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Rizwan Ahmad
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How Urdu scholar Gopi Chand Narang (1931-2022) advocated for the language as a ‘civilisational gain’
He argued that Urdu was an element of cultural ethos and put forth an inclusive view of the language that was not predicated upon religious identities.
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Roza, Ramadan, Ramzan: There is more to the month of fasting than how it is spelled
Language, religion and culture work together to create the vocabulary of the rituals of the holy month.
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BJP’s use of ‘begum’ and ‘shahzada’ to attack its opponents conceals a larger attack on Muslims
BJP is making Urdu words sound like insults. This is part of its larger agenda to demonise and marginalise Muslims.
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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‘Nai Duniya’: Why Shamshur Rahman Faruqi strove to build a new world for literature and language
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935-2020) leaves a priceless legacy of scholarly enquiry into Urdu and its history.
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Gulzar Dehlvi (1926-2020) defended the metaphor of Urdu with the subtle weapon of his poetry
Pandit Anand Mohan Zutshi, known as Gulzar Dehlvi, died on June 12 at the age of 93.
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Media watch: How vocabulary was weaponised to target Indian Muslims after the Tablighi Jamat event
Muslims in Nizamuddin were reported to have been ‘hiding’. But Hindus returning from a temple and Sikhs in a gurudwara were said to have been ‘stranded’.
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes