From love songs to kurta ads, Urdu is popular with Indians. Why do Hindutva backers hate it so much?

Shoaib Daniyal

· Oct 24, 2021 · 09:00 am

This translation of a historical novel asks whether the writer and the translator are joint authors

Prerna Vij

· Sep 05, 2021 · 12:30 pm

‘Beyond the Stars’: Stories Qurratulain Hyder wrote in her teens

Qurratulain Hyder

· Sep 01, 2021 · 05:30 pm

How the Partition contributed to the ‘queerness’ of Urdu poetry to make it non-normative

Priya Satia

· Jul 26, 2021 · 08:30 am

What was daily life like for royalty in the Red Fort? This book provides a fascinating commentary

Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

· Jul 17, 2021 · 05:30 pm

BJP’s use of ‘begum’ and ‘shahzada’ to attack its opponents conceals a larger attack on Muslims

Rizwan Ahmad

· Apr 11, 2021 · 06:30 am

‘Dust of the Caravan’ is a Muslim woman’s unique personal and political memoir

Anis Kidwai

· Feb 18, 2021 · 08:30 am

‘Nai Duniya’: Why Shamshur Rahman Faruqi strove to build a new world for literature and language

Rizwan Ahmad

· Jan 03, 2021 · 12:30 pm

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935-2020): Why this death leaves a permanent patch of darkness in literature

Maaz Bin Bilal

· Dec 26, 2020 · 08:30 am

Urdu poet Shamsur Rahman Faruqi dies at 85

Scroll Staff

· Dec 25, 2020 · 05:08 pm

This book celebrates the composite culture of India that gave birth to and nurtured the Urdu ghazal

Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

· Dec 20, 2020 · 08:30 am

‘The Sea’: Read the story that won the 2020 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-to-English translation

Khalida Hussain, translated by Haider Shahbaz

· Oct 13, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Already caught in a squeeze, where does Urdu publishing go from here after the pandemic?

Rahman Abbas

· Aug 18, 2020 · 08:30 am

How the pandemic is depriving lovers of Urdu literature of their environment for enjoyment

Mahtab Alam

· Jul 14, 2020 · 08:30 am

Celebrating Kishwar Naheed and eight decades of poetry and rebellion

Naazir Mahmood, Dawn.com

· Jun 30, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Gulzar Dehlvi (1926-2020) defended the metaphor of Urdu with the subtle weapon of his poetry

Rizwan Ahmad

· Jun 14, 2020 · 12:30 pm

Goodbye Asif Farrukhi (1959-2020): Writer, translator, editor, and lover of fine literature

Saif Mahmood

· Jun 04, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Found in translation: Joginder Paul’s satirical Urdu novel about corruption and greed

Joginder Paul

· May 21, 2020 · 08:30 am

Can Urdu regain its place in India’s linguistic landscape? Yes, if it is treated as a mother tongue

Mahtab Alam

· Apr 23, 2020 · 08:30 am

How did the Indian Muslim identity express itself through poetry before Independence?

Ali Khan Mahmudabad

· Feb 13, 2020 · 05:30 pm