HINDI URDU ARE TWO EYES OF INDIA

Aligarh November 19

Leading Hindi and Urdu writers today made a fervent appeal to avoid politics while promoting languages. They said society should not be divided over languages.

Shambhu Nath Tiwari, of the department of Hindi, Aligarh Muslim University  said Hindi and Urdu were  both born in India and both were equally popular and used by the masses.  He said both were incomplete without each other.  Tiwari said that Indian films can not be imagined without Urdu. He said that languages are means of communication in society which brings social unity.Hence no attempt must be made to divide society in the name of languages.

Hindi and Urdu should not be taken up by two different views because the words of these languages are so mixed up that their separation will kill them, according to  senior story writer , critic and former Chairman of Hindi department of Jamia Milia Islamia New Delhi Prof. Abdul Bismillah. He was  addressing a seminar

on  " Hindi - Urdu Ka Aapsi Rishta - Kitne Door Kitne Paas ( Inter Relationship of Hindi & Urdu - Distances and Closeness Between them ) organised  by the Jamia Urdu Aligarh today.

Speaking as Chief Guest, he said that there are many words like Kursi ,Nazar , Surahi and Sabun which can not be confined to Hindi or Urdu. He pointed out that politics should not be played with languages . He said that Hindi and Urdu are two eyes of India.

Earlier, Farhat Ali Khan OSD of Jamia Urdu Aligarh said that the present era belonged to globalisation and computers. He said that there is need to change the languages also according to times and needs as those who did not take up reform and change lag behind others.There is a dire need to include modern technical words in Hindi and Urdu. Farhat Ali Khan also emphasized upon the translation of Hindi literature in Urdu and vice versa and said that it will bring unity and communal harmony in society.

Presiding over the seminar , Prof. Razaullah Khan said that in fact Hindi and Urdu are very close to each other but it is also a fact that some political parties have misused languages for political goals and divided the society in their name. He reminded that the whole freedom movement is incomplete without slogan Inqilab Zindabad.

Prof. Humayun Murad said that it should be kept in mind that easy and communicable words are used in Hindi and Urdu so that they remain languages of masses.