THOMAS Roebuck compiled ‘An English and Hindoostanee naval dictionary of technical terms and sea phrases’. First published in 1811 from Calcutta (now Kolkata), it was Urdu’s first dictionary of ...
URDU literature has had its fair share of eccentric and mercurial personalities. But they were, at the same time, brilliant scholars or authors and committed to the promotion of the Urdu language and ...
The strangely short history of a publishing niche. Ad Policy The smallest book in the world is on display at the Frankfurt Book Fair, 1961. (Photo by Keystone / Getty Images) As an English professor, ...