Nagpur: A three-day national seminar focusing on the contribution of Urdu manuscripts to India's freedom struggle (1757-1947) concluded at the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU).

In a nation supposedly created as a homeland for Ashraf Muslims, the very architects of Pakistan – the Urdu-speaking Muhajirs – have become its most persecuted and abandoned minority. What began as ...

In Hawaiian, "Lilo" is this beautiful little word grenade that explodes into multiple meanings: it means "lost" or "to be separated," which, oof, talk about on-the-nose for a kid whose parents died.

Originally, Imam Muslim named his book "Musnad as-Sahih Muslim." It is available in Urdu, English, and Arabic translations for readers to access. Muslim Sharif holds a high status in Sunni Islam, ...

A look at the traditions and personal touches that marked the pope's farewell. Pope Francis was laid to rest Saturday in a historic funeral that drew more than 250,000 people, according to the ...

ALLAMA Iqbal’s first poetic collection in Urdu, Baang-i-Dara, was first published in 1924. But before Iqbal could bring out this work, two admirers of Iqbal collected and published their own ...

Yet, in recent times, some political voices have unfairly targeted Urdu, while others push for the dominance of one language over those who have grown up speaking entirely different tongues.

PREMIUM The bias against Urdu showed its face during the framing of a Constitution for independent India, but the noble architects of that wonderful charter of governance adopted in 1950 did their ...

Name Origin: The term “Urdu" comes from the Turkish word ‘ordu’ (meaning “camp" or “army"), pointing to its early development in military camps and marketplaces where diverse linguistic groups ...