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Our English Is Urdu

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Guest Post

When I find more words and fewer meanings I consider it Urdu. When I find less reason and more emotion I consider it Urdu. When I find that we are not trying to get world class ideas because we are using a world-class language I consider it Urdu. There is nothing wrong with a language. There may be something (seriously) wrong with a people and the institutions as well as the traditions that they have developed. When we underestimate ourselves, talk more of hurdles and pass a lot of buck I feel that all these expressions are in Urdu. But by the same token there may be some whose Urdu is English if it has more meanings and reason. I may not know them but I salute them. Continue reading →

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The Annual Of Urdu Studies: Urdu Scholarship In English Language

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Kashif

The Annual of Urdu Studies (AUS) was started in 1980 by Prof. C. M. Naim of the University of Chicago, who published it from 1981 to 1990. Three years later, Prof. Memon at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, took over the responsibility of this journal. He has published this journal without a break since 1993. It is an annual publication and has so far published 24 issues. The journal is now facing difficulties and is in need of financial support to keep the publication going. Continue reading →

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26/11 And Urdu Press

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Mubasshir Mushtaq

26/11 has evolved Urdu journalism: this was the first time that leading newspapers devoted many special pages to a tragedy. News was not just covered from the ‘Muslim point of view’ as is widely believed, but from the human angle as well. Continue reading →

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A Poem On Mumbai Attacks

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Guest Post

A beautiful and thought provoking poem on the Mumbai attacks penned by social activist Gauhar Raza directed towards secular friends who have fallen for the false propaganda of the killers. Continue reading →

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Ghalib: Ode to Benaras

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Raza Rumi

It is sad that our ancestors, not in a very distant past, were much more respectful of other religions. Mirza Ghalib at his time wrote glowingly about Benaras during a visit to the Hindu holy city. Continue reading →

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Ahmed Faraz – Remembering The Romantic Rebel

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Mohib Ahmad

Remembering the revolutionary poet, Ahmed Faraz, through his 10 couplets. Continue reading →

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Faraz – The Poet, The Romantic, The Rebel

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Kaleem Kawaja

Dissecting the life and works of Ahmad Faraz, the famous poet of South Asia Continue reading →

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Kaifi Azmi – The Poet And The Man

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Kaleem Kawaja

Remembering the famous Urdu poet, Kaifi Azmi, on his 6th death anniversary. Continue reading →

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My Travels to Delhi

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Raza Rumi

Delhi’s present day chaos cannot belittle its grand past, which created a civilisation and shaped the contours of Indo-Muslim identity Continue reading →

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Death Of A Patriot

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Rupa Abdi

In 1947 while other princes of Junagarh were opting for Pakistan, Imamuddin Khan Babi chose India. Continue reading →

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