The videos are voiced in multiple languages by an all-star cast of influencers and activists, including: Jesse Williams (English), Diane Guerrero (Spanish), Kumail Nanjiani (Urdu), Linda Sarsour ...

In the Urdu literary tradition, which he drew from heavily, it isn’t uncommon for writers’ letters to be published as literary, rather than archival, works. The letters are more than functional.

Urdu became a symbol of refined culture (tehzeeb), especially in North Indian cities like Lucknow, Delhi, and Hyderabad. Its poetic tradition, calligraphy (nastaliq script), and role in Bollywood ...

True, Urdu is mainly written in Nastaliq and Hindi in Devnagri; but then scripts do not make a language. What makes languages distinct is their syntax, their grammar and their phonology. Urdu and ...

Highlighting the linguistic overlap, the court noted that while Urdu is generally written in the Nastaliq script and Hindi in Devanagari, scripts do not define a language. “What makes languages ...

“When we criticise Urdu, we are in a way also criticising Hindi… True, Urdu is mainly written in Nastaliq and Hindi in Devanagari; but then scripts do not make a language. What makes languages ...

The recently celebrated World Hindi Diwas, on 10 January, provides an immediate context to revisit the historical processes by which Hindi and Urdu were (are) imagined, identified and understood from ...

Akhund Baha-ud Din and Haider Kashmiri were other famous penmen of Nastaliq style, followed by Yaqub Muhammad son of Murad Kashmiri who excelled in Kufi style and compiled a book on calligraphy.

At the heart of Gaffar’s teaching is the Nastaliq script, an essential com-ponent of Urdu calligraphy. Mastering this script is no easy feat—it re-quires months of dedicated practice ...

Then there are those who practise the many forms of Urdu calligraphy, and want to know more about what they are writing. Navin Kale, an entrepreneur and writer based in Versova, has been ...

Information and Culture Director Maulvi Hamidullah Ghiasi said the exhibition was aimed at supporting calligraphers and promoting the art of calligraphy in the province, and in this exhibition, 32 ...