On a salubrious evening, the loudest cheers were received from the women in Lamakaan, a known cultural centre in the city as two Urdu language lovers came up with an interesting topic - the role ...

Pakistan's own Urdu ChatGPT, "Qalb", has officially been launched, marking a historic milestone in the country's digital journey. Developed under the leadership of Taimoor Hassan, a Pakistani student ...

We all know Auld Lang Syne from bleary-eyed New Year’s Eve renditions, but have you ever wondered exactly what the words mean, and where they come from? And what about the tune? Most of us will know ...

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The Indian-origin frontrunner in the mayoral race for New York City, Zohran Mamdani, has made waves with his multicultural campaign in one of the most liberal cities in the otherwise heavily-polarised ...

A language is not just words; it is a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is: Noam Chomsky In a multilingual nation like India, where ...

In an age driven by technology and social media, when languages are being diminished to emojis and abbreviations, Urdu, a language of silken metaphors and layered meanings, is experiencing an ...

Sudha Pai in 2002 stated, “If a language is not characterised by political neutrality, it too often becomes the tool by which this language group seeks to extend its domination over the minority ...

Hip-hop celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2023, and from its early renegade beginnings to becoming a big fish in the mainstream, many a clever lyric has been turned out by talented rhymers who ...

The Supreme Court has said it is a “pitiable digression from reality” to believe that Hindi is the language of the Hindus and Urdu of the Muslims. A language is only a means of communication and does ...

In a video clip circulating on social media, former One Direction member Zayn Malik playfully sang a short phrase in Urdu during a live performance on January 25. After fans chanted in encouragement, ...