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

Uttarakhand: Railways to replace Urdu with Sanskrit on platform signboards

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· Jan 19, 2020 · 08:22 pm

Google doodle marks 101st birth anniversary of Urdu poet and lyricist Kaifi Azmi

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· Jan 14, 2020 · 11:02 am

‘But now these cruel times have almost run their course’: Eight poems for 2020 by Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

· Jan 05, 2020 · 07:30 am

‘I am in a state of wonder, certainty doesn’t convince me’: Urdu novelist Mirza Athar Baig

Akhtar Mirza

· Dec 29, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Mirza Athar Baig’s surreal Urdu novel in translation will be the first wild ride of fiction in 2020

Mirza Athar Baig

· Dec 25, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘Worried about India’s future’: Urdu writer Mujtaba Hussain to return Padma Shri award

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· Dec 18, 2019 · 06:18 pm

This novel is a dark comedy in the terrifying times of Zia-ul-Haq's rule in Pakistan

Intizar Husain

· Nov 22, 2019 · 05:30 pm

How Pakistani novelist and translator Musharraf Ali Farooqi built his Urdu thesaurus for the world

Musharraf Ali Farooqi

· Nov 10, 2019 · 12:30 pm

‘Roll of the Dice’: In this story a dramatic crime takes place inside a bus in a city in Pakistan

Aniqa Naz

· Sep 26, 2019 · 08:30 am

This journal by a Hindu writer from Lahore is a rare non-fiction account of the Partition

Fikr Taunsvi

· Sep 25, 2019 · 08:30 am

Watch: When Jaaved Jaaferi explained the outcome of making slight changes in Urdu pronunciation

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· Sep 23, 2019 · 10:32 am

Qurratulain Hyder was modern and experimental before most other Indian writers walked on that road

Fatima Rizvi, Sahapedia

· Aug 18, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Watch: Actors Kumail Nanjiani, Natalie Morales take a class on slang in Urdu, Spanish

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· Jul 09, 2019 · 08:00 pm

This novel in translation imagines the Partition from the perspective of women who stayed at home

Niyati Bafna

· Apr 27, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Watch: Meet Delhi resident Georgina Lazar, who reads her Bible in Urdu

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· Apr 21, 2019 · 10:00 am