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 ...

Those who wish to confine Urdu to a specific accent are fighting a despairing battle against the overwhelming range of intonations of ever-evolving Urdu Many native speakers of Urdu feel it is their ...

Gulzar, the recipient of the Jnanpith Award, expresses optimism about the future of Urdu. He believes that despite the decline of the Urdu script, the language itself is alive and thriving, with Urdu ...