urdu signboards at grant road mumbai

last few sundays i visited old area of mumbai..
its still harbours mystic aura of bygone era..movie theatres like Shalimar , Novelty, Alankar
Naaz, alfred were at prime few years back.

movies of 90s are shown here.tikects 15-20 rupeess

painted hoarding are things to see here .with multiplexes advent..this is rarity.




most of the hordings aslo has urdu signage...

urdu books exhibition at saboo siddik college

National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language
Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi along with maharashtra state urdu academy
are organising URDU books exhibition at Saboo siddik college of engineering , Nagpada ,Byculla ,Mumbai .



its been very long , urdu lovers are eagerly waiting for this event. the event will start on 17th of january till 26th of january .

Major URDU publishers from all over india are going to participate in this event.

City book lovers will have chance to buy books from galaxies of books published by NCPUL.
list of publications you see at following link.
http://www.urducouncil.nic.in/publication/ur_bl/index.htm

ncpul offers many courses for propgation of urdu.
one of these is 1 year diploma in urdu langauge, the fees is very low and content given is of high quality.
study centres are all over India.
admissions for 2009-2010 have started ,
you can visit website for more info
http://www.urducouncil.nic.in/