Urdu
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Urdu Press: Significance and Impact on the Readership
LUCKNOW : It is a hot summer evening and customers wait their turn at the local barber’s shop in a…
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‘Firaq’: The poet who celebrated India’s assimilative culture
VIKAS DATTA Scholars have devoted tomes to it, politicians have waxed long about it, but it was an Urdu poet…
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Renowned journalist and broadcaster Asaf Jilani is no more
By M Ghazali Khan Veteran Urdu journalist and broadcaster Asaf Jilani passed away in London at his home on 3rd…
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Chakbast: The forgotten poet of patriotism, reason, and rare wit
VIKAS DATTA Nearly nine decades after his passing away, his work returned to public consciousness with his famous couplet –…
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Eight writers from J&K selected for UP Urdu Academy’s annual honours
Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy recently announced the awards for the year 2019-21. The list of awaredds includes eight writers from…
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No home yet for Mirza Ghalib as Agra forgets its literary heritage
The 225th birth anniversary of Mirza Ghalib, the doyen of Urdu poetry, was a forgotten event in the Taj city,…
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154 yrs after he died, ’emperor of romance’ Ghalib lives in his poetry
Even 154 years after his death, the legendary Urdu-Persian poet — Mirza Beg Asadullah Khan, or just Mirza Ghalib —…
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‘Jashn-e-Sahar’ celebrates life and legacy of Urdu poet Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi
India Islamic Cultural Centre recently celebrated ‘Jashn-e-Sahar’ to honour the life and legacy of Urdu poet, Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi…
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By greenlighting Urdu signages in hospitals, UP gives language a booster shot
Languages connect people and are a means to express one’s culture, value system and group affiliations. Lucknow, Sep 12, 2022:…
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Urdu Academy gets new Director
Aligarh, July 25: Prof Mohamed Quamrul Hooda Faridi, Department of Urdu has been appointed as the Director of the Urdu…
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