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The World of Urdu
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This blog aims to write on everything and anything relating to Urdu and the people associated with it.
- Added on: Oct 12th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Danish Khan
- Listed in: History Poetry
- Tags: india language south asia muslims urdu hindi-urdu
Recent Posts
Huququn Niswan: A revolutionary book on rights of women
The poetry of Ghalib and Iqbal, the satire of Akbar Allahabadi and the genius of Saadat Hasan Manto are well known. Urdu lovers treasure the masterpieces of Deputy Nazir Ahmed and Faiz Ahmed Faiz. They have all tried to convey their messages in their...
\'Iqbal would have reacted to affairs in Pakistan the same way as Gandhi to affairs in India\'
November 9 was the birth anniversary of Allama Iqbal. This post is a bit late, but then one need not remember the birth and death anniversaries of a personality like Allama Iqbal to write about him. Allama Iqbal is an evergreen personality, and will ...
Vande Mataram and Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind
The recent controversy over the fatwa on Vande Mataram has brought into focus Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind. The body endorsed the fatwa given by Darul Uloom on Vande Mataram in its session in Deoband. The fatwa said that Muslims should not sing Vande Mataram ...
Dr Rafiq Zakaria and Jinnah
Few years back when I was working for a Mumbai-based daily I had a visitor. He was a cartoonist, working for an Urdu publication as its sole representative based in Mumbai. I had met him a few times before and as he had come to the newspaper's office...
The personality of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan has been painted and presented in several shades by historians and academicians. He has been shown as communalist, supporter of the British Raj, educationist, social reformer, father of Pakistan movement, Urdu-supporter and much m...
Islamic literature in Urdu
Few weeks ago, I was in the historic town of Bath in England. Bath is famous for the early Roman grandeur, and was the site of the Roman town of Aquae Sulis. The main attractions are the Roman Baths that attract hundreds of people.It was a weekend an...
