Urdu, spoken by many millions today, has a rich past that reflects how cultures melded to forge India's complex history. But ...

Discover Ranjit Hoskote's curated selection of 150 couplets from Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir in 'The Homeland's an Ocean.' ...

Discover some surprising facts about Urdu, including how much it has in common with other languages. Also available in Urdu with audio.

Opponents of the language say that Urdu belongs to Muslims whereas Hindus only speak Hindi. But history and lived experiences show quite the opposite. What we know as Urdu today can be traced back ...

But such topics are rarely chosen for theses written for a degree in Urdu literature since psychological realism is comparatively a bit new concept and it requires a command over psychology as ...

Urdu, spoken by many millions today, has a rich past that reflects how cultures melded to forge India's complex history. But its literature has been subsumed by the cultural domination of Hindi ...