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Amjad Alam journalist
Majid Alam

 

 A journalist based in India who mostly writes on health and the environment.

Writer’s Articles

The Silent Death of Urdu Newspapers in India

With a 200-year history, Urdu newspapers in India are now facing a silent death—trapped in a cycle of decline where circulation has fallen by nearly 25%, advertising is absent, and government support is scarce. What vanishes is more than print: it is the erosion of a cultural and political lifeline that once bound Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs in common debates and carried the voices of the marginalised into India’s public sphere.

Published on: 1 Oct, 2025