A language that is known for its khoobsoorat alfaaz and tehzeeb, Urdu has caught the attention of young and the old from the city. Bhopal was once known for its Urdu speaking population and culture of ...

In post-independence India, Urdu has undergone a strange trajectory both in the language politics and in the socio-cultural realm. Born, flourished and having seen the heyday of its glory in this ...

After reading some interesting analyses of the dominance of the Hindi-belt in India, I thought about my work on culture, language, and politics, specifically the decay of Urdu litearure in ...

New Delhi: The thriving Urdu literary culture of 18th and 19th century in North Indian cities of Delhi and Lucknow that remained vigorous and resilient even at the face of glaring defeat in 1857 at ...

The world's largest Urdu language literary festival, Jashn-e-Rekhta (celebration of the Rekhta, a mixed dialect of Hindustani and Urdu) is coming to Dubai on January 27 and 28 to regale lovers of Urdu ...

Urdu remains the language of poetry that accumulates aashiqs at every adaa, but Gen Z is reclaiming it as a connection to their pre-Partition heritage Akshita Nagpal’s move from Delhi to Versova in ...

Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar (BUQ), described as the oldest Urdu literary organisation in Qatar (established in 1959), recently organised a mushaira and a launch ceremony for the Urdu prose book 'Dastaan dar ...

It is more likely than not that Urdu lovers would have met Muskan Syed Riaz in the UAE during an event that promotes the language. Poet, speaker and emcee, she is a very active member of Bazm-e-Urdu ...

This anonymous couplet loosely translates to how there are still a few people who can speak Urdu language, and thus can gracefully dissolve happiness in the atmosphere. Some of these few, have ...

After a hiatus of three years, ‘Jashn-e-Rekhta’, the festival celebrating Urdu and “Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb”, began here on Friday with a stellar lineup of poets, writers, and performers. The 7th edition ...

The Rekhta Foundation, Noida, India, presented their heart-and-brain child Jashn-e-Rekhta Dubai 2025, the world’s largest festival dedicated to the celebration of Urdu language, literature and culture ...