Comments on: A Tongue Twisted

By: HP PSC 1510

HP PSC 1510 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:57:23 +0000

It is really funny you should write about this since I was just thinking of it the other day. You have depicted my own thoughts exactly.

By: Fire Grate %0B

Fire Grate %0B — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:30:51 +0000

~`. I am very thankful to this topic because it really gives great information ‘*”

By: Arhama

Arhama — Sat, 12 May 2007 12:11:28 +0000

Thanks all

By: Sonia

Sonia — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:29:41 +0000

hi arhama

i am suprised at your name, at a very young age i heard this name and decided if i have a girl will name her after this name. allah mashallah gave me a beautiful girl and i named her arhama tauheed, tauheed means allah aik hai. and arhama means reham karne wala, i have read the stuff you have written and very impressed. my daughter is also very intellegent and i think the name has alot to do with it along with genes ofcourse. well done keep it up

sonia lone

By: Afzal

Afzal — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:27:05 +0000

Congratulations Arhama. Real good work…

By: Haris

Haris — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:09:10 +0000

I think Urdu not only became a no man’s language in India after partition but was also relegated to a language that showed no economic viability. As you have rightly said that it became associated with Muslims and Islam and unfortunately Muslims believed in this false ownership of the language. As a result there were hardly any efforts even on the part of Muslims to spread and promote Urdu across religious and cultural boundaries.

The government of India’s decision to replace overnight Urdu with Hindi as a national language and ignoring Urdu completely further fueled the fast decline of the language.

Urdu found place in madarsas (religious school) in the north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar mainly. But the madarsas totally ignored the rich and inspiring cultural aspects of the language and only used it as a medium of instruction. Few institutions and boards are established with lofty names but do not do any justice to the language. How can these institutions of higher learning survive when there are no efforts to establish and promote the language at the primary level?

As a result of our own parochial adoption of Urdu, mass exodus of Urdu speakers, the apathy of the Indian government and an insecure environment after independence all led to the decline of Urdu.

Thank you for your historical notes on Urdu. This is the first time I have come across an article that talks about the origin of this language. Thank you.