English question in Urdu University
- Md. Mujeebuddin I chose MANUU because I could continue my studies in Urdu… (Sajid, an interviewee from MANUU) I grew up in a small [...]
The English Language at Madrasas
- Sajida Sultana The madrasa and its education have been subject matter of major discussions in the media since the attack on the World Trade [...]
Khalid Sayeed – Interview
- M A Moid Is higher education possible through Urdu’ is a recurring question. What is your opinion? Your question expresses the emotions of those who [...]
Md. Junaid Zakir -Interview
- M A Moid Your PhD is considered an important contribution to the process of development of Urdu language. Can you tell us more about [...]
FROM OU to MANUU
- M A Moid The journey of Urdu in the Deccan is an important story from the perspective of language politics in south India. Many [...]
Persian Gives Place To Urdu
- Tariq Rahman The sequence of events relating to the transition from Persian to Urdu in Hyderabad state has been described admirably by Syed Mustafa [...]
Hyderabad Medical School : An Urdu Medium Institution
- Syed Mustapha Kamal In the evolution of Urdu as the medium of instruction in Hyderabad, the establishment of the allopathic Medical School in 1846 [...]
On Teaching Sanskrit and Mother Tongues: An Open Letter to Smriti Irani
- Sowmya Dechamma Dear Ms Irani, Many of us are aghast at your decision to remove German from the list of languages that a child [...]
The Path Shown by Joshua
- Dokka Manikya Varaprasad The new-born Telugu state of Andhra Pradesh, even as it is searching for something as ordinary as an appropriate location to [...]
Governments without Vision: Language Issues
- Jayadhir Tirumalarao Language sentiment is more important to humans than parents, property disputes and blasphemy. Hence, language is surrounded by politics and wars. Historically, [...]
Hail English, the Dalit goddess
- Chandra Bhan Prasad The road to Dalit empowerment was paved by Lord Macaulay If there is a divinity that can take on the Hindu [...]
Dalits and English
- Kancha Ilaiah One bright morning in 1960, when I was about eight, a newly appointed teacher came to my house. My mother had already [...]
Telangana and Language Politics of Telugu Cinema
- Sathya Prakash Elavarthi & Vamshi Vemireddy Introduction The agitation for separate Telangana state brought to fore the language politics associated with Telugu cinema. As [...]
Language breathes life into Telangana
- Sangisetti Srinvas The movement for a separate Telangana has made language a vehicle for the identity of the Telangana people. The political movements which [...]
Building my identity…
- Joopaka Subhadra There was a primary school up to class four close to my house near the Singareni Collieries. There were four classes in [...]