s views on ...

Urdu evolved as part of the region’s shared linguistic heritage ... to this linguistic blending was the renowned Sufi poet Amir Khusrau (1253–1325). Writing in the 13th century, he referred to the ...

Not just Firaq, even Munshi Premchand studied Urdu in school and his initial writing was in Urdu. Would he also fall in that category? Their mindset is communal. It is not about language. Story ...

Good penmanship is becoming a rarity in today's world. As pen to paper takes second fiddle to computer keyboards, the art of handwriting is becoming a thing of the past. For one teen girl ...