Pull of Urdu poetry brings Italian to Hyderabad
Daniele, a young Italian linguist, found love for the language in the City of Nizams His search to explore rich Urdu culture ...
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Fading literature: Delhi’s famed Urdu Bazaar on last legs amid Hindi dominance, misconceptions as ‘foreign’ and ‘Muslim-only’ language
In the bustling heart of Old Delhi, Indian bookseller Mohammed Mahfooz Alam sits forlorn in his quiet store, among the last ...
Highlighting the nuances of the Urdu poet’s verse, Hoskote renders them relevant to a new generation
Discover Ranjit Hoskote's curated selection of 150 couplets from Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir in 'The Homeland's an Ocean.' ...
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Fading Literature: Delhi's Famed Urdu Bazaar on Last Legs
In the bustling heart of Old Delhi, Indian bookseller Mohammed Mahfooz Alam sits forlorn in his quiet store, among the last ...
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Literary Notes: Errors in Iqbal’s Urdu poetry and prescriptivism
ALLAMA Muhammad Iqbal’s poetic genius has been acknowledged far and wide. But in his own days, especially early ...
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MBtv: Fading literature: Delhi’s famed Urdu Bazaar on last legs
In Old Delhi's bustling heart, Indian bookseller Mohammed Mahfooz Alam sits forlorn in his mostly empty store, among the last ...
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Nehru & Jinnah next up on Sony LIV. They are the rocket boys of Independence
Arif Zakaria, who plays Jinnah in Freedom At Midnight, makes it a point to stumble over the Urdu speech scenes. After all, Jinnah was not comfortable with the language.
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Iqbal and de-coloniality
Since the Punjab was the last province annexed by the British, the colonial influence had not yet overtaken the Punjab when ...
How an Indian journalist ended up playing a role in the history of three countries
Karim Ghani was a complex man. Two things he could not abide were colonialism and secular interference in religious matters.