Can Urdu and Hindi be one language?
The politics of Hindi–Urdu division — and unity — stretch back to at least the 19th century.
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David Lunn researches and teaches on South Asian and Postcolonial studies at SOAS University of London, with particular interests in Hindi and Urdu language and literature, Indian cinema, and Indian ocean networks in the colonial period. He tweets at @DJLdistraction
