tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post4946002385176495682..comments2023-06-28T20:33:55.060+05:30Comments on Chronicles of an Unknown Indian: URDU – A DISAPPEARING BEAUTYMeera Sundararajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15584671517551652378noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-764590129740698692013-07-10T16:02:24.706+05:302013-07-10T16:02:24.706+05:30Welcome to my blog Jiggyasa ( I love your name- qu...Welcome to my blog Jiggyasa ( I love your name- quest for knowledge). I am so glad that someone from Lucknow managed to read it. I hope to see you here more often!Meera Sundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15584671517551652378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-8536458126490547722013-07-10T11:36:16.263+05:302013-07-10T11:36:16.263+05:30I could not agree with you more Meera ji. Urdu is ...I could not agree with you more Meera ji. Urdu is such a beautiful language full of poetic richness and flavour. Listening to shayaris in urdu or someone speaking this language with proper "ada" and "nazakat" acts as melting sugar candy for your ears. I am born and brought up in lucknow, and i agree with you fully on the "Tehzeeb" people follow there while speaking with others. after all Lucknow is famous for its "Pehle Aap" culture :)<br />I loved your writing so much Meeraji (although its my first time on your blog), and reading the above comments I know why you were being so missed in the bloggers community.Jiggyasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12410362284891912097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-23549999022553215022013-04-01T10:16:47.139+05:302013-04-01T10:16:47.139+05:30Beautiful post about urdu... Excellent research......Beautiful post about urdu... Excellent research... A few years ago i heard urdu broadcasting of bbc through radio i wonder that it is something equivalent to hindi. ThanksKrishna/കൃഷ്ണhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523865010695897596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-11193725978461180842013-02-27T16:25:02.050+05:302013-02-27T16:25:02.050+05:30Loved reading each and every paragraph, Meera. I ...Loved reading each and every paragraph, Meera. I agree with you, that the language of love itself is changing and we do long for the sweetness of Urdu.<br /><br />Loved the post and awaiting for moreaninditahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05844592244486340198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-21504295445152806952013-02-21T15:54:01.166+05:302013-02-21T15:54:01.166+05:30Hi Meera, How are you???
long time no stories post...Hi Meera, How are you???<br />long time no stories posted in Kaleidoscope.<br />I agree with you, women are quicker at picking up languages. You have done a good amount of research in this topic. How come the thought of Urdu came to your mind??? <br />Have you heard the album Marasim by Jagjit Singh, lyrics by Gulzar. If not do get the CD, the songs are so mesmerising. Especially there are some Shayaris in the beginning of each song...each one so beautifully penned:)<br /><br />Take care<br />GayuGayuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304455860480027479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-80142484733194069312013-02-20T22:42:25.389+05:302013-02-20T22:42:25.389+05:30@Cloudnine have shared the Lihaf link with you on ...@Cloudnine have shared the Lihaf link with you on facebook. Looks like all beautiful languages are going to die a natural death in this world of hybrid communication . <br /><br />@ KP I don't want to make tihs a gender stereotype but I think women are generallly quicker at picking up languages. And thanks for the compliment about the 'range of subjects"- I am randomness personified I guess!Meera Sundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15584671517551652378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-47391066174167884442013-02-20T21:09:11.110+05:302013-02-20T21:09:11.110+05:30Like you I have lived in many states but had no sk...Like you I have lived in many states but had no skill to learn the languages as my wife and daughters did.Being a linguist,you are in a better position to appreciate Urdu.What strikes me most is the range of subjects you choose to write on.KParthasarathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02189924874350906456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-48948082494294926262013-02-20T13:09:17.159+05:302013-02-20T13:09:17.159+05:30Thankfully you are out. Phew! was worried, Meera. ...Thankfully you are out. Phew! was worried, Meera. Nice language, but nearing its end like our mother tongue. Can you send me a link to the short story Lihaf? Would like to read it.Cloud Ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382499546129406231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-82786978763832454412013-02-19T19:54:00.132+05:302013-02-19T19:54:00.132+05:30@Divya, I like Namak Ishq ka too but I draw the li...@Divya, I like Namak Ishq ka too but I draw the line at "bidi jalaile" though I guess the setting demanded a "song" like that.. <br /><br />@ Anil, yes I am very very thankful for growing up outside Tamilnadu. It has given me a view of this country that I would NEVER ever have got had I had to grow up here. BTW I have another interesting piece of information - Urdu was the language in which Lala Lajpat Rai brought out his journal "Vande Mataram"! A lot of people of a particular generation from Punjab were educated in Urdu. So you see that breaks the communal stereotype again!Meera Sundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15584671517551652378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-70402733599410762282013-02-19T17:32:55.332+05:302013-02-19T17:32:55.332+05:30A quintessential subject to break open the writers...A quintessential subject to break open the writers block.Apt.<br /><br />I cannot comment much as my association with Urdu and knowledge of the subject you discussed is next to nil and insignificant.<br />However I must confess that there was a time when I associated Urdu with Islamic obscurantism.<br />But then the little fascination with the language though not much discerning the essence of words was through the old time Hindi flick songs and gazals of Pankaj Udas, Talat Aziz and the likes.<br /><br />I agree with you that language where ever it is from is sweet and it is bigotry and shortsighted that it is used to gain political brownie points and divide people.<br />You are lucky that your early education was outside Tamilnad, that now see you a sort of linguist.<br /><br />Pretty good read Meera, thanks.<br /><br />anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-76266550719900216092013-02-19T17:23:31.612+05:302013-02-19T17:23:31.612+05:30Welcome back :)
I actually like the use of Bhojpur...Welcome back :)<br />I actually like the use of Bhojpuri in Omkara with songs like "namak ishq ka" and "bidi jalaile" - it has a rustic feel to it :) And the script demanded it! Even songs of GOW were appropriate if you consider the script and the setting :)<br /><br />But I agree with you when you say the quality has gone down the drains and people express love in the weirdest fashion with songs like "tera pyaar Hookah bar" and other songs which seem to just go over the top of my head :) <br /><br />Urdu is a beautiful language and yes, speaking in Urdu is quite a charm :) I wish it was still used as extensively as before in the Bollywood industry - afterall, those songs survived :) Songs these days are forgotten so easily because they are meaningless...People can remember beats not the words because words aren't mattering anymore...Divyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07478829599969479017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-2895768305957363532013-02-19T17:12:51.888+05:302013-02-19T17:12:51.888+05:30Urdu has created a unique richness in the literary...Urdu has created a unique richness in the literary as well as spoken world, Meera!Rahul Bhatiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690287853990880735noreply@blogger.com