Thursday, March 10, 2011

Amjad Islam Amjad: Taking on Urdu in India!

Amjad Islam Amjad is a great name in Urdu literature. He is s renowned poet and a notorious dramatist from Pakistan. According to Amjad Islam Amjad, Urdu poetry is good in Pakistan rather than any other country.  This is because Urdu is the first language of Pakistan.
In the recent years, Urdu language, culture, drama, and poetry have done extremely well in Pakistan. Urdu language is at its peak in Pakistan as it was in Lucknow, Agra and Delhi in India in 19th century.
At the same time, Amjad Islam Amjad is of the view that Mushiara is not as strong in Pakistan as it is in India. Still the Mushiara in India has exploited Urdu more due to the tendency of playing to the gallery. Poets in India mostly write as per audience’ choice, rather than poets’ perception. There are not many people in India who know how to read or write Urdu. They only understand Urdu if the words that are common in Hindi and Urdu are used. According to amajd Islama Amjad, Urdu has grown in Pakistan with the strong roots of Arabic and Persian, while it has not shows the same growth in India. Hindi has over taken purity of Urdu in India.
In India, the most popular script to be taught in schools is devangari. Urdu on the other hand side could not make it to the schools of India. Therefore, Urdu does not enjoy strong base in India as much as it enjoys in Pakistan.

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