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.
India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.
While Centre makes progress lowering debt from pandemic peak and cutting borrowing costs, states face slower adjustment with limited market discipline, survey finds.
Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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.