No doubt, Fasana-i-Ajaaib is Rajab Ali Baig Suroor’s (1785/86-1869) magnum opus giving him a lasting recognition, but Suroor’s contribution towards Urdu literature is somewhat outshone by popularity ...

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

The annual debate over 'Ramzan' versus 'Ramadan' highlights how history, migration, and globalization influence language. While Arabic pronounces it 'Ramadan', Persian and Urdu adapted it to 'Ramzan', ...

Whatever gives people the courage to send poems to their insignificant others is spreading like a viral fever. The big disruptor? ChatGPT.

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Steered by women and social media, Arabic calligraphy is seeing a resurgence in South India as an art form, beyond religious texts like the Quran ...

Shaheed: This is an Urdu and Arabic word that means "Martyr." A martyr is someone who happily gives up their life for a good ...

Merchant said many things, but his particular capacity to narrativize the city as a city of stars—those awkward half-human, half-spectres that can bend memory itself, those people who can be, at the ...

Radio Pakistan has uploaded the online Urdu Talking Dictionary of authentic pronunciation, 'Lafz o Awaz ki Urdu Dictionary', to its website on a trial basis. Minister for Information and Broadcasting ...

Mumbai-Mumbai rarely pauses. The city runs on relentless motion—traffic, commerce, cinema, and crowds blending into a rhythm that rarely stops. Yet a walk through Juhu sometimes feels like stepping ...

As air power collides with geopolitical reality, the only certainty is that this conflict will permanently scar the Middle ...

India’s links to Persia—much discussed in the context of the ongoing war in Iran—are old and fascinating. Erstwhile nobility ...