Literary notes: Lit mags, Latin Urdu translations

AS URDU’S literary world is embracing the digital realities and moving towards the online versions, some of Urdu’s literary journals, in particular ones published by our universities’ Urdu departments, have adopted the digital-version-only strategy. So, the literature buffs who are not so tech-savvy may miss out on some new research and critical works, albeit the general standard of Urdu’s research journals published by universities has fallen dramatically. One of the reasons for this tangible lapse is that many of the research papers published in university research journals are written by…