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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

In, 'Whose Urdu Is It Anyway?' Rakhshanda Jalil reclaims a shared language beyond religion, tracing its many voices from India’s past to its contested present.

‘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.

As Umrao Jaan returns to cinema, these 4 Urdu novels are still waiting for their big-screen debut

Umrao Jaan returns, but these 4 Urdu novels await their big screen debut

July 24, 2025 11:04 am

While Rekha’s Umrao Jaan reclaims the spotlight, here are some timeless Urdu novels that deserve their own cinematic close-up.

CM Naim, CM Naim passes away, who was CM Naim, CM Naim Urdu

Eminent Urdu scholar CM Naim dies at 89

July 21, 2025 11:27 am

Naim leaves behind an unparalleled legacy as an author, custodian and a lover of the Urdu language

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.

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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

'Finest specimen of Hindustani culture': From Saadat Manto to Ismat Chughtai, Urdu writers you must read and books you shouldn’t miss

May 08, 2025 6:28 pm

Once the language of poets, revolutionaries, and common folk, Urdu remains a symbol of the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb — a syncretic tradition that transcends religious and geographical binaries.

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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).