In kindergarten through 5th grade classrooms at Allen Jay Elementary School, students learn subjects like reading, math, and science in English, and in Urdu. The school, in High Point, N.C., offers ...

JEDDAH — The Urdu Academy Jeddah recently organized held a literary program dubbed “Aoa Urdu Seikhien (Let’s Learn Urdu) at a local restaurant here. This initiative to promote Urdu language was part ...

The school helps children to read, write and understand the Urdu language spoken primarily by Pakistani and Indian communities in Australia. Studying in Year 4 at the Lakemba Public School, Ayesha ...

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 ...

From left, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru, Vice President of India’s Interim Government, Earl Mountbatten, Viceroy of India and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, President of the Muslim League discuss Britain’s plan for ...

Gulzar, the recipient of the Jnanpith Award, expresses optimism about the future of Urdu. He believes that despite the decline of the Urdu script, the language itself is alive and thriving, with Urdu ...