“The Maktaba Jamia bookshop he manages opened a century ago. Alam took over its running this year driven by his love for the language.
"I have been sitting since morning, and barely four people have come," he said gloomily. "And even those were college or school-going children who want their study books."”
جس کی زبان اردو کی طرح.
Fading literature: Delhi's famed Urdu Bazaar on last legs
In the bustling heart of Old Delhi, 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.Sellers first set up stores in the Urdu Bazaar in the 1920s, selling stacks of books from literature to religion, politics and history -- as well as texts in Arabic and Persian.
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