> Fading literature: Delhi's famed Urdu Bazaar on last legs / 36L794Q
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Fading literature: Delhi's famed Urdu Bazaar on last legs / 36L794Q
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In Old Delhi's bustling heart, Indian bookseller Mohammed Mahfooz Alam sits forlorn in his quiet store, among the last few selling literature in a language beloved by poets for centuries.
Urdu, spoken by many millions today, has a rich past that reflects how cultures melded to forge India's complex history. But its literature has been subsumed by the cultural domination of Hindi, struggling against false perceptions that its Perso-Arabic script makes it a foreign import. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES