Andaaz-E-Bayaan Aur event, which hosts Mushaira-Kavi Sammelans (the joint presentation of Urdu and Hindi poetry, two poetic forms which have their homes in South Asia) created its customary magic ...

From left, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru, Vice President of India’s Interim Government, Earl Mountbatten, Viceroy of India and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, President of the Muslim League discuss Britain’s plan for ...

‘Seher Hone Tak’ enthralled the audience as vocalist Gayatri Dhavale presented ghazals, Neerja Apte read the shayari and Aboli Thatte interpreted the poems through Kathak, at Chitnavis Centre, Civil ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The performance of Kathak exponent Rani Khanam and her troupe from Lucknow captivated the audience at Gauhar Mahal in the city on Saturday evening under ‘Raqs-e-sufiyana’.

The resounding success of Jashn-e-Rekhta in Delhi and the Urdu Book Fair at Aligarh Muslim University indicate the enduring resilience of the language ...

An Indian currency note is a wonder of linguistic diversity. Take a Rs 100 note, for example. The amount “rupees one hundred” is written in a staggering 17 scripts. Most of the scripts represent ...

The origins of the Urdu language is a subject on which not only linguists and political historians cross swords, but even ideologues and Gramsci’s state-intellectuals, representing a supposedly ...