Delhi: 16 Urdu writers and academics have been recognized by the Indo Islamic Heritage Center with the “Tehzeeb-e-Urdu” award for their contributions to the language. At a conference on “Urdu: An Indian language” held on Saturday at the Indian Islamic Cultural Centre in Delhi, a resolution was voted in support of Urdu on behalf of the organization and the states.
There is no question that Urdu is an Indian language, according to Sanjay Dwivedi, Director General of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, who spoke at the event. When India was a single country, Hindus made up the majority of newspaper owners and editors in Urdu.
These publications spoke out in favour of freedom. He asserted that Gopichand Narang increased Urdu’s understanding by embracing Western knowledge. It demonstrates that Urdu has a market and a future if merchants are spending money on it, the speaker claimed.
According to IIHC Director Professor Liaquat Hussain Moini, the Sufis emphasized Urdu literature and connected Urdu with the local environment. “Hazrat Amir Khusrau gave Urdu its strength, and Munshi Naval Kishore’s contribution is equally important. Iqbal wrote the Nazm on Ram while Hindu poets were penning the Naat and Hamd. The strength of Urdu is this sense of inclusivity. The name of the culture, not the language, is Urdu, he said.
16 Urdu writers and academics have been recognised by the Indo Islamic Heritage Center (IIHC) with the “Tahzeeb-e-Urdu” award for their contributions to the language.
As a result of the division following independence, according to Prof. Akhtar ul Wasey, Pakistanis wanted to kidnap Shah Waliullah, Sir Syed, and Urdu. “Language does not have a religion, but religion need language. Language is for communication, not for arguing. Naval Kishore Ji is largely responsible for the literature that is taught at madrasas. Similar to how Raskhan, Rahim, Shani, and Bismillah have no place in Hindi, “Asked Akhtar.
According to Shujaat Ali Qadri, Deputy Director of the IIHC, Pakistan makes bogus claims about Urdu whereas India retains possession of the geographical area known as the homeland of Urdu even after the partition.
Even though just 8% of Pakistan’s population speaks Urdu, he claimed, “it makes claims about Urdu that are not supported on the basis of the national language.”
Additionally, Shujaat Ali Qadri urged scholars to improve the language. Additionally, the resolution to protect Urdu in the names of the Center and the States was approved.
In all the states in India with a Muslim population of at least 10%, a resolution was passed granting Urdu the status of a second official language. In the resolution, IIHC demanded the appointment of Urdu officers at every district level in the states with a majority of Urdu speakers, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, who can ensure delivery in the event that any postal address is written in Urdu.
In the conference held, a resolution for developing indigenous Urdu typing software in partnership with NIC was also adopted, and a demand was made for commissioning Rs 25 crore for the project. In a similar manner, it was suggested that since almost all Urdu fonts have been developed in Pakistan and generate significant revenue for Pakistan, a designer be hired by the Government of India on a competitive basis to create Urdu font in partnership with NIC. One typeface was requested for at least 20 lakh rupees. Ajmer is the Sufi capital of all of South Asia, according to a resolution, and an international Sufi centre has to be established here.
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The Ministry of Culture needs to begin this initiative. The Indo-Islamic Heritage Center is prepared to assist this Sufi headquarters’ inauguration with appropriate policy ideas.
Other resolutions were also approved. For example, the Department of Audio-Visual of the Government of India should reserve 5% of the advertisements for Urdu newspapers, television channels, and websites, and the Public Relations Department should reserve 49% of the advertisements for Urdu newspapers in the states where Urdu is the second official language. These are the states of West Bengal, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.
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