Urdu Hindi اُردو / हिंदी : June 2014

Monday, June 2, 2014

Urdu Hindi Mushaera on Saturday, June 21, 2014

II ANNUAL MUSHAERA
Urdu-Hindi Poetry Session (Mushaera/ Kavi Sammelan)Website: www.UrduHindi.Net

30 PICTURES AT - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeghouse/sets/72157645331079895/

Saturday June 21
Dinner buffet 7:30-8:30 & Program follows dinner
Shamiana Restaurant, 1301 Custer Road, Plano, TX 75075
$15/person Entrance, includes Dinner
Website: www.UrduHindi.Net
RSVP to: UrduHindiNet@gmail.com
Text RSVP to (214) 325-1916
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PROGRAM

Sadr –e- Mehfil – Dr. Amer Suleman
Muntazim - Shazia Khan

Panelists - O S Modgil and Mike Ghouse
Guest Speakers - AG Chini
Organized by Foundation for Pluralism

THANK YOU
Javed & Irum Gill - for taking care of all the arrangements
Bakhtavear Gill - for taking care of perfect sound system
Irfan Ali Saheb - for the encouragement
FunAsia – Shabnam Modgil for the announcements on the radio

Thanks to all our poets and friends, we started the program right on time at 9:00 and finished it by 12:00.

ENCOURAGEMENT

Besides the will, it is money that is important to do any program. Thanks for Dr. Amer Suleman, Javed Rashid and Javed Samuel Gill and myself for contributing the initial funding. We actually collected $735 and paid out $850.00 with a deficit of $115.00. We hope someone will make it up.

PROGRAM

07:30 Dinner

09:00 Program Opens

Mike shares thoughts about Pluralism

Dr. Amer Suleman shares adab-e-mushaera

Os Modgil shares about the program in general

09:30 Shazia Khan opens the Mushaera
Senior Most Poet recites his poetry at the very end.
All the Dallas Poets were invited, due to conflicts 13 of us made it.

Mike Ghouse
Rehmat Raza
Esther Williams
Javed Rashid
Shah Alam Siddiqi
Zohra Chisti
Naheed Shad
Farhan Syed
Syed Umar Khalid
Dr.Qaisar Abbas
Saeed Qureshi
Tariq Hashmi
Yunus Ijaz

12:00 Session ends

PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE BY CREDIT CARD
Tax deductible - http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/

OUR CULTURE: We have to take pride in our culture, and we have a great culture. Please respect every one’s time and be there on time – Dinner is from 7:30-8:30 PM and the program begins right after that. We will improve in a few more events.

BONUS POETRY: if you could write a poem on pluralism – that is respecting the otherness of others be it other faiths, culture, cuisine, festivities, politics, nationality, politics, gender etc – where you acknowledge the difference with dignity and respect. You get to recite a bonus poem in the first session in addition to your regular poem. We need to review the poem before 14^th; you can call me or OS Modgil about the guidelines.

COMMUNICATIONS: If you wish to be informed about the future events, please register your name to receive emails at the top right corner of this site.

OUR MISSION: Our Mission is to educate, entertain and invoke critical thinking in creating a cohesive environment to work, socialize and function effectively through the medium of Poetry. Our purpose is to establish a new stream of Pluralism poetry in Urdu and Hindi languages that is understood by nearly a billion people

Thank you.

Contact:

Irfan Ali (940) 565-1723
Javed Samuell Gill (214) 315-5253
Anand Amarnani (214) 499-2663
Yunus Ijaz (469) 348-4353
Saeed Qureshi (214) 493-3359
Shazia Khan (972) 948-1965
OS Modgil (214) 934-3438
Mike Ghouse (214) 325-1916

Sponsorships and donations are tax deductible. 501 (3) (c)
Checks to be made to America together Foundation

Mike Ghouse
America Together foundation
2665 Villa Creek Dr, Suite 206
Dallas, TX 75234

PLURALISM IN HINDI-URDU

I need your help in figuring the word for pluralism in Urdu and Hindi. I have been searching many dictionaries and many translations of the word Pluralism in frustration. In English, I am blessed to be an expert on Pluralism and have written over 1000 articles on the topic in major national publications.

Pluralism in not a religion, art or science, it is merely an attitude of live and let live. If we can learn to respect the otherness of others, and accept the God given uniqueness of each one of the 7 billion of us, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge.

After reading the following, I request you to write your understanding of the subject and how you would define Pluralism in Urdu and Hindi. Extensive work is done and can be found at www.Foundationforplrualism.com and www.pluralismcenter.com

Finally I found the near correct meaning of the word in Urdu. I am still not satisfied with the word تَکثیریت but the meaning is close.

تَکثیریت ۔ جمع کے صیغہ میں ہونے کی کیفیت ۔

تَکثِيريَت ۔ جَمَع کے صِيغَہ ميں ہونے کی کيفِيَت ۔ کِسی مُعاشرے کی وہ نوعِيَت جِس کے اَندَر مُختَلِف لِسانی مُعاشَرتی اور ثَقافَتی مُفادات موجُود ہوں ۔ آپَس ميں مِل کر مَجمُوعی ترَقّی کر رہے ہوں ۔

http://www.urduenglishdictionary.org/English-To-Urdu-Translation/Pluralism/Page-1.htm?SearchType=1

Hindi is no different, but found many words, but I am inclined towards the word Anekāntavāda at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekantavada which near perfectly describes pluralism

Anekāntavāda (Devanagari: अनेकान्तवाद) is one of the most important and fundamental doctrines of Jainism. It refers to the principles of pluralism and multiplicity of viewpoints, the notion that truth and reality are perceived differently from diverse points of view, and that no single point of view is the complete truth.^[1][2]

I would change the phrase from complete truth to exclusive truth to make full sense of Pluralism, as it is complete truth to the believer of each faith tradition, the problem is with exclusive truth and not complete truth.

Indeed, when I started working on Pluralism in 1993, I understood Anekantavada to be pluralism, and I am deeply influenced by the Jain thought on Pluralism.

I find a deeper connection between the above verse of Quran and the Hindu idea of Vasudhaiva Kutumbukum, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasudhaiva_Kutumbakam

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (Sanskrit: वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम. from "vasudha", the earth; "iva" = is as a; and "kutumbakam", family;) is a Sanskrit phrase ^[1] that means that the whole world is one single family. Everyone have their own worldview which is quite often different from person to person. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam means repsecting this difference.^[2] contrary to single worldview or attitude marketed by the West. Vasudhaiva_Kutumbakam also says animals, birds, plants, trees and other organisms in the ecosystem have atma they are part of our Kutumba.^[3]^{49:13 (Asad) "O men! Behold, We have created you all out of a male and a female, [15]} and have made you into nations and tribes, so that you might come to know one another."

URDU ADAB - HINDI SAMSKRTI

This is perhaps the first step in Urdu and Hindi languages to focus on Pluralism. We hope, it will trigger more poetry and eventually will permeate in to the psyche of the soociety.

Hindi and Urdu poets are requested to submit their poem before June 15, to be published on the site and in the book to be released on June 29, 2013.

We hope the poetry will be sensitive and respectful of every religion, race, ethnicity, gender, color and nationality. It’s a conscious step in advancing our culture of respecting each other’s uniqueness and accepting each other for who we are. The completed poetry must be in by June 15th to make it to the book.

FUTURE SOCIETIES

By the end of 2020, there will not be a major city, where you will not find people of different faiths, cultures, ethnicities, races, nationalities and social backgrounds working, eating, playing, marrying, and doing things together.

We need to prepare ourselves for such eventualities to prevent possible conflicts, and lay a good foundation for nurturing goodwill and effective functioning of the societies. Exclusive communities will become a thing of the past. If you live amidst others, you must also respect the otherness of others, as you expect them to do the same for you.

If we can learn to respect the otherness of others and accept the God given uniqueness of each one of the 7 billion of us, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge.

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