The Hindi/Urdu program in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations offers Hindi/Urdu language courses, as well as courses taught in English about South Asian culture and literature. The ...

At the renowned Urdu Akademi, non-Muslims are increasingly enrolling in Urdu courses, challenging the stereotype that the language is predominantly associated with the Muslim community. Professionals, ...

A consortium of donors has committed to funding Hindi/Urdu language courses at UC Santa Cruz through spring of 2010. The combined gifts in support of the program total $75,000 and will enable the ...

A senior secondary school in Bikaner, Rajasthan, has received orders to replace Urdu with Sanskrit as a third language due to low enrollment in Urdu classes. The decision follows a similar directive ...

Urdu remains the language of poetry that accumulates aashiqs at every adaa, but Gen Z is reclaiming it as a connection to their pre-Partition heritage Akshita Nagpal’s move from Delhi to Versova in ...