Urdu, a language woven with poetry, history, and emotion, has long been cherished for its lyrical beauty. But in an era dominated by digital communication, its survival seemed uncertain. Now, ...

When Allen Jay Elementary School began its dual-language immersion program in English and Urdu, school officials initially considered translating the curriculum used for the school’s similar program ...

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.

Nagma Rehman has a lament in her retired life. Ms. Rehman, who retired a year ago as Urdu teacher at the Baxibagh, Government Higher Secondary School in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, says her school has ...

It is 2pm, and a seven-year-old boy sits in an after-school Urdu remedial class, his fingers tracing the unfamiliar curves of the words before him. The sentence on the page seems simple enough: “Yeh ...

Mumbai: After it recently scrapped the Rs 12-crore Urdu Learning Centre project in Byculla, BMC recovered Rs 4 crore from the state skill development department as the construction cost and said it ...

On any street in Srinagar, voices flow in different tongues. A baker calls out in Kashmiri, a student answers in Urdu, and someone nearby adds a line in Hindi. In those few exchanges, you can hear the ...