As long as a language is yoked to a particular faith—as Urdu often is with Islam—it neither grows freely nor is understood in ...

Explore the creative legacy of Wajid Ali Shah, classic short stories by Manto and Chughtai, and the ghazals of Firaq ...

A deep learning model trained on more than 14,000 Pakistani news articles can spot misinformation with 96% accuracy, according to a new report in academic journal Scientific Reports. It's the most ...

Urdu Worlds' challenges traditional boundaries, exploring language, identity, intersection of art, cultural heritage ...

After reading some interesting analyses of the dominance of the Hindi-belt in India, I thought about my work on culture, language, and politics, specifically the decay of Urdu litearure in ...

When Urdu journalism is celebrating 200 years of its existence, it seems to be perhaps the best opportunity to clear some myths and misconceptions about Urdu. Urdu was born and flourished in India.

India is a country whose wonderful diversity stems from the richness of its past. That includes the Urdu script. Sitting in my university office in Paris, I was recently visited by a young French ...

A deep learning model trained on more than 14,000 Pakistani news articles can spot misinformation with 96% accuracy, according to a new report in academic journal Science Advances.

Renowned Pakistani actor Faisal Qureshi has urged Pakistani cricketers to prioritize speaking Urdu in public and take pride in their national ...