No takers for Urdu in 'city of adab', Lucknow University OKs 'walk-in enrolment'
Lucknow University faces significant vacancies in its Urdu postgraduate and undergraduate programs. This decline contrasts sharply with the university's rich literary history and past popularity. Weakening school-level Urdu education and limited curriculum options contribute to fewer students pursuing the language. Social media offers Urdu poetry a new audience, though often in different scripts. Despite challenges, the language's religious association is diminishing with wider adoption by non-Muslim writers.
