The April edition of Muqtadara Qaumi Zaban, (National Language Authority) 's house journal, 'Akhbar Urdu' has been dedicated to the memory of national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877 -1938), whose ...

The timeless Urdu magazine Akhbar-e-Jehan is over 46 years old now. It is the most widely circulated Urdu weekly magazine in all of Pakistan (both urban and rural areas) and UAE. Back in the day, ...

WHO was Urdu’s first essay writer? This may be a tricky question. Dr Jameel Jalibi thinks it was Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. In his Tareekh-i-adab-i-Urdu, or history of Urdu literature, Dr Jalibi has ...

Mumbai The foundation of Urdu journalism was laid by two Hindus: Harihar Dutta and Sadasukh Lal, publisher and editor respectively of the country’s first Urdu newspaper, Jam e Jahan Numa, brought out ...

No. 2 Colootola Street is in the heart of a bustling marketplace in central Calcutta, not very far from lower Chitpore. A shop that sells colourful plastic sheets is a far cry from a newspaper ...

Patna daily Qaumi Tanzeem, in an editorial page article, has recalled the contribution of Urdu journalists in the country’s freedom struggle. The article, based on Urdu Academy secretary Rizwan ...

How the ‘modernisation’ of the ‘decadent’ Urdu prose and poetry came about Anjuman-i-Punjab’s contribution in enhancing Muhammad Hussain Azad’s career was immense. Azad with his chequered past and ...