More than 50 bookstores lined Urdu Bazaar in the 1970s, but just 5 are left, all struggling to survive. It’s the last throes of an era of Urdu printing, publishing, and poetry.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
Good riddance!
Urdu has turned into the language of Islamic radicalism in the Indian subcontinent. Jihadi literature and all kinds of radical and violent ideologies emanating out of various Islamic schools are disseminated amongst the masses through Urdu.
Good riddance!
Urdu has turned into the language of Islamic radicalism in the Indian subcontinent. Jihadi literature and all kinds of radical and violent ideologies emanating out of various Islamic schools are disseminated amongst the masses through Urdu.