Urdu has been so fascinating for non-Urdu speakers since centuries. The language is extensively used in Bollywood movies and ...

Now, mired in controversy, the politics of the language takes the foreground and its poetics, relegated to the shadows. Yet, ...

NEW DELHI: Part-time musician Aniruddha Pratim was always interested in learning Urdu, believing that it was key to better understanding the range of music from the subcontinent. For the past few ...

Despite the dazzling glare and shimmer of the screen, the yearning for books, conversation, poetry recitations and music remains unremitting. There is a remarkable enthusiasm even in languages other ...