Fading literature: Delhi’s famed Urdu Bazaar on last legs …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
A student sits beneath packed shelves at the Hazrat Shah Waliullah public library.
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Source: AFP
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, spoken by many millions today, has a rich past that reflects how cultures melded to forge India’s complex history.
But its literature has been subsumed by the cultural…
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