Urdu
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They don’t make poets, translators and performers like Anwar Jalalpuri (1947-2018) anymore
Rakhshanda Jalil
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BSP corporator booked in Aligarh after insisting on taking his oath in Urdu
Scroll Staff
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In Pakistan, Punjab has set an example by removing hate from its school textbooks
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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‘What lies beyond the fog?’ A variety never seen before in a collection of Urdu stories
Maaz Bin Bilal
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Urdu declared the second official language in Telangana
Scroll Staff
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This is the book that lovers of Urdu literature needed, to understand its history
Rana Safvi
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‘The Pose’: Anwer Khan’s short story is one of the 25 greatest in Urdu, says an anthologist
Anwer Khan
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Born on India’s future Independence Day, Ismat Chughtai wrote of the world she saw, not aspired to
Urvashi Bahuguna
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Why it is impossible to think of Urdu poetry without thinking of India’s journey to (and after) 1947
Rakhshanda Jalil
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Pragmatism, Marxism, and a Western orientation: The three nodes of the Progressive Writers’ Movement
Syed Nomanul Haq
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In the narrow lanes of Old Delhi, a unique and flavoursome dialect of Urdu is going extinct
Malini Nair
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Between Patriotism, Partition and Pakistan, here’s how Faiz Ahmed Faiz became a poet
Baran Farooqi
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Pem Nem: A 16th-century Urdu romance goes online
Nur Sobers-Khan
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Video: This cool music lesson is a fine beginning to the month of Ramzan
Scroll Staff
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Seventy years on, a fraught question still troubles Pakistan: Should Urdu be its official language?
Ali Raj
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Rajasthan’s school mergers have dealt a blow to Urdu teaching, and its speakers allege a conspiracy
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Allow students to write the NEET in Urdu, among other languages: Supreme Court tells Centre
Scroll Staff
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Neet: Centre is willing to consider conducting the entrance test in Urdu from next year
Scroll Staff
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Away from clichéd pop imagination, Urdu is reclaiming its space (sometimes via other languages)
Rakhshanda Jalil
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It's Mother Language Day. Which 'mother language' did India's lawmakers want after Independence?
Devapriya Roy