“Where did this Urdu-speaking white guy come from?” (or, in most Indian contexts, Hindi-speaking) is a question I hear pretty frequently. It’s a legitimate one, and arguably better for everyone ...

“Where did this Urdu-speaking white guy come from?” (or, in most Indian contexts, Hindi-speaking) is a question I hear pretty frequently. It’s a legitimate one, and arguably better for everyone ...

Since my last column about Saadat Hasan Manto’s story ‘Tamasha’, I came across his sketch ‘Hindi Aur Urdu’ (1954). Then I read Firaq Gorakhpuri’s ‘The Hindi-Urdu Issue.’ I encountered new ideas about ...

Some might regard Urdu as a language unique from Hindi, but, as implied by noted linguist and academic Tariq Rehman, those people have little ground to stand on. Rehman was speaking about his new book ...

Javed Akhtar challenges the misconception that Urdu is a Muslim language, emphasizing it's region-specific, not religion-specific. During an event, he asserted that Urdu and Hindi were equals until ...

Language issue has heated up in Jammu and Kashmir with the BJP batting for the use of Hindi in official work and exams, while local Kashmiri politicians and activists are crying hoarse over neglect of ...

All countries like to think of themselves as special. But when it comes to language, a fairly good argument could be made that India is objectively so. Most states in the world are monolingual or have ...

Our students become deft critical thinkers who understand Hindi-Urdu language, history, culture and literature, and who enjoy careers in business, journalism, politics, government, publishing and ...

Since coming into power in May 2014, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance government has issued a number of official orders, circulars and notifications that it claims are ...