A new exhibition in Dubai aims to shift perceptions on Urdu, presenting it as more than just a language but as a form of visual art. Expected to run until June 8, the event titled 'Urdu: A Visual ...

Urdu Worlds' challenges traditional boundaries, exploring language, identity, intersection of art, cultural heritage ...

When Urdu journalism is celebrating 200 years of its existence, it seems to be perhaps the best opportunity to clear some myths and misconceptions about Urdu. Urdu was born and flourished in India.

Sitting in my university office in Paris, I was recently visited by a young French student wishing to learn the Urdu script. He had traveled to Turkey to study Indian Sufism, and his teachers had told ...

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, but I find solace in reading shayari ...

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 ...

For years, Urdu on the internet has depended on one name more than most people realize: InPage. If you have [...]Read ...

That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India. The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...