Urdu poetry is well renowned for its rich past, enormous beauty, and complexity in expressions. For those willing to start to ...

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Discover some surprising facts about Urdu, including how much it has in common with other languages. Also available in Urdu with audio.

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It was Rasheed Hasan Khan (1925-2006 — his dates of birth and death mentioned online are usually incorrect) who through his book Urdu Imla (1974) made the issues related to Urdu orthography ...

The event, organised in collaboration with the Joy of Urdu initiative, aimed to promote the Urdu language through literary works. The book was conceived by Zarminae Ansari, the founder of Joy of ...