In an age driven by technology and social media, when languages are being diminished to emojis and abbreviations, Urdu, a language of silken metaphors and layered meanings, is experiencing an ...

“My grandmother said one learns English to woo a girl but when there’s heartbreak, you come back to Urdu,” shares Devyesh Tripathi, a lawyer practising at the Delhi High Court. The Urdu enthusiast ...

American students arrive at the University of Lucknow for an eight-week course in Urdu and Persian, as part of a collaboration between Lucknow University and the American Institute of Indian Studies.

Ms Lubna brings her three children every week to the Urdu language school in Preston (New South Wales) to help them learn and communicate in Urdu. “I want my kids to learn Urdu as it is our language," ...