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Urdu- Lets Project Our National Ideology
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Every country has its own language which certainly moves through
different evolutions to meet diversified communication needs for
users. These evolutions bring in new vocabularies and phrases to
cater literary, cultural and traditional shifts.
According to many scholars language is more than just a way to
communicate feelings and thoughts; it is also responsible for
depicting national ideology and principles. Many linguists have
believed language as light of mind and expression of soul.
Urdu language is famous for its unique style, diversified
expression and soft phrases. It has clearly intimated world with
the creativity and humbleness of its speakers. Urdu literature is
full of artistic work poets; writers and story tellers have
proved the flexibility of language to express their feelings
using simple yet very deep and inspirational vocabulary
Today we are facing critical challenges, with limited Urdu
publications we are failing to maintain the image of creative
ancestral. This downfall is because of inclination towards the
westernization. Parents send their children to English medium
schools where text revolves around Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf
and many others in such circumstances how we can induce our
national ideology in our children. It is not
obnoxious to study foreign literature however; we have to make
sure our children are equally well informed about Iqbal, Mir and
Sir Syed Ahmed khan.
Urdu has provided complete expression for its users
despite through a critical time; it has preserved its beauty and
unique style. Now it’s our duty that we work for its development
to project our ideology and creativity.
Date Published: Mar 03, 2011 - 2:37 am
Urdu Literature: Literary and Religious Scriptures
Urdu
language has the honor of having one of the largest collections
of works on Islamic Literature and Sharia. It seconds Arabic in
its Islamic Literature and Sharia. The collection includes the
translations as well as the interpretations of Quran. It also
includes the commentaries on Hadith, Fiqah, history of Islam,
spiritualism, Sufism and metaphysics.
There are number of classical texts from
Persian and Arabic which have been translated to Urdu. These
translations have been made, keeping in view the popularity of the
language amongst the Muslims of South Asia. The economic
publishing along with the popularity of Urdu in southern region had
paved paths for this literary work. There have been number of
famous Islamic books written in Urdu.
Astrology has been an important genus
and lots of books have been written on it. Pundit Roop Chand Joshi
was the first person to conquer this genus in Urdu and penned
astrology in Urdu for the first time, in eighteenth century. The
book “Lal Kitab” still holds popularity amongst the astrologers,
since it was written at a time when Urdu was common in Brahman
families as well.
Urdu
literature is one of the most rich literature which has material
and literature written for all genera. The great literary
personalities in Urdu have been Munshi Premchand, Saadat Hassan
Manto, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Krishan Chander and Ahmed Nadeem
Qasmi. Starting from afsana, while encompassing novel and dramas,
these writers have enriched Urdu Literature. These are the gems
of Urdu language who have contributed their best in Urdu
Literature.
Date Published: Mar 01, 2011 - 11:35 pm
Umaira Ahmed - Novelist Who Adds To the Beauty of Urdu Literature with Her Every New Novel
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Urdu language enjoys a great legacy. Urdu, Persian, and
Arabic are three languages that have always been attached to
Muslim cultures. Urdu encompasses Arabic and Persian in it. Based
upon two vast languages Persian and Arabic, Urdu genera are
incomparable with any other language.
Urdu literature enjoys its treasure with enormous poets,
novelists and writers. These poets, writers, and novelists have
taken the language to a stage where it cannot be compared with
any other language. Many people have confusion about Urdu and
Hindi. The current Hindi used in the media of India (mainly
Bollywood and television media) comprises of mostly Urdu words
and few Hindi words.
Urdu writers, novelists, and poets have provided us with many
great productions. Out of them, few have made their places on
international grounds. Umaira Ahmed’s novel “Peer-e-Kamil” is one
the extra-ordinary productions. Umaira Ahmed as a writer has made
her place where she does not need any introduction or any
appraise.
Umaira Ahmed is the name, which is the identity in itself when it
comes to Urdu literature. She has given Urdu
readers many extra ordinary projects, but Peer-e-Kamil stands out
of all. This is a great treat from Umaira Ahmed to her readers.
She has stated the story in a casual yet formal tone, while
keeping the words simpler to let it understandable for every
naïve and expert reader. This is the beauty of the writing of
this great Novelist.
Urdu language is blessed to have such a novelist who is
adding beauty to its literature with every new novel of hers,
which hits the markets.
Date Published: Feb 27, 2011 - 11:51 pm
Urdu Dastan- With flavor of Magical characters
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Urdu expression is unique; it has ability to express all
the sentiment and emotions with the diversified vocabulary and
catchy sentence structures. Urdu literature has moved
through different evolutions with time to create legacy of
beautiful, versatile and classical literature.
Urdu poetry, drama and journalism are full of absolute
flair to give readers a new learning experience for extensive
knowledge and insight on variety of subjects. Urdu
literature has targeted variety of subjects from society.
Urdu literature was initially more composed of poetry than
the prose. Most of the subjects in the prose were based on
ancient epic stories renowned as Dastan. These Dastan revolved
around the characters with influential and magical powers.
Dastan is originated from Iran which later became popular
in the Urdu literature. In typical Dastan, story is based
on the real or imaginary event happened somewhere. Dastan tells
the story through different characters their roles and
influential Powers in the story.
Famous Urdu Dastans are:
- Nau tarz-i murassa‘ - Husain ‘Atā Khān Tahsīn
- Nau ā'īn-i hindī (Qissa-i Malik Mahmūd Gīti-Afroz) - Mihr Chand Khatrī
- Jazb-i ‘ishq - Shāh Husain Haqīqat
Dastan has special place in Urdu literature. It has
entertainment and message for its readers. Unique style of
expression has great appeal for readers to keep them interested
throughout the story. Conclusions are told with the element of
wit and entertainment to preserve the beauty of
interaction.
Date Published: Feb 25, 2011 - 3:19 am
Urdu- Despite Critical Challenges It Has Managed To Preserve Its Beauty Of Expression
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Urdu language has faced great challenges since its
evolution. Especially, in the Subcontinent for many political
gains people have suppressed its progress. Even for now Indian
Government has failed assuring perfect implementation of Urdu as
Official language in different parts of India.
In the history different measure were taken to fight against the
Urdu aggression. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan played a key role for
projecting the beauty and strength of the language with his
extensive Urdu literary creations.
After his death Progressive Writers Movement was another strong
effort from Urdu Creative Fraternities. This movement
produced finest work of poetry, Journalism and
Drama. This Movement further became
inspiration for coming writers and poets.
Later in 1960 another movement started with the name of modernist
Urdu Movement, famous key players of this movement were
Shamsus Rehman Farooqi, Zafer Iqbal, Nasir Kazmi, Bashir Baber
and Shaharyar. This movement paid more emphasis on Symbolic and
indirect expressions. Further, movement was successful in
presenting the classical culture of the Indian society.
Today Urdu is facing different kinds of challenges. We are
failing to influence people for adding value to Urdu literature.
Every year we come across limited Urdu publications which is a
concerning issue. Cultural shift has made us reluctant to read
and follow our creative fraternities.
It is our responsibility that we should make our generations
aware of beauty and versatility of language with every day
reading of marvelous Urdu literature.
Date Published: Feb 25, 2011 - 12:34 am
Life Sketch Of Ahmad Bashir – A Prominent Name Of Urdu Press In Pakistan
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Ahmad Bashir (24th March 1923 – 25 December 2004)
holds a prominent and distinct position amongst writers,
journalists, and intellectuals of Urdu language; his
contributions in journalism are of great significance and
practicality. His devotedness towards his aspiration of
progression of new and different genres of Urdu language shall
always be remembered, praised and acknowledged by the lovers of
this language.
Childhood and Education
Gujranwala (currently in Pakistan) held to be the birth place of
this defiant genius on March 24, 1923. He completed his
graduation from Srinagar and headed towards Bombay following a
dream of sparkling success in acting (since Bombay was film
capital of that time), but soon found himself writing for movie
magazines. He continued with this life style till the partition
of subcontinent into India and Pakistan. After partition he
settled permanently into Pakistan.
Eminent Works
In Pakistan, Ahmad Bashir made his living by working for several
leading newspapers, however, he is well known for his great and
daring work while working for Daily Imroze as a sub-editor. It
was there that feature writing was introduced for the first time
by him in Urdu press of Pakistan.
Ahmad Bashir also pursued his fondness of film industry and got
formal training in movie direction from Hollywood on state
scholarship. On his return he also worked in Department of Films
and Publications, then also became a part of NAFDEC (National
Film Development Corporation). He resigned from his services to
the government during the martial law imposed by General Zia ul
Haq in late 1970s.
Demise
Ahmad Bashir lived a happy, joyous and blunt life of defiant
genius. He was also very close friend of other contemporary
famous Urdu writers with the likes of Mumtaz Mufti and
Ibn-e-Insha. He died on 7th September, 2004 in Lahore
from pancreatic cancer, but his contributions for Urdu
press shall be remembered forever.
Date Published: Feb 22, 2011 - 12:14 am
Ups And Downs Of Roman Urdu In Indo-Pak Subcontinent
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South East Asian region comprising of current Indian and
Pakistani territory has been considered to be the nurturing
grounds for a language developed some 900 years ago, and evolved
through different phases of history to develop into what we know
today by the name of “Urdu”.
It was mostly taken as native language of Christians abode in
Karachi (Pakistan), Rajhistan, and Uttar Pardesh (India) during
the 20th century, and is still used by considerable
majority in Indian states, while being exalted to the status of
national language in Pakistan.
During those time, majority of people living in those states
adopted Roman Urdu as a more convenient medium of written
communication as compared to a bit tricky and demanding original
Arabic-Perso script used by conventional Urdu.
It was a common medium of written communication of amongst the
Christians residents of those areas till 1960s. The Bible Society
of India even published (still does, but to lower extent) Roman
Urdu Bibles, which were quite in demand during that time; but the
eventual promotion of Hindi in Indian states and traditional
Arabic-Perso script in Pakistan diminished the advent of Roman
Urdu.
The conditions remained like this till Bollywood (popular name
for Indian film industry) started using Roman Urdu as one
of the main scripts for its movie titles (along with Hindi).
Since the influence of Bollywood film industry has increased
quite significantly since the last quarter of the preceding
century, it has helped Roman Urdu resurface all over again.
In addition to that, people have started using Roman Urdu as a
convenient mode of written communication via SMS (short messaging
service) through mobile phones. It has also contributed in re
emergence of Roman Urdu with greater significance.
Date Published: Feb 22, 2011 - 12:02 am
Year 2010- Fruitful For Urdu Literature and Poetry!
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Year 2010 was
proven fruitful for Urdu Publications. Number of poetry
and literature books came in to market. Readers have shown great
interest in buying and according to many readers the versatility
and quality of content has inspired them deeply. This overall
growth in the Urdu literature is a positive sign for Urdu
language and have clearly projected message, despite many
cultural sifts people are still motivated in reading and writing
Urdu Language.
Art Council
of Pakistan held its third annual Four Day conference on
Urdu. Aim was to discuss different challenges
Urdu facing today. Also, Conference was dedicated to creative
work of Meer-Taki-Meer who was pioneer in using simple but very
expressive words for his thoughts and feelings on certain
subjects.
Shamus Rehman
famous Indian scholar and writer while expressing Meer
Taki Meer’s poetry said he
was only poet who was highly educated and talented of his era.
Habib Jalib another Urdu poet was honored in another ceremony
where, family of poet was also present they shared their
experiences of life around Jalib. Other invited writer and
scholars read papers on different books and few other
participated in Mushaira.
Urdu
language has been
widely discussed and observed by many scholars and writers
especially poetry of Iqbal is considered vital
for everyone who is either a Student or a leader his thoughts are
apt that explain challenging subjects which use to be concerning
during Iqbal’s time and even for now. To have
more information about Urdu Language Search on
Google.
Date Published: Feb 17, 2011 - 2:50 am
Learn Urdu-To Benefit from Thought Provoking Literature and Poetry
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World is full of
languages every language is unique and rich in its own way.
Everyone has recognized need for learning languages. If you are
good at speaking multiple languages then you should have a chance
to read number of writers and poets that may target same subject
however, with different approach which would enhance your
understanding and help building wisdom.
Urdu
Language has
produced number of poets and writer their creative work is heard
across the world. Poets like Iqbal and Faiz Ahmed Faiz has given
countless creative thoughts to the entire world to benefit from
it you need to understand Urdu language.
Different
Urdu summit are called every year to bring
around the importance of Urdu Language. Recent gathering on Urdu
was happened in India which highlighted that in spite injustice
to teaching of Urdu at elementary level Urdu is yet very popular
language in India. Even today without the facilitation of Urdu
and Hindi Bollywood cannot make a wider difference. Narang
influential speaker inspired audience with the though provoking
lectures covering Urdu as language of great expression it has
beauty of words with capacity to inspire readers and listeners
with it charismatic effect.
To learn Urdu
there are numbers of sources, for your ease you can also use Urdu
software. Before you select a source make sure you are getting
help on both speaking and writing skills. For more information
search through Google and Yahoo.
Date Published: Feb 17, 2011 - 1:18 am
Faiz-Intellectual and Graceful Urdu Poet!
Faiz is a major
Urdu poet his poetry has successfully conveyed message to
target audience. This fact is accepted by many that after Iqbal
he was the one who got international fame and recognition. Faiz
poetry has targeted variety of subjects however miserable
condition of liberals and those who live a marginalized life are
directly pointed by his vast poetic expression.
Faiz has managed
to set his name as progressive, Idealist and humanist poet among
the national and international creative fraternity. Every Subject
he focused has significance importance in our lives and society.
Poetic standards followed by Fiaz are apt his expression has
depth and abstract understanding.
Close friends of
Fiaz has always mentioned that he was a soft, kind and cool
headed person. Agha Nasir while addressing a gathering to pay
tribute to Fiaz, accepted honor that he was lucky meeting Fiaz
more than once in his life time, he concluded Fiaz as
intellectual and Graceful person. Ishfaq Husain concluded that
poetry of Faiz Ahmed faiz has become symbol of Pakistani
Urdu literature, national values and
culture.
Other than Fiaz
there are names who have successfully presented Urdu literature
and poetry to the outer world their publications have been
translated in to other languages. Iqbal is another famous Urdu
poet his works is widely recognized and appreciated.
Urdu language has
complete expression for all diversified subjects as, an evidence
Urdu poetry and literature has stand international recognition
and appreciation. Give voice to your feeling and thoughts with
dynamic and diversified expression, learn Urdu.
Date Published: Feb 17, 2011 - 12:58 am
Flexibility of Urdu Language
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Urdu is a
beautiful language; it plays a key role in uniting the people of
Pakistan together. National language always
gives a nation a sense of unity and harmony. Urdu language
enjoys this charm and honor of being a national language of
Pakistan.
Urdu
has got this great
flexibility in it that it absorbs the words of other languages as
well; this attribute makes the Urdu language a very flexible one.
The word Urdu itself comes from a Turkish word “ordu”
which means “An Army”. This shows that this
language has this tendency to absorb the words of other
languages. There are many words of Persian, Arabic and English
are used in Urdu language.
Urdu doesn’t have
a very long history if we compare this language to some of the
other languages such as Arabic, English etc. This is a sufficient
proof of the elasticity, flexibility and adaptableness of
Urdu language that with such a short history it has
dignified itself amongst the top ones.
Urdu is pretty
much similar to the Hindi language; most of the words are the
same in Urdu and Hindi. Learning Urdu means learning a
massively used communication tool which can be helpful in
Subcontinent.
There is one big
problem when it comes to learning the Urdu language and that is
the lack of resources who can teach Urdu. In Pakistan
there are institutions like NUML (national University of Modern
Languages) who teach Urdu in a very good manner.
Date Published: Feb 09, 2011 - 5:19 am
The building blocks of Urdu Poetry
Urdu poetry is a
very diverse and colorful experience, one that is capable to
express itself very artistically and explicitly. It started its
journey from as early as 11th century A.D and has undergone quite
extravagant evolution to appear to us in its present form.
Although it is a
very intricate subject capable of expressing itself in various
different forms, there are certain basic ingredients that set the
foundation of Urdu poetry, and are taken to be its building
blocks.
“Ghazal” is the
most dominant of its forms, constituting of almost all the basic
elements that are key components of Urdu poetry in
general:
- Bahar: It basically serves to be the measuring unit that takes count of the length of a couplet. Each line of a couplet must be the same as the preceding one. Additionally, every single couplet in a ghazal must be having the same “bahar”. There are 19 different types of “bahar” which can be further categorized as short, medium, and long meters.
- Radeef: It refers to the same word or phrase that is repeated at the end of second line of every couplet, and it is quite mandatory that Radeef shall be constituted of exact same words for whole of the ghazal.
- Matla: It refers to the first couplet of a ghazal. It is also mandatory that both lines of a ghazal’s “matla” end with a “radeef”.
- Maqta: The pen name of a poet is termed as “takhallus” in Urdu poetry. Usually, the last couplet of ghazal containing “takhallus” is called as “maqta”.
- Qafiya: It refers to the rhyming pattern that is followed just before the “radeef” at the end of every couplet. Qafiya is one convention that is to be followed strictly be every Urdu poem, even when other conventions are not followed strictly at times.
These are the
building blocks raising the foundation of Urdu poetry and
their knowledge is a must for those who want to learn about the
subject.
Date Published: Feb 07, 2011 - 11:26 pm
Focus on Urdu as HRD maps minority agenda
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On HRD Minister Kapil Sibal’s agenda for 2011 is special roadmap
for minorities. Experts will help the ministry chart out a
Minority Agenda that will look at ways to ensure the
restoration of the Urdu language, and it’ll help to create
opportunities for Urdu speakers besides preservation of art and
craft forms associated with the language and bring Urdu
within the three-language formula popular in CBSE schools.
Therefore the agenda of the Annual General Meeting of National
Council for promotion of Urdu language (NCPUL) is the new
roadmap to empower the Urdu-speaking population. That meeting
will be chaired by Sibal and meet on Wednesday.
Social worker Kamal Farooqi, Chairman CBSE, Vice Chancellor of
Maulana Azad National Urdu University, P A Inamdar, DG
Doordarshan and Chairman Commission for Scientific &
Technical Terminology.
An official said in HRD ministry, “The idea is to reinforce those
good technicians or experts need not have complete
knowledge/mastery of English language but can also excel in the
field while primarily speaking in Urdu. The aim is to
focus on enhancing the capabilities and capacities of the
Urdu-speaking population to enter these professions and we hope
to do the same by developing equivalent technical terminology in
the Urdu language”
Date Published: Jan 05, 2011 - 3:36 am
Angare- An Urdu book
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Karachi: Angare is different book of its time. It consists on ten
stories by four writers including Rasheed Jahan, Ahmed Ali,
Sajjad Zahir and Mehmood-uz-Zafar published in Lucknow in
December 1932. That book was considered as, marked a major
turning point in the history of Urdu
literature.
The director of media and culture at Jamia Millia Islamia New
Delhi, Rakshanda Jalil said this while talking to daily times,
after a talk held during her visit. Angare was infact a
declaration of war against existing political and social
institution.
Rakshanda said about the book Angare was a unique and new thing
of its time, which opposed such society in which Women were
oppressed. At that time, it was perceived that the book opposed
‘Molviat’, however, the perception was not right, she added. She
informed, the book was banned soon after its publication in 1933
on the pressure of religious segment.
Any book which may base on Urdu literature or any kind of
literature that shouldn’t blame or raise political or Islamic
issues.
Date Published: Jan 04, 2011 - 3:47 am
Poet made to pay for anti-Modi remark
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Allowing an anti-Narendra Modi remark to appear in an opinion
piece carried in his poetry collection two years ago has brought
the ire of higher-ups in Gujarat Urdu Sahitya Academy on
Aqaal Shatir, a poet here. He has been asked to return the
financial assistance that the Academy provided him for publishing
the anthology.
his was the sentence that rubbed the Academy mandarins the wrong
way: “Ho Narendra Modi ka ke iqtedar men aate hi us ne is riyasat
se Urdu ka safaya hi kar diya, Modi ne sirf
itne par he iktefa nahin kiya, balke 2002 men ek soche-samjhe
mansoobe ke tehat poore Gujarat men firqawaranh fasadat aur
haiveaniyat ka wo nanga khel khela ke poori insaniyat he sharmsar
ho kar rah gaee. Har taraf loot mar, qatl o gharatgiri, ismat
dari, aatish zani aur aqliyati nasl kushi jaisi sangeen wardaar
karva kar oos ne poore mulk men khauf o harass paida kar diya
tha”
The Academy had provided Rs 10,000 to bring out his Urdu
poetry book Abhi Zinda Hoon Main. The Academy took exception to
one sentence in the opinion piece written by Bhiwandi-based
Raunaq Afroz and slapped a notice on Shatir asking to explain why
he should not be asked to return the financial assistance, for
“violating rules of acceptance”.
Date Published: Jan 03, 2011 - 2:44 am
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