Watch | In Bihar s Urdu Belt , Has the Language Lost its Charm?
In many villages of Mithilanchal in Bihar, even though there are a lot of native Urdu speakers, not even a single Urdu newspaper or magazine is distributed.
Video11/Jan/2021
Urdu is registered as the mother tongue of lakhs of Indians in official records. On the basis of these records, it is often claimed that there are a lot of Urdu readers in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. But people who enter Urdu as their mother tongue in government records, usually canât read or write Urdu.
In many villages of Mithilanchal in Bihar, even though there are a lot of native Urdu speakers, not even a single Urdu newspaper or magazine is distributed. Newspaper vendors and bookstore owners told