URDU is passing through one of the strangest phases of its life these days. A section of the society, especially the new generation who doesn't give it a damn, seems too indifferent to care for the ...

IN one of my columns in an Urdu-language daily, I mentioned a book 'Sarguzasht-i-Alfaaz'. Written by Ahmed Din (1866-1929), the book, probably the first of its kind in Urdu, discussed the origins of ...

KARACHI: Urdu’s first online thesaurus was recently launched and in no time it has attracted the attention of many who are usually at a loss for words while communicating in the language they hold so ...

ISLAMABAD: For a more purposeful imposition of Urdu as the official language in government offices, simple and easy words should be used so that the common people can understand it easily, Minister ...

Urdu learners can now heave a sigh of relief as the Union government has decided to replace difficult words in the language with simplified terms. NEW DELHI: Urdu learners can now heave a sigh of ...

There are more than five crore Indians who speak Urdu, as per the last census, but this poetic language, which is one of the country’s official languages, experienced a 1.5 per cent drop since 2001.