In 2010, when celebrated Hindi writer and playwright, Asghar Wajahat wrote a polemical article in Jansatta, “Lipi ka sawal: Yeh dil mange more” (Question of script: The heart desires more) suggesting ...

He says if actors are speaking in Hindi, the script should also be written in Devanagari, not Roman letters. The actor adds that while films are made in Hindi, much of the work on set still happens in ...

Veteran lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar writes Hindi dialogues in the Roman script for new actors who cannot read anything else. He believes that language belongs to a region and has nothing to do with ...

Recently, the Indian news site Scroll.in had an interesting debate on the relative merits of writing the Hindi language in the Roman alphabet instead of the native Devanagari script, triggered by a ...

“Calligraphy is an art of beautiful writing; it is meditation where you nurture each piece with love,” says Qamar Dagar, calligraphy artist and recipient of 2016 Naari Shakti Puraskar. Her skilful ...

Veteran lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar says he has to write Hindi dialogues in the Roman script for the new generation of actors today because "they can't read anything else". The 79-year-old poet was ...

Veteran lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar says he has to write Hindi dialogues in the Roman script for the new generation of actors today because "they can’t read anything else". The 79-year-old poet was ...

Veteran lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar says he has to write Hindi dialogues in the Roman script for the new generation of actors today because "they can't read anything else". The 79-year-old poet was ...