The year 1867 will always be remembered as watershed in the history of the subcontinent as it was the year when Hindi-Urdu controversy was kicked up, sowing the seeds of a schism between Hindus ...

As the national language of Pakistan, Urdu presently enjoys the symbolic status of Muslim identity. It is widely spoken in South Asia as well as among the diaspora communities abroad.

A few years ago, Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif wrote A Case of Exploding Mangoes, a novel that lampooned the Pakistani military. Now, it's been translated into Urdu, Pakistan's national language.