Image of scripts by Subhashish Panigrahi / CC BY-SA 4.0 Everybody agrees that for making a nation strong and firm, some form of cultural unity is required. Language and script of a nation is important ...
“Where did this Urdu-speaking white guy come from?” (or, in most Indian contexts, Hindi-speaking) is a question I hear pretty frequently. It’s a legitimate one, and arguably better for everyone ...
DUNCAN Forbes (1798-1868) was a Scottish scholar of oriental languages and literature. Though Forbes penned a number of works on Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Bengali, his better known books are ...
“Where did this Urdu-speaking white guy come from?” (or, in most Indian contexts, Hindi-speaking) is a question I hear pretty frequently. It’s a legitimate one, and arguably better for everyone ...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on making Hindi as a unifying language for the country had stirred up a fresh controversy on the issue of a “single” language. In his tweet, the minister ...
Veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar says legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib’s work could only have found meaning in India. “Ghalib was possible only in India. His work wouldn’t have been nurtured ...
All hell broke loose when Jashn-e- Rekhta, an annual festival devoted to promote Urdu language and culture, put up a poster on its website announcing that its 6th edition would take place from ...
Language is something that belongs to its people. However, the same cannot be said of Urdu, which is perceived as one belonging to Muslims, which is far from truth. And ask the same to Geelani Bano, ...
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