| is it embarrassing to speak in a Pakistani accent? Only Pakistanis have that complex man. Pakistan has Urdu as its national language.So Pakistan should focus on its development.Having said all this thing ,Hindi is not national language of India. If a language doesnt cater to modern demand,it will die specially when it is under the influence of a language which is richer ans similar in accent with it. On the other hand,there is very little research done in the field of Urdu.However in India ,some people study Urdu a part from Muslims from UP and Bihar in order to enrich poetry skills and shero -sayari,gajal. Its just an incite.We study whole science in our own language.When i changed my curriculum from state board to CBSE(English medium) immediately after class 10th,i had have whole list of English words to make analogy with respective Hindi words in order to bring into effect earlier studied things.Every yr, Hindi has new researched words added to Hindi vocabulary.Later those words r made familiar to readers through journals.If you go into deeper study,Hindi is derived from Devanagari script which derives directly from. | I dont agree with the fact that Urdu is suffering coz of politics.I have mentioned some of the point why urdu is getting decimated.Urdu is not that rich language.In northern india or Hindi heart land,every subject whether it is science,math,social studies, is used to be taught in Hindi.I used to learn equilateral triangle as sam bahu tribhuj etc. I hope to do myself a favour and work on my Urdu skills - maybe I’ll take some tuitions, or something. It’s sad that I have to witness the demise of Urdu in my lifetime. It’s all about maths and other compulsory subjects, but what people forget is that just like it’s so super awesome when you can speak French, being able to speak, read and write in Urdu is just as awesome and useful when we exit the bubble many of us live in. I don’t see kids taking tuition for Urdu anymore either. The schools we attend do not give importance to it anymore, and neither do our parents. Urdu is slowly becoming a forgotten language not just for me, but for many of us. Now, regret is slapping me in the face each time I try to remember what tabdeeli (change) means. I mean why would I? I would never really need Urdu, right? It was always about getting those high distinctions in English. I know this because when I was in school I never thought twice about Urdu. The trouble is not the way it is being taught - it’s just not “cool” enough. My sisters-in-laws, brothers and cousins all between the ages of 15 and 17 are struggling with the language in school. So I guess we’re just a bunch of Urdu illiterates. I have to admit my Urdu vocabulary improved after marriage with my husband’s vast ‘ maila’ vocabulary, but you know what? He can’t read Urdu either! We’re not doing anything for the language by not speaking it, yet I still always hear: What’s embarrassing is, I was born and brought up in Pakistan and Urdu should come naturally to me, but ‘hey English has always been the cooler language’ – right? There are lots of societal “ burgers” out there who struggle with the language at all times and do absolutely nothing about it. Make no mistake, Urdu is not just a problem for me.
Guess what, it’s come back to bite me on my backside!
#FORGETTING URDU POEM HOW TO#
I didn’t really learn how to speak Urdu as a child, and never did well in that subject at school either. I had recently shifted to the web desk at The Express Tribune and much to my amazement, it was only fun up until I had to translate breaking news into English!