The second day of the 10th edition of Jashn-e-Rekhta saw a mushaira by acclaimed names, including Wasim Barelvi, Javed Akhtar, and Vijendra Singh Parwaz.
Two-judge Supreme Court bench also said language should not be equated with religion, and asserted that influence of Urdu is writ large in the language of Indian courts.
The MP-author was speaking at an event in Delhi hours after passing of Waqf Bill in LS & before the passing in RS. If polarisation continues, India might lose out, he said.
Whenever I write about Dakhni on social media, there is a barrage of purists asserting that it is just a dialect. Last I checked, people who speak a language are the ones who get a say.
Hazrat Shah Waliullah Library, built as a one-room sanctuary during the 1987 riots, is bursting at the seams with thousands of Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, and English books.
Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs for city and mid-range commutes.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
Pakistan slowly on its way to embrace Sanskritic, Dharmic heritage (e.g., see the news from LUMS).
Meanwhile, we in Bharata are stuck with an undying love for toxic Urdu.
Pakistan slowly on its way to embrace Sanskritic, Dharmic heritage (e.g., see the news from LUMS).
Meanwhile, we in Bharata are stuck with an undying love for toxic Urdu.