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Urdu a language of love and poetry deserves promotion

Published On : 11 Nov 2015   |  Reported By : Shodhan Prasad


Dubai: Urdu language is the doorway to a rich treasure of knowledge, heritage and inspiration. Due to various political and historical factors, the language has suffered a few setbacks in India during the last few decades. But the popularity of Urdu has not declined. People across communities admire Urdu for being a powerful medium of communication, its smooth and lucid nature and its ability to enrich itself by spontaneously absorbing and assimilating words and phrases from all its neighboring languages. Practically Urdu is the most understood language in India and therefore Urdu language and literacy fully deserves to be promoted, said AbdussalamPuthige, editor in chief, VarthaBharathi Kannada Daily, Mangalore.

He was speaking on the occasion of releasing the English Translation of 'ShikwaaurJawabeShikwa', the universally acclaimed work of Dr. Sir. MuhammedIqbal, held at Hotel Crown Plaza, Dubai. The work translated by AbdussalamPuthige and published by IBT Malaysia was released by Nissar Ahmed, Managing Director, Nash Engineering FZCO.

Copies of this work are available at the SharjahInternationalBook Fair.

Urdu, like Hindi, is a form of Hindustani. It evolved from the medieval (6th to 13th century) Apabhra??a register of the precedingShauraseni language, a Middle Indo-Aryan language that is also the ancestor of other modern languages, including the Punjabi dialects. Urdu developed under the influence of the Persian and Arabic languages, both of which have contributed a significant amount of vocabulary to formal speech. Around 99% of Urdu verbs have their roots in Sanskrit and Prakrit.Although the word Urdu itself is derived from the Turkic word ordu (army) or orda, from which English horde is also derived,Turkish borrowings in Urdu are minimal. Urdu words originating from Turkish and Arabic were borrowed through Persian and hence are Persianized versions of the original words. Hence Urdu like any other Indian language needs promotion.

Urdu is not just language of Muslims. Non-Muslim writers and poets have enriched the language immensely. Urdu would not have become such a beautiful language without the contributions of Premchand, RaghupatiSahaiFiraqGorakhpuri, KrishanChander and GopichandNarang. If our children learn different languages, they will be better equipped to understand our society which is based on co-existence and tolerance.

AbdussalamPuthige, delivered a detailed talk on the life, personality and contributions of Dr.Iqbal.During an age when nationalism was on a high pitch globally and colonial powers had deeply influenced the hearts and minds of the East, Iqbal glorified the traditional and spiritual values of the East. Iqbal consistently stood for universal brotherhood and advocated fraternity sans borders. He raised his voice against the oppressive policies of the British Raj and exhorted people to demonstrate their self-esteem by revolting against colonial powers. One of the outstanding aspects ofIqbal is he is equally loved and revered by people belonging to various nationalities and religious communities, Puthige said.

Reem Al Batool, a young student, melodiously sang the prayer "lab peaatihaidua". Khadija Roohi& her sister FathimaRaeesa(both d/o Mumtaz Hussain, Qatar) who had scored first ranks in Urdu language in their respective CBSEexams were felicitated on this occasion.

Nissar Ahmed (Nash Engineering), Syed Khalil, Mumtaz Hussain, Farooquddin, Mohammed Ali Uchil, Mansoor, Mohammed Asif were all present.

Afroze Assadi of Northern Insurance, Dubai,was the chief organiser of the event.







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