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

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

November 5, 2025

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…

June 2, 2025

Jashn-e-Urdu festival at Sunder Nursery begins today

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

February 22, 2024

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…

February 21, 2024

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…

February 3, 2024

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…

December 11, 2023

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…

November 27, 2023

Passion of the Poet

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

July 30, 2023

Life and times of a writer

Farooq Argali, 82, began writing fiction to survive in Delhi and after half a century, collated works of famous writers,…

February 8, 2023