Urdu: The revival of the language of romance and poetry
Once patronised by Mughal rulers in the Indian subcontinent, the language is showing signs of a second coming, with a growing number of speakers and newspaper circulation. RANA SAFVI A […]
Muslims Said it First: ‘Checkmate’
By Mansoor Dahri; HISTORY • LANGUAGES Mansoor Dahri, UK There are dozens of ordinary ‘English’ words that originally came from languages historically associated with Islam, such as Arabic, Persian and Urdu. Each […]
Can Urdu and Hindi be one language?
The politics of Hindi–Urdu division — and unity — stretch back to at least the 19th century. David LunnUpdated Jan 24, 2019 —Illustration by Khuda Bux Abro/Dawn “Where did […]
Jinnah impolite, said Sher-e-Bangla
Source: The Daily Star. By Syed Badrul Ahsan Mohammad Ali Jinnah visited East Pakistan from March 19 to March 28, 1948. The visit was a disaster, seeing that instead of reassuring the Bangla-speaking people of his country on the language issue he ended up making them angrier than they were […]