Darul Uloom is an unregistered non entity and something needs to be done about it
Certain individuals or organisations try to project themselves as the Messiah of the entire community. But contrary to their projections in public, they ...
Tag: Urdu
Manoj Bajpayee questions the ‘missing Hindi’ from ‘Hindi cinema’
After India gained freedom by breaking the shackles of slavery, it went ahead to become a part of the global democracy club. And ...
Jaishankar Prasad: The genius writer who never succumbed in front of Urdufication
Hindi literature of the 20th century is specifically known for a flurry of Urdu words replacing Hindi. However, among those shades of Urdufication, ...
Cultural impact of Mughals on Hindus Chapter 1: Urdufication of Hindi
Last year, on the occasion of Deepawali, Fab India came up with its ‘Jashn-e-Riwaaz' campaign that tried to secularize the holy Hindu festival. The rechristening ...
BHU celebrating Iqbal is like Tel Aviv University celebrating Hitler Jayanti
What would you think if the Israelis started celebrating Adolf Hitler's life? Hypocritical, yes? Fortunately, the Israelis are not that stupid. Unfortunately, India, ...
Urdu vs Hindi is a war that Urdu can never win
The Deepawali fiasco by Fabindia has given birth to a new kind of debate in India’s public space. The otherwise juxtaposition of Hindi ...
Demolishing the lie that “Hindu” is a Farsi word
It's another routine day in the world of pseudo-intellectuals looking to ascribe meaning to themselves and their frail identities by besmirching Hindi. Ever ...
Param Sundari proves that you can use Sanskritised Hindi in songs and still sound cool
Kriti Sanon starrer Bollywood film "Mimi", released last month had a song titled Param Sundari, composed by Oscar winner AR Rahman. The song ...
Jharkhand drops Sanskrit and Hindi in Job Recruitment Exams while retaining Urdu
The Jharkhand government, which has regularly been in controversy for wrong reasons since it came to power, has taken another decision that is ...
Hindi defeated Urdu in the language wars, but the victory came at a price
Long before Ankur discussed how Bollywood is essentially an Urdu medium for films, one Khalid Amir Khan was wondering whether Hindi had become ...
