Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released "Khutbat-e-Modi," a compilation of Prime Minister Modi's Red Fort addresses from 2014-2025, in Urdu. Published by NCPUL, the book aims to reach Urdu-speaking ...

Nastaleeq, developed in 14th century Iran from the fusion of Naskh and Taleeq, emerged primarily as a Persian calligraphic hand — celebrated for its graceful, hanging rhythm and flowing curves.

Urdu books are experiencing an overwhelming response at the 44th Sharjah International Book Fair, with the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) reporting tremendous demand. Director ...

It is while flipping through the yellowed pages of an old feedback register at Danish Mahal that I spot Manzoor Parwana. Seated quietly in his chair, sipping a glass of tea, the 77-year-old retired ...

Patiala: The Punjab languages department has announced the Best Hindi and Urdu Book Awards for 2025. These awards are part of the annual Best Book Awards presented by the Punjab govt to books in ...

Voices in Verses: Women’s Poetry and Cultural Memory in Nineteenth Century India by Farhat Hasan, Cambridge University Press, 2024; pp xvii + 189, ₹1,095. The EPW produces independent and ...

Urdu scholar and translator Rakshanda Jalil’s new collection Whose Urdu is it Anyway? is linked by one theme: to challenge the notion that Urdu is the language of Muslim writers alone, especially in a ...

The once-thriving world of Urdu-language media in India is today a shadow of its former self. From icons like Qaumi Awaaz and Roznama Rashtriya Sahara to lesser-known weeklies, many publications that ...

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Challenges and bans to books in public libraries and schools in the U.S. have steeply increased since 2022. What is behind this increase? And what do Stanford faculty have to say about it? Although ...

Disney is hitting pause on its adaptation of “The Graveyard Book” in the wake of sexual assault allegations leveled against the book’s author Neil Gaiman. The film from director Marc Forster hasn’t ...

Nestled in the Northern Catskills, the tiny village of Hobart, New York, is home to around 400 residents, and millions of fascinating characters, all stacked high on shelves. Hobart is a book village.