The National Language Authority (NLA), or Muqtadira Qaumi Zaban, was established in 1979 under Article 251 of the 1973 Constitution. The main objective was to pave the way for adoption of Urdu as ...

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.

Urdu scholar and translator Rakshanda Jalil’s new collection Whose Urdu is it Anyway? is linked by one theme: to challenge the notion that Urdu is the language of Muslim writers alone, especially in a ...

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 ...

Every UCLA student has heard numerous boasts about UCLA’s diversity, but few have seen concrete examples of intergroup communication and bonding. Thus, I am greatly pleased to announce that there is ...

The Supreme Court has affirmed the use of Urdu on the signboard of Patur Municipal Council in Maharashtra, emphasizing that language should not be a cause of division. The court highlighted Urdu's ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- From Libya to Bahrain to Egypt, social media sites like Twitter and Facebook continue to play a substantial role in the political unrest of the region, but its major languages remain ...

India's right-wing seems to think it's a foreign import, forced upon by so-called Islamic invaders. The latest fracas happened in April when a reporter from a far-right news channel barged into a ...