Urdu
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From love songs to kurta ads, Urdu is popular with Indians. Why do Hindutva backers hate it so much?
Shoaib Daniyal
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This translation of a historical novel asks whether the writer and the translator are joint authors
Prerna Vij
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‘Beyond the Stars’: Stories Qurratulain Hyder wrote in her teens
Qurratulain Hyder
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How the Partition contributed to the ‘queerness’ of Urdu poetry to make it non-normative
Priya Satia
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What was daily life like for royalty in the Red Fort? This book provides a fascinating commentary
Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
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BJP’s use of ‘begum’ and ‘shahzada’ to attack its opponents conceals a larger attack on Muslims
Rizwan Ahmad
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‘Dust of the Caravan’ is a Muslim woman’s unique personal and political memoir
Anis Kidwai
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‘Nai Duniya’: Why Shamshur Rahman Faruqi strove to build a new world for literature and language
Rizwan Ahmad
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Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935-2020): Why this death leaves a permanent patch of darkness in literature
Maaz Bin Bilal
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Urdu poet Shamsur Rahman Faruqi dies at 85
Scroll Staff
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This book celebrates the composite culture of India that gave birth to and nurtured the Urdu ghazal
Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
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‘The Sea’: Read the story that won the 2020 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-to-English translation
Khalida Hussain, translated by Haider Shahbaz
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Already caught in a squeeze, where does Urdu publishing go from here after the pandemic?
Rahman Abbas
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How the pandemic is depriving lovers of Urdu literature of their environment for enjoyment
Mahtab Alam
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Celebrating Kishwar Naheed and eight decades of poetry and rebellion
Naazir Mahmood, Dawn.com
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Gulzar Dehlvi (1926-2020) defended the metaphor of Urdu with the subtle weapon of his poetry
Rizwan Ahmad
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Goodbye Asif Farrukhi (1959-2020): Writer, translator, editor, and lover of fine literature
Saif Mahmood
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Found in translation: Joginder Paul’s satirical Urdu novel about corruption and greed
Joginder Paul
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Can Urdu regain its place in India’s linguistic landscape? Yes, if it is treated as a mother tongue
Mahtab Alam
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How did the Indian Muslim identity express itself through poetry before Independence?
Ali Khan Mahmudabad