The Urdu language is associated with Muslims especially Indian and Pakistani Muslims.Urdu, like Hindi, is a form of Hindustani.In Pakistan Urdu is mostly learned as a second or a third language as nearly 93% of Pakistan's population has a native language other than Urdu. Despite this, Urdu was chosen as a token of unity and as a lingua franca so as not to give any native Pakistani language preference over the other. Urdu is therefore spoken and understood by the vast majority in some form or another, including a majority of urban dwellers in such cities as Karachi, Lahore, Sialkot, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Multan, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Peshawar,Quetta, Jhang, Sargodha and Skardu.A great number of newspapers are published in Urdu in Pakistan, including the Daily Jang, Nawa-i-Waqt, Millat, among many others .
In India, Urdu is spoken in places where there are large Muslim minorities or cities that were bases for Muslim Empires in the past. These include parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra (Marathwada), Karnataka and cities such as Lucknow, Delhi, Bareilly, Meerut, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Roorkee, Deoband, Moradabad, Azamgarh, Bijnor, Najibabad, Rampur,Aligarh, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Agra, Kanpur, Badaun, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mysore, Patna, Gulbarga,Parbhani, Nanded,
Malegaon, Bidar, Ajmer, and Ahmedabad. Some Indian schools teach Urdu as a first language and have their own syllabus and exams. Indian madrasahs also teach Arabic as well as Urdu. India has more than 3,000 Urdu publications including 405 daily Urdu newspapers. Newspapers such as Neshat News Urdu, Sahara Urdu, Daily Salar, Hindustan Express, Daily Pasban,and Siasat Daily.
THE BEAUTY OF URDU
Urdu, a language full of beauty and grace, a language that seems to have been custom-built for literature, a language that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry, a language of elegance and polish, a language that marked the dignified from the unlearned, the noble from the ordinary, a language that belonged in the courts of the powerful, in the schools of the wise and the homes of the erudite, a language that might have passed the zenith of its splendour, but is still spoken by a many and sold to a many under many a different name.
Urdu, distinguished from Hindi by its script and vocabulary, is the national language of Pakistan and one of the official languages of India. It is one of the most widely spoken languages of South Asia and has acquired a wider distribution in other parts of the world, notably the UK, where it is regarded as their major cultural language by most Muslims from Pakistan and northern India. Besides its important role as the chief vehicle of Islam in South Asia, Urdu has an important secular literature, whose poetry is closely based on Persian models.
Some Great Urdu Poets and their Poetry:
Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal: An Introduction.
His Shikwa and its Jawab.
Other Works of Allama Iqbal
Mirza Ghalib: An Introduction.
Collection of Ghazals of Mirza Ghalib
Other Works of Mirza Ghalib
A Postscript of Mirza Ghalib Ghazals
Urdu Poetry: The works of Iqbal, Ghalib, etc.
Urdu Poetry - Bazm-e-Sukhan
Urdu Poetry Page - Hamid
Urdu Poetry Page - Asad
Ghazals of Mirza Ghalib
Dabistan-e-Urdu
Poetry by Mirza Asadullah khan Ghalib
Umar Bhar Yahi Bhool Krta Raha Ghalib
Dhool Chehre Pa Ti Saaf Aina Karta Raha .
In India, Urdu is spoken in places where there are large Muslim minorities or cities that were bases for Muslim Empires in the past. These include parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra (Marathwada), Karnataka and cities such as Lucknow, Delhi, Bareilly, Meerut, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Roorkee, Deoband, Moradabad, Azamgarh, Bijnor, Najibabad, Rampur,Aligarh, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Agra, Kanpur, Badaun, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mysore, Patna, Gulbarga,Parbhani, Nanded,
THE BEAUTY OF URDU
Urdu, a language full of beauty and grace, a language that seems to have been custom-built for literature, a language that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry, a language of elegance and polish, a language that marked the dignified from the unlearned, the noble from the ordinary, a language that belonged in the courts of the powerful, in the schools of the wise and the homes of the erudite, a language that might have passed the zenith of its splendour, but is still spoken by a many and sold to a many under many a different name.
Urdu, distinguished from Hindi by its script and vocabulary, is the national language of Pakistan and one of the official languages of India. It is one of the most widely spoken languages of South Asia and has acquired a wider distribution in other parts of the world, notably the UK, where it is regarded as their major cultural language by most Muslims from Pakistan and northern India. Besides its important role as the chief vehicle of Islam in South Asia, Urdu has an important secular literature, whose poetry is closely based on Persian models.
Some Great Urdu Poets and their Poetry:
Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal: An Introduction.
His Shikwa and its Jawab.
Other Works of Allama Iqbal
Mirza Ghalib: An Introduction.
Collection of Ghazals of Mirza Ghalib
Other Works of Mirza Ghalib
A Postscript of Mirza Ghalib Ghazals
Urdu Poetry: The works of Iqbal, Ghalib, etc.
Urdu Poetry - Bazm-e-Sukhan
Urdu Poetry Page - Hamid
Urdu Poetry Page - Asad
Ghazals of Mirza Ghalib
Dabistan-e-Urdu
Poetry by Mirza Asadullah khan Ghalib
Umar Bhar Yahi Bhool Krta Raha Ghalib
Dhool Chehre Pa Ti Saaf Aina Karta Raha .
