Rediscovering Delhi | Did you know Urdu Bazaar was once a treasure trove of Urdu books?

There was a time when Urdu did not have a religion. Back in 1975, we had a film called Jai Santoshi Maa, arguably the biggest hit among mythological movies. When the film released in Delhi, its posters were put up outside shops near Jama Masjid. The posters had the name of the film and the local cinema showing it scribbled in Urdu.
Why?
Because right there in all its glory was the grand old Urdu Bazaar opposite Gate number 1 of the historic Jama Masjid. It was a place where one could get the best of Urdu books, the works of fiction and non-fiction, constitutional law, Islamic law, the translation of the Quran and the Vedas and the Ramayana too.
Urdu poets and writers came down to Urdu Bazaar, some to discuss the latest in the world of Urdu literature, some to just flip through the books before buying. There were nearly 40 shops then, the most popular among them being Rashidia Book Depot, Qutub Khana Anjuman-e-Taraqqui Urdu, the Zulfiqar Book Depot and Maktaba Jamia.
Script and Voiceover: Ziya Us Salam
Production: Richard Kujur
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Rather every old Hindi film started with the presentation of the title name in 3 languages Hindi, Urdu and English....Instead of resorting to weaponization let us respect diversity in lifestyles and opinions

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So much hate can be seen in comments section.... Let's protect the diversity and let us not fight and call each other with some labels.. we are all indians

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I love to read books am buy somaney books in this Bazar

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I want second class urdu old book in that book has this lessons۔Kaisa acha tu hai Allah,hamara jhanda,jismani safai ,chacha nahru,15 August,sacha dost,Chand,qutub minar,laal qila,diwali,tipu sultan,kahna baro ka mano,mor,neem ka darkht,dakiya,barsat ki bahar,himala,Razia Sultan, If you knew

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The Vedas, Shastras, Puranas, many ornate poems, mathematical and scientific works, ancient manuscripts and edifacts make use of Sanskrit language.

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Dear Bedroom hindu, Thats why sanskrit is most least spoken and written language of India.

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@the unapologetic human sanskrit is almost vanished from India. Mostly hindus dont even know what is sanskrit another bedroom hindu is giving lecture on religion and dharmic language lol

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@@ranveershersingh Sanskrit is extinct but all most all Indian languages barring NE language share much of its vocabulary with Sanskrit. Even Urdu uses Sanskrit vocabulary, which is why Pakistani & North Indians understand eachother. Sanskrit has the status of proto-German in India. It basically created all North Indian languages. Even South Indian languages like Malayalam is influenced from Sanskrit ( Tamil + Sanskrit = Malayalam ).

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Urdu is secular and diverse, and Sanskrit is overloaded with hindutva, RSS, bhakt terror etc etc

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Exactly,

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lol Urdu is so secular that the Islamic Republic of Pakistan adopted it as the language of all Muslims & hence their national language

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The leftist extremists in India are no different from the Hindutva in their views. No wonder you guys have been so successful in radicalising so much of the Hindu population that earlier used to vote for Congress. Well done my son Shiksha

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No comparison between Urdu and Hindi..Urdu one of the most refined and sophisticated language of world. best poetry written in urdu..

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Urdu is a mixed language, words from Hindi,Arabic,Turkish etc languages.There are some scholars who introduced it in different regions differently but not the one who could be called as father of Urdu...

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Voice not clear

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