Urdu’s fading print legacy finds new life in digital revival

Once the pride of Delhi’s Urdu Bazaar, the language’s print culture declines even as new readers discover it online

From Hazaaron Khwahishen to Dastangoi: Children discover joy in Urdu arts

Urdu Academy’s first free summer camp helps Delhi uncover new songs and modes of self-expression in the language of the Nawabs

Jashn-e-Urdu festival at Sunder Nursery begins today

The four-day event will witness musical performances, plays and panel discussions

Urdu literary fest: A toast to Delhi 6

Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind) pays homage to Urdu poet Meer Taqi Meer and reflects on Delhi's colonial past, in the presence of luminaries like Javed Akhtar, Naseeruddin Shah and Willian Dalrymple

No Urdu in walled city’s Urdu Bazaar

The iconic Urdu Bazaar that once housed bookshops thronged by lovers of the language, is now packed with restaurants selling meat dishes with Urdu missing even from the sign boards

Jashn-e-Rekhta: From Javed Akhtar to Javed Ali, Delhi’s Urdu festival was a crowd puller

Drawing a diverse and enthusiastic crowd, the Jashn-e-Rekhta festival played host to over 200 artists, featuring more than 50 engaging sessions and performances

Production in AIR Urdu stalled, service transmitting old Hindi programmes

All India Radio’s Urdu service, once running 24 hours and external services division’s most transmitted broadcast, is slowly dying following lack of fresh production since April 2023 with the slots repeating old Hindi programmes which have become stale

Passion of the Poet

Emerging from backwaters, Chander Bhan ‘Khayal’ showed patience and endurance to become an Urdu poet of note and win Sahitya Akademi Award