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.

That the two founding figures of Indian and Pakistani independence were united by a shared love of Urdu speaks eloquently of the language’s rich history. From left, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru, Vice ...

India’s top court upheld the use of Urdu on public signboards in Maharashtra, rejecting the notion that the language was alien to the country. The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Urdu and Marathi, ...

NEW DELHI: At a time when the country seems divided on the issue of language — and incidents of people being attacked in several states, particularly in Maharashtra, for not speaking the local ...

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 ...

The once-thriving world of Urdu-language media in India is today a shadow of its former self. From icons like Qaumi Awaaz and Roznama Rashtriya Sahara to lesser-known weeklies, many publications that ...