Sellers first set up stores in the Urdu Bazaar in the 1920s, selling stacks of books from literature to religion, politics and history - as well as texts in Arabic and Persian. Photo: AFP In the ...

Mumbai: Zubair Azmi, director of Urdu Markaz, a literary and cultural organisation promoting Urdu language, calls Bhindi Bazaar “the cultural hub of erstwhile Bombay.” It is where the who’s who of ...

Intense like its sigdis — that tirelessly churn out kebabs and tikkas, the spirit of Bhendi Bazaar is kindled by a lofty language and its weavers. But is the spirit spawned within the bazaar lanes ...

In the bustling heart of Old Delhi, Indian bookseller Mohammed Mahfooz Alam sits forlorn in his quiet store, among the last few selling literature in a language beloved by poets for centuries. Urdu, ...