'O Children, what is that big house?' he said in very fair Urdu.
And they went at it all over again, the lama taking snuff, wiping his spectacles, and talking at railway speed in a bewildering mixture of Urdu and Tibetan.
The old man seemed to be especially interested in
Urdu poetry and asked 'Is ghazal the only form of expression in
Urdu poetry?' My answer was 'not at all, by no means'.
KARACHI -- Deputy Mayor Karachi Syed Arshad Hasan, paying tribute to services of Baba-i-Urdu Moulvi Abdul Haq for promoting
Urdu, said on Friday that the establishment of
Urdu University was in fact due to his efforts.
DHABEJI -- The President of the Ladies Wing TehreekNifaz
Urdu Pakistan Saba Fazal while talking to newsmen announced to launch a campaign from the 8th to 15th February 20020 to get signatures from 13.5 million people for the promotion of
Urdu language.
MAN OF LETTERS: Mohammad Sulaiman Dehlvi has long been associated with different literary and educational activities related to the promotion of
Urdu language in Qatar.
But, so acute is the bigotry of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in India that it equates Islam with
Urdu and treats
Urdu as the language of its Muslim minority.
ISLAMABAD -- The second edition of
Urdu Cultural Day was celebrated by French National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) in Paris, France yesterday with a splendid display of Pakistan culture, recitation of
Urdu poetry, singing of
Urdu songs and photographic exhibition of Pakistan's rich cultural and architecture heritage.
It is stated that
Urdu which is the national language of Pakistan, is being forgotten by Pakistani people.
Islamabad -- Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has planned to introduce
Urdu short-term certificate online-courses for domestic and international learners from the next year.
On Friday, November 16 at Al Bustan Palace Hotel Auditorium, the much awaited annual event for the lovers of
Urdu and Hindi poetry will be held under the banner of
Urdu Wing of Indian Social Club (ISC).
Besides this award, special awards will be presented to Hassan Abdul Karim Chougule, Chairman of Anjuman Mohibban-e-Urdu Hind, Doha, Saif-ur-Rehman, In charge, Qatar
Urdu Radio Service, Azim Abbas, Chairman, Karwan-e-Urdu, Doha and Kamran Rehmat, Editor, Community, Gulf Times, for their outstanding contribution in promoting
Urdu language, literature and poetry, said Majlis-Frogh-e-Urdu Adab's Mohammad Atiq.