Urdu
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: BR Ambedkar Open Univ organises webinar on Urdu
Hyderabad: Dr BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU), Department of Arts on Friday organised a language and literature forum webinar on “Mother Tongue and Importance of Urdu” at the university campus. Prof Aziz…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: MANUU to hold city’s first Urdu film festival
Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University’s (MANUU) Instructional Media Centre (IMC) is set to organise the first-ever Urdu film festival from March 17 to March 19. A documentary showcasing the contribution of…
- World
New Zealand: Urdu Hindi Cultural Association organizes Ghazal night
The Urdu Hindi Cultural Association of New Zealand (UHCANZ) successfully organized a Ghazal Night on 11th March 2023, at the Fickling Convention Centre in Three Kings, Auckland. The event was well-organised and…
- Featured News
Lamakaan, a space for thought, speech and activity should be encouraged to function
Ham ko yaaN dar dar phiraya yaar ne/La-makaaN meiN ghar banaya yaar ne This Urdu couplet defines what La-makaaN means. It is place without boundaries or the place where God lives. It…
- NRIs Corner
New Zealand: Urdu Hindi Cultural Association to organize Ghazal night on March 11
A great annual Ghazal night (Mehfil-E-Ghazal New Zealand 2023) will be organized by the Urdu Hindi Cultural Association of New Zealand at 6:30 pm on March 11, 2023, at Fickling Convention Centre…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Urdu medium students allege discrimination at exam centres
Hyderabad: In a letter addressed to the vice chancellor of the Dr B R Ambedkar Open University, BA Urdu medium students alleged they were provided their question papers 40 minutes late and…
- Opinions
Doctor’s dilemma: To practice or write
Hyderabad: The general perception about doctors is that their writing skills are confined to just scrawling illegible prescriptions. That’s true to a large part. However, the more enthusiastic among them indulge in…
- India
UP: Pigeon brings blood-stained message in Urdu; people left guessing
Kanpur: In an interesting incident, a pigeon carrying a letter was found in Kathara village of Bidhnu in Kanpur. The pigeon with a piece of paper around its neck, with some Urdu…
- Hyderabad
Obit: Remembering Bohini Kamalakar, a true-blue Hyderabadi
By Anand Kamalakar Hyderabad: Bohini Kamalakar was born on March 2 nd 1932 in Gowliguda, in the erstwhile Hyderabad state of the Nizams. Born on the auspicious day of Holi into a…
- India
‘Shairon ka shahr’: Poets who made Lucknow a hub of Urdu ghazal
Any discussion of Urdu ghazals, between connoisseurs, may bring up rival merits of “Dabistan-e-Dehli” and “Dabistan-e-Lakhnau”, or the Delhi and Lucknow schools of poetry, each with an array of accomplished master poets…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad National Book Fair has no Urdu stall
Hyderabad: The 35th edition of the Hyderabad National Book Fair is a treat for the bookworm and an absolute joy for the language aficionado. With more than 300 stalls selling books in…
- Featured News
Iqbal Shinasi lectures touch 1101 mark; but few attend the landmark session
Hyderabad: If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. Yes, this is what the crass indifference and utter negligence of Urdu knowing public calls for. The poet who gave so much…
- Hyderabad
Urdu is being taught at six Egyptian Universities: Senator Yusuf Amir
Hyderabad: Egyptian Senator and the Chairman of the Committee on Religious Affairs of the Egyptian Senate, Prof. Yusuf Amir, visited the office of The Siasat Daily on Monday and meet its Editors,…
- Hyderabad
Amidst shortage of Urdu, Arabic lecturers, Sanskrit, Hindi imposed on minority students
Hyderabad: Urdu has been given the status of the second official language in Telangana, but there is no structure for teaching Urdu and Arabic in educational institutions, as a result, Muslim students…
- Hyderabad
Thumbs-up for Nizam, thumbs-down for Urdu, Arabic in OU logo
Hyderabad: The VII Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan released a farman to establish Osmania University on 28 August 1918. It was the first varsity of India which provided higher education…
