Urdu Language

Urdu made mandatory for Anganwadi teachers' posts in 2 Karnataka districts

Congress government in Karnataka has made it mandatory for candidates to be proficient in Urdu for Anganwadi teachers' posts in Mudigere and Chikkamagaluru districts

Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for 58th Jnanpith Award

Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award, the Jnanpith selection committee announced on Saturday. Gulzar is known for his works in Hindi cinema and is considered one of the finest Urdu poets of this era. He has earlier received Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu in 2002, Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2013, Padma Bhushan in 2004, and at least five National Film awards for his works. Rambhadracharya, the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth in Chitrakoot, is a renowned Hindu spiritual leader, educator and writer of more than 100 books. In a statement, the Jnanpith selection committee said, "It has been decided to give the award (for 2023) to eminent writers from two languages: Sanskrit litterateur Jagadguru Rambhadracharya and well known Urdu litterateur Shri Gulzar." Goan writer Damodar Mauzo had received the prestigious award for 2022.

PM Modi, UP Dy CM condole renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana's death

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Monday expressed his condolences on the death of renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana

Rekhta Foundation, British Council foster cross-cultural poetry parallels

Event celebrates similarities between English and Urdu poetry

Iqbal composed 'Sare Jahan Se Acha' but never believed in it: DU V-C

After DU's Academic Council dropped a chapter on renowned Urdu poet Iqbal from its political science syllabus, Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh on said the poet is he never believed in Sare Jahan Se Achha

Unlocking an Urdu writer's treasure for scholars

The Sajjad Zaheer Digital Archive is the result of a collaboration between two varsities and the communist ideologue's family

Many departures from conformity

Book review of Off the Beaten Track: The Story of My Unconventional Life

Uttarakhand stations to replace Urdu with Sanskrit on railway signboards

Sanskrit was made the second official language of Uttarakhand in 2010 during the chief ministership of Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

Fighting for Urdu

Among languages spoken by 10 million or more people, Urdu was the only one that registered a decline - falling below 4.2 per cent of the population.

Ghazal & friendship

The decision to include an entire section of Urdu poems translated into English is also, in fact, a political move

Jashn-e-Rekhta: Celebrating Urdu despite its consistent decline in India

Events like Jashn-e-Rekhta have done much to revive popular and elite interest in the language, but unless the younger generation embraces it, Urdu will continue to languish on the margins