tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28675315285951808322024-03-16T17:26:34.239-07:00Urdu Hindi اُردو / हिंदी Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-8550015922928911952020-11-28T13:08:00.007-08:002020-11-28T13:08:58.863-08:00Poetry on communal Harmony <p> The following is a selection of ash’aar all sensitively calling for communal harmony.</p><p>MOHAMMED IQBAL</p><p>firqa-bandi hai kahiN aur kahiN zaateN haiN</p><p>kya zamane meN panapne ki yahi baateN hai</p><p> In some places we are divided into (religious) communities, in others into castes. Is this the way to survive in this world.</p><p><br /></p><p>ALTAF HUSAIN HAALI</p><p>ummat ko chhaaNT Daala, kaafir bana kar</p><p>Islam hai faqiho, mamnuN bahut tumhaara</p><p>. You have divided up the community by pronouncing this or that as un-Islamic. Islam is greatly indebted to you O jurist.</p><p><br /></p><p>KRISHAN BIHAARI NOOR</p><p>parda-e dair o haram ab to miTa de yaa rabb</p><p>ho chuka jitna tamasha vo tamasha hai bahut</p><p>O lord, at least now erase the curtain/division between temple and mosque. Whatever mischief we have had, is more than enough!</p><p><br /></p><p>Eeshvar kahiye use chaahe Khuda kahiye magar</p><p>vo MusalmaaN ki tarah hai na vo Hindu ki tarah</p><p>Call him Ishwar or Khuda, if you please, but he is neither Muslim nor Hindu.</p><p><br /></p><p>MOMIN KHAAN MOMIN</p><p>momin na toR rishta-e zunnar-e barahman</p><p>mat kar vo baat jis se koii dil shikasta ho </p><p>momin (pious man) do not cut the thread of relationship with the brahman (used to mean Hindu, not in the casteist sense). Do not do anything that will break hearts.</p><p><br /></p><p>BRIJ NARAYAN CHAKBAST</p><p>balaa-e jaaN haiN ye tasbeeh aur zunnaar ke phande</p><p>dil-e haq-biiN ko hum is qaid se aazad karte haiN</p><p>The heart can see the truth (of love/faith) but the noose fashioned by the tasbih and the janev has imprisoned it. We are going to free the heart of this curse.</p><p>azaaN dete haiN but-Khaane meN jaa kar shaan-e momin se</p><p>haram ke naara-e naaqoos hum eejad karte </p><p>Chakbast declares that he/they (the broad minded) will intermingle the rites of the mandir and the masjid. We issue a (Islamic) call for prayer from the temple with the dignity/composure of the muezzin. We invent conch shell sounds for the mosque.</p><p><br /></p><p>MIRZA GHALIB</p><p>kaabe meN jaa raha to na do ta’ana kya kaheN</p><p>bhoola huN haqq-e sohbat-e ahl-e kunisht ko </p><p>Ghalib rhetorically declares that he has not forgotten the rights/demands of his Hindu friends. Just because he has gone to the kaaba do not think that I have forgotten them. Of course, Ghalib himself was far from religious and never went to the kaaba.</p><p><br /></p><p>KAIFI AAZMI</p><p>basti meN apni hindu musalmaaN jo bas gaye</p><p>insaaN ki shakl dekhne ko hum taras gaye</p>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-53931091866321504022020-01-19T09:28:00.002-08:002020-01-19T09:28:49.461-08:00Holocaust and Genocides 2020<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have always appreciated the services of Anita Singhal, Nishi Bhatia and Dr. Amer Suleman in promoting Hindi and Urdu languages respectively. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am pleased to share the following video clip from Nupur Sharma, enjoy it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This edition is a treasure and should be a part of history, I like the way Nupur presented six theories and suggested to keep your mind open until a </span>thoos<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>suboot<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> springs up for one or the other. The Multan theory is new to me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Of course, Gulzaar Saheb is Gulzar of the Urdu poetry, but Atif Tauqeer's </span>nazm<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> was incredible. It resonates with my effort in writing similar poetry. Every </span>sher<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is amazing - and this one stuck to me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Sab </span>ka<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Gunah </span>ek<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>sahi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, sab ka </span>mufad<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>ek<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> hai." I will borrow this for my writings about Pluralism. Essence is same rituals are different. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nadir Durrani has written similar thoughts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Enjoy this video by Nupur Sharma - </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheWireUrdu/videos/2008571839396075/" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">https://www.facebook.com/TheWireUrdu/videos/2008571839396075/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am glad she expressed similar thoughts that Urdu and Hindi is the same language in two different scripts. Let both languages grow and reintegrate. Urdu dictionary literally includes most of the Hindi words and vice-versa. One should be proud to know both languages well, and more languages the better. </span><br />
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-20607524814614648502015-08-14T07:44:00.000-07:002015-08-14T07:44:09.629-07:00Rajesh Reddy's shayeri is incredible <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is incredible shayeri and poetry.<br />Glad to see poets getting away from aaho-fighan</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mike Ghouse</span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-28423148179602511122015-05-30T17:24:00.002-07:002015-05-30T17:24:10.974-07:00Allama Iqbal Honored for his poem<div dir="ltr">
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we were honoured to confer the prestigious “Tarana-e-Hindi” Award posthumously
on Allama Iqbal, the great poet who penned the famous patriotic piece, “Sare
Jahan Se Accha Hindustan Hamara…” in a colourful programme at Nazrul
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-81109501323530684392015-05-17T11:18:00.002-07:002015-05-17T14:46:01.277-07:00Enriching Urdu Language; contributions of Allama Iqbal and Hasrat Mohani <span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">Urdu-Hindi, the language of the people |<a href="http://www.urduhindi.net/"> www.UrduHindi.net </a><br /><br />There was a time in India, when English was considered "Angrezon Ki
bhasha", but now, that conclusion is withering away. English is indeed a
language of the people, for the people by the people to communicate ideas,
thoughts and actions. No one owns it and no one can slap its ownership on it, anyone
who speaks, writes and reads, he owns it and it is his language.<br />
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Indeed, at one time in India, Urdu was the language of the people, for the
people by the people. Anyone who spoke wrote or read Urdu, became his or her
language.<br />
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Since our independence, Urdu got a raw treatment. The right wingers (those
who do not think beyond their skulls) forced a religious label on it - that it
is the language of Muslims.</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><br />
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If they think, they will find out that Muslims in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Bangladeshi, Turkey, Iran, Sudan or Mali..... i.e., 56 out of 57
Muslim majority nations do not speak Urdu. What about India herself? It’s the
official language in three states out of 30 States - UP, Delhi and Kashmir. Muslims
from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Odessa, Maharashtra and other states do not
speak Urdu either, those who speak, is on par with what non-Muslims speak.<br />
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Urdu will survive despite the prejudices it faces, it is the language of the
common people. By the way Urdu-Hindi is one language with three
scripts; Devanagari, Persian and Roman English.
The language fell into the laps of Muslims and they are carrying it
forward and waiting for fellow Indians to call it their language as well.
Millions of songs are written in Urdu that is the common language.
Attempts have been made to force Urdu and Hindi as two languages by
giving a heavy dose of Sanskrit and Persian.<br />
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Now, we have to re-work the language back from the beginning. A language
becomes yours if it captures your imagination and expresses your stories,
myths, mythologies, romance and caring of fellow beings.<br />
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Now that Urdu has accidentally fallen in the lap of Urdu Speaking Muslims, they
have a responsibility to remake the language, a language of the people.
We need to write Prose and poetry in a way that everyone feels a part of
the language.</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"> </span><br />
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For example Rajiv Chakravarti learned Urdu Language and its nuances from a
Muslim point of view, several years ago, he recited poetry and used the word
"Toor" - it relates with Moses receiving God's words at Mt. Sinai -
also known as Koh-e-Toor. Ahmed Rahi referenced Jesus’ call to cast the first
stone who has not sinned, the Christians can relate with that very well. In the
past several Muslim poets have referenced Hindu culture, mythology and holy
texts in their poetry - making Urdu, a language of the people.</span></span><br />
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Indeed there are endless references by Muslim poets about Hinduism, some of the
best devotional songs (Bhajans) are written, sung and composed by
Muslims. Most of them did not look to it as songs of Hindus, but songs to
praise the praise worthy. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">
Rajiv Chakravarti, an Urdu Scholar in Dallas shared the following links and it
was a delight for me to read them all over the long lunch at Al Kabob's on
Harry Hines. A world of people came and left, I was enjoying my reading.</span></span><br />
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This is the reason we have taken the initiative to make an effort to
undo the Muslim label from Urdu, which is not just, and restore it back to the
language of the people through the initiative of Pluralism Poetry in
Urdu-Hindi. Every South Asian ought to feel, it is his or her </span><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">language</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> - as there will be references about what is dear to him or her. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">This website www.UrduHindi.net is dedicated to promote Urdu-Hindi as one </span><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">language, others can do the division we will do the cohesion, are you with me?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hasrat Mohani was not just a maverick when it came to publicly championing the radical thinking of Tilak. He also wrote verses expressing deep love for Krishna, and often went to Mathura to celebrate Janmashtami.<br /><br />CM Naim's write up is worth reading, there is a connection you find with the Maualana.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was Iqbal’s confirmed conviction that Sree Krishna was the one of the messengers of God. He traced the visible miseries of India, to the fact that the messages of Krishna were being totally ignored. His beliefs went further to include even Sree Ram also. He envisioned Sree Ram as the ‘Spiritual Leader of the Indian Peninsula’. In his poem ‘The Call of the Caravan bell’, he wrote of Ram as the ‘Philosopher of the Easterners’.</span></div>
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you</span><span family="SCRIPT" lang="0" ptsize="12" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><br /><br />mike</span><span family="SANSSERIF" lang="0" ptsize="10" style="color: black;"><br />Mike Ghouse,
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</span><span family="SANSSERIF" lang="0" ptsize="10" style="color: black;"><br />Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a
commentator on <a href="http://foundationforpluralism.blogspot.com/">Pluralism</a>, <a href="http://www.worldmuslimcongress.com/">Islam</a>, <a href="http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/">India</a>, <a href="http://www.israelpalestinedialouge.com/">Israel-Palestine</a>, <a href="http://centerforamericanpolitics.blogspot.com/">Politics</a> and other
issues of the day. He is a human rights activist, and his book standing up for
others will be out soon | He is producing a full feature film " <a href="http://www.worldmuslimcongress.com/">Sacred</a>" to be released on 9/11
and a documentary "<a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/">Americans
together</a>" for a July 4 release. He is a frequent guest commentator on Fox
News and syndicated Talk Radio shows and a writer at major news papers including
Dallas Morning News and Huffington Post. All about him is listed in 63 links at
<a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/">www.MikeGhouse.net</a> and his writings are
at <a href="http://www.theghousediary.com/">www.TheGhousediary.com</a> - Mike is
committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on
issues of the day. </span></span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-29606548293808989082015-05-07T08:11:00.000-07:002015-05-07T12:34:23.957-07:00Mother's day song and its translation in English by Rajiv Chakravarti<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mother's day Article is published at Huffington Post<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/mothers-day-interfaith-ce_b_7233900.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/mothers-day-interfaith-ce_b_7233900.html</a><br /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mother is the ultimate definition of selflessness! No matter what
happens to the world or even her, she is there for you in your need; she
recognizes your need much before you know it. Of course every day is
Mother’s day, and each one of us honors her in a variety of ways. From simple
caring to doing things for her that makes her most happy. Mothers don't need a
whole lot; they just need to know that you care. Remember you were showered by her attention
when you needed it? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Every religious tradition has elevated mother to nearly the status of God,
because she possess many a qualities of God; kind, merciful, beneficent and
caring among thousand other qualities. Mother is the reason for our
existence; sustenance, nurturence and shaping who we are. I dedicate this
write-up to my Mother, and all the Mothers out there. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"> There is a beautiful song in Urdu/Hindi
language<br />
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Us ko nahin dekha hum ne kabhi, per us ki zaroorat kya hogi<br />
Ai maa teri soorat say alag bhagwan ki soorat kya hogi.<br />
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I have not seen him (God) ever, but what is the need for it?<br />
Dear Mother, your face cannot be different than God’s own face <br />
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Here is the song - </span><b><a href="http://youtu.be/3HbmbO0b-Sc" style="line-height: 107%;" title="http://youtu.be/3HbmbO0b-Sc">http://youtu.be/3HbmbO0b-Sc</a> </b><br /><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">My friend Rajiv Chakravarti, a Urdu Poet of Dallas has translated it beautifully:</span><br />
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We have never seen HIM...,</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
but what is the need for this?</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
O Mother, O Mother, how different</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
can HIS face be from your own?</span><br />
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Why talk of mere humans, even Gods</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
have grown up in your bosom</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
Heaven is nowhere but on Earth,</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
right under the shadow of your feet!</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
The affection that emanates from your eyes,</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
Which Idol can take its place?</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
O Mother ...</span><br />
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Why would the heat of suffering burn me?</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
Why would storms of sorrow affect me?</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
These hands which raise to prayer of yours</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
Come and rest permanently on my head</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
When you are my guide in the dark roads of life,</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
What would I even need the Sun for?</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
O Mother ...</span><br />
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It is said that no words suffice</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
to describe your greatness</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
Even God does not have enough wealth</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
that constitutes your price</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
All I know is that, in this World</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
There is no fortune that exceeds YOU!</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">
O Mother ...</span><br />
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---</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">MOTHER IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES</span></span></span><br />
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I called my mother, " Amma" and at times "Ammi" while
addressing her it was Ma.<br />
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Languages Spoken in South Asia<br />
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</span><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%;">Arabic
- umm <br />
Assamese - Aayi, mA, mAtri Aayi, mA, <br />
Baluchi - Ma<br />
Bengali - </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">Mata or jononi,</span><br />
Bhojpuri – Mayee<span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%;"><br />
English- Mother, Mama, Mom<br />
French- Mère, Maman<br />
German - Mutter<br />
Gujurati - Ma<br />
Hindi - Ma, Maji, Mata<br />
Kannada -Amma<br />
Konkani - Amma<br />
Kashmiri - Muoj<br />
Latin - Mater<br />
Marathi - Aayi<br />
Malyalam – Amma<br />
Nepali - </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">Aamaa</span><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%;"><br />
Oriya – Bou<br />
Pashtu- Mor<br />
Persian- Madr, Maman<br />
Portugese- Mae<br />
Punjabi - Mai, Mataji, Pabo<br />
Sanskrit - Mata<br />
Sindhi – </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Mau</span><br />
Sinhalese- Amma</span><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="line-height: 107%;">
Tamil - Amma</span><br /><span style="line-height: 107%;">
Telegu- Amma</span><br /><span style="line-height: 107%;">
Urdu -Ammee, Maa, Amma</span><br />
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There are more languages out there… and listed in the Huffington post aricle at </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/mothers-day-interfaith-ce_b_7233900.html" style="line-height: 107%;">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/mothers-day-interfaith-ce_b_7233900.html</a><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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issues of the day. He is a human rights activist, and his book standing up
for others will be out soon | He is producing a full feature film " <a href="http://www.worldmuslimcongress.com/">Sacred</a>" to be released on
9/11 and a documentary "<a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/">Americans
together</a>" for a July 4 release. He is a frequent guest
commentator on Fox News and syndicated Talk Radio shows and a writer at major
news papers including Dallas Morning News and Huffington Post. All about
him is listed in 63 links at <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/">www.MikeGhouse.net</a> and
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-24144066961618643802015-03-14T07:59:00.002-07:002015-03-15T06:53:52.668-07:00Urdu Language Opportunities <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">There was a
time when High School kids took German, French or Latin as an optional language
to learn, then Spanish became popular, and with the amount of business we do in China, a lot of people went for Chinese. My own </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">daughter</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> took German, which is lost as it is not practiced by her in her daily life. I wish Urdu was an </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">option</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> then, she and my son could have talked with me and my family in Urdu and enjoyed the </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Bollywood</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> films without </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">straining</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> to read the text at the bottom. <br /><br />Now there is a new option emerging for
schools, colleges and business field; Urdu.</span><br />
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Urdu-Hindi together is the 2</span><sup style="line-height: 115%;">nd</sup><span style="line-height: 115%;"> most understood and spoken language
in the world. I would call it Urdu or Hindi
to mean both, the entire Hindi or Urdu Vocabulary is embedded in each other’s
dictionary. Many a poetry books carry a poem in 3 scripts; English (called
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your kids have to take an optional language, consider Urdu. Good efforts
were made by communities and Hindi is being taught in many schools and colleges now. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">As India will become the 3rd largest economy, and still retains its 2nd spot in population, and in collaboration with Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, it will become 2nd largest economy within a few decades. It is time to lay the foundation and get our kids and us ready to see a day when Urdu-Hindi will become a language of necessity to conduct business, a large amount of business and communications. <br /><br />Thanks to the Bollywood films, many in South East Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa are learning the words and phrases. The other day a Guatemalan Taxi driver surprised me on my way to Love Field, he was playing Fun Asia Radio, and was throwing many phrases at me, that was impressive. My late wife watched Lagaan in a hotel in Costa Rica, and one of my Algerian friends started humming "Mera tujh se hai pehle ka naata koi" she said that the film ran for a full month and they had to stand in the line to get the ticket. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">The Chief Editor for Saudi Gazette writes quite a lot about India and Pakistan, he went to school in Karachi and speaks Urdu fluently. There is a Jewish business man in Fort Worth, he speaks broken Urdu. The owner of a Thai Restaurant sings and explains the whole meaning of Baharo Phool Barsao, Mera Mehboob Aaya hai." </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">We walked into New York Deli on Frankford, owned by a Russian, the moment he saw my wife in Sari, he started Raj Kapooring, "mera Joota hai Japani and repeating Lal topi Roosi, </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Lal topi Roosi, </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Lal topi Roosi...</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">". Some one from Ghana has seen Gunga Jumna 10 times! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><br />In Cancun a road side grill sells Tandoori Chicken as Tandoori Chicken, he was calling me, "Aao, Aao, Tandoori Chicken Khao" Ah, get this, my daughter in laws father is Malaysian in oil business, he tell me he was in Siberia, the lonely deserted cold place - there was an Indian Restaurant among some five others, that's right, one in five people on the earth are Desi's. This language Urdu-Hindi has great potential for our kids and grand kids. If you have experienced some such things, please write in the comments section below. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /><br />Additionally, if you learn the Urdu Script, it would be easy to learn Arabic Language with so much business we conduct, and will conduct, this would be an asset to our kids or even ourselves.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><br /></span>There was yet another time, just some 30 years ago, we did not have a direct flight from Dallas to any one of the South Asian Nations, today we have plenty of airlines flying to those destinations everyday, and it will continue to increase. This language Urdu will take a prominent spot on the world stage, and it is time that we the Americans of Native and Desi heritage not miss the boat. <br />
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Indeed, almost all of the Bollywood films carry the common language understood
by a vast majority of the people of Subcontinent. However politics creeps in
and reduces the language’s reach. It particularly happens when the news segment hits the airwaves, Hindi
gets heavily Sanskritized or Urdu gets Farsi-ized reducing the number of people
who can understand either in full. Even me, who has a good working knowledge (writing,
reading and speaking) in both the scripts, find it difficult to watch the
Sanskritized Hindi or Farsi-ized Urdu. News is not a big part of our lives, just skip the news part and you will be fine, and connect with anyone and any where in the subcontinent. </span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Bollywood Films, and you will be able to communicate to a larger segment of the
population anywhere in the world.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;">If you sing Hindi songs professionally you have to learn pronouncing the words properly and almost all of the singers and actors in Bollywood (world's largest film industry) learn the </span><span style="line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">language</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> of Urdu. </span><br />
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If you have the option to choose a foreign language in the school, Urdu is an attractive choice and a good business asset. Urdu will make a big come back.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;">The leaders who are taking this initiative forward are: Mr. Amin Tirmizi, Mrs. Talmeez Fatima Burni, Mr. Like Ali Khan, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Dr. Akbar Haider and</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"> Dr. Amer Suleman. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> I have taken the tiny responsibility of </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">administrative</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> support. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />I am developing this article as a survey to see how many kids and adults have an interest in joining the Urdu classes. A lot of benefits are offered right now as an incentive for kids.<br /><br />I urge my Urdu-Hindi friends to write a sentence or a few words to be quoted in the article that we will publish in a News paper. Let it be no more than 50 words.<br /><br />On my part, my tiny contribution to the vast Urdu-Hindi literature would be through a brand new stream of poetry that focuses on Pluralism, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we have already conducted several Mushaera-Sammelans on the topic and hope to continue them. <br /><br />Last year, Dr. Amer Suleman of the Urdu Ghar fame experimented with his kids, on Father's Day, he asked them to speak to him in Urdu and learn at least 25 words as his Father's Day gift, and they did, and my son did it too. We had sent that note to all the Desis' on my lists.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Through America Together Foundation, we are hoping to see the need for starting classes in Urdu language affiliated with established schools and colleges, and if we have enough members of the community wanting it, we can start soon. Are you ready?<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">At America Together Foundation, our Mission is to educate, entertain and invoke critical thinking in creating a cohesive environment to work, socialize and function effectively. </span></span></div>
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-38579417374390176812015-03-02T01:41:00.004-08:002015-03-02T01:46:54.040-08:00Spirit of Urdu festival - Javed Akhtar and Ashok Vajpayee<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the most elegant websites I have visited, offering every piece of material in three scripts - Roman, Farsi and Devanagri. Please register your name and upload your poetry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of my favorite topics is up for panel discussion, Urdu aur Hindi, qurbatien aur fasilay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This festival is a platform to showcase the world of Urdu through the eyes and experience of its masters. We aim to reach out to both the Urdu speaking and the non-Urdu speaking audience," Sanjiv Saraf, founder of </span><a href="https://rekhta.org/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;">https://rekhta.org/</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">, said in a statement Friday.</span><br />
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and Pakistani writers Intizar Hussain, Javed Akhtar, Ashok Vajpayee, and Nida
Fazli, among others will participate in an Urdu festival in Delhi to celebrate
and explore the spirit of the language.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The
two-day "Jashn-e-Rekhta" festival will begin March 14 and will bring together 60
renowned personalities from both the countries to celebrate Urdu language
through performances, recitations, dastangoi, musical renditions, mushaira,
dramas, panel discussions, film screenings and interactive sessions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The
festival is presented by the Rekhta foundation, which has curated the largest
online anthology of Urdu poetry, and will be hosted at India International
Centre.</span></div>
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-28749061378723175652015-02-17T06:32:00.002-08:002015-02-17T08:05:40.691-08:00Finding’ the ‘lost’ Urduwww.UrduHindi.net | Shared by Dalibagh from Indian Express.<br />
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The greatest linguistic shames of the century that I know are endured by three </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">languages</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">; Maya, Bo and Urdu. Perhaps there are more, if you do know others, please share in the comment section below </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><a href="http://urduhindinet.blogspot.com/2015/02/finding-lost-urdu.html">http://urduhindinet.blogspot.com/2015/02/finding-lost-urdu.html</a></span><br />
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1. Speaking Mayan language in Belize is a crime; they are prevented from
speaking the language. The tyrants in Mexico do the same. I was in Mexico with the high priest of the
Maya tribe – and took them up to the Chichen-itza temple, they were afraid of
going up there and praying. I took them up and dared the Mexican authorities
and for the first time in 30 years they prayed in their own temple. |</span><br /><a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/InterfaithSpeaker_MikeGhouse.asp" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">http://www.mikeghouse.net/InterfaithSpeaker_MikeGhouse.asp</a>
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2. The Bo Language - </span><a href="http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/2010/02/press-release-in-behalf-of-indians-of.html" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/2010/02/press-release-in-behalf-of-indians-of.html</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3. Urdu Language –
Not all, but enough of the crazies among right wing Hindus and right wing Muslims
alike have forced it to become the language of Muslims. How dumb and stupid! Even in India, the Muslim Bengalis, Malyalees,
Guajarati, Tamilians… and neither the Arabs nor the Indonesians, the largest
Muslim population in the world speak Urdu.
Whereas Hindus of North India do speak Urdu, it is their language. Urdu is the language of India, born and bred
in India; it is also the official language of Pakistan. <br />
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The writer of the article Irene made a point to show the so called Urdu words
in Hindi language. What she failed to
share was that the Urdu dictionary has almost all the “Hindi” words listed as Urdu
words which I have checked, however I have not checked the Hindi dictionary if
it has all the words known as Urdu words. That is the way to go forward to be inclusive
of the other.<br />
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I have always called it Hindustani, the only language in the world with three
scripts – Devanagiri, Farsi and Roman. Indeed, our website is UrduHindi.net to
reflect that Unity. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have not made the time to watch “Hindi” movies in a long
time – three hours is a lot of time. However, I have learned to watch a few
with my wife – we just watched “2 States” a must watch movie – there it is the
common Hindustani in it – a blend of Urdu and Hindi that most people can
understand. Then we watched Babul with Amitabh, Salman and John Abraham – It’s
beautiful Urdu in it laced with specific Hindi words to describe the Hindu
tradition. We also watched Namaste
London…. <br />
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There was a song which talked about, “ choro urdu hindi ka Jhagda” cannot think
of the whole song but there is another one that speak about kids “ bhasha ki
takrar nahin mazhab ki deewar nahin” from the song in Do Kaliyan. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95tEfX9pNE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95tEfX9pNE</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My personal contribution to Urdu would be to make this a
language free from Muslims and Hindus, and re-induction of words and similes that
both people can relate. The references should not be merely Muslim history but
Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, Adivasis and Dalit heritage as well. <br />
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In 2012 we introduced a new stream of Pluralism in the poetry to seed the idea
of one language that reflects the larger culture of the subcontinent. Thanks to so many poets of Dallas for beautifully re-blending
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are many poems, but here are the two that reflect inclusion
of similes (references) from subcultures of the Subcontinent – Hindu, Muslim,
Sikh, Christian, Jain, Jewish, Adivasis, Buddhist and others. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I propose that the Hindu and Urdu groups sit down with both
the dictionaries and make random comparisons of 100 words and I hope someday both the Urdu and Hindi dictionaries will carry the same words.<br />
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I hope you like the following piece<br />
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www.UrduHindi.net<br />
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Such uninterested, defeatist “Urdu-is-dead-who-cares” attitude among Muslims will ensure the language continues to be denied the credit it deserves. In such times, it is good news that social media, and Pakistani serials are doing their bit for the Urdu cause. But here too, it would be great to see if praise for Urdu is not limited to just its poetry, but also extends to its simple, humble words that we use in our everyday lives. Ummeed hai hamari khwahish poori ho.<br />
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The young generation of Muslims can not read Urdu script although they speak Urdu at home. They were educated in Hindi medium and are comfortable with it. Unless parents teach their children Urdu at home they will not be comfortable with Urdu script. Although state governments have given some help to urdu schools their standards are low. There are no science and mathematics books in Urdu hence the emphasis on learning Urdu is on language and poetry rather than science and mathematics.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">‘Finding’ the ‘lost’ Urdu: But did the language ever really go away? </span></b>http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/finding-the-lost-urdu/99/<br />
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A large number of mushairas and qawwalis are being held in metropolitan cities, thus further helping Urdu make a “comeback”.<br />
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Written by Irena Akbar | Posted: February 17, 2015 5:39 pm | Updated: February 17, 2015 5:47 pm<br />
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There is Faiz in the air. Urdu, the “lost” language of the poets, the hopeless romantics and the ardent idealists, is “re-emerging”. Several online Facebook groups are dedicated to varied Urdu poets, and Urdu learning websites such as Rekhta and Urduwallahs are becoming popular. Pakistani soap operas, broadcast on Zindagi channel, too are helping “revive” the language that “got lost due to Partition”. A large number of mushairas and qawwalis are being held in metropolitan cities, thus further helping Urdu make a “comeback”.<br />
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The question, however, is, did Urdu really go away? If anything, it has stayed on, through Bollywood songs, and since the 1990s, through Hindi news channels. Hindi news channels relay “khabrein”, not “samachar”, as was by Doordarshan. Reporters talk of a “shakhs”, not a “vyakti”, and use “adalat” instead of “nyayalaya”, for example. So, since the 1990s, the use of Urdu in popular media has gone beyond just Hindi cinema and extended to television news. Certainly, the language has not been “dying” as Urdu “revivalists” claim.<br />
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What has been dying is not the language, but the credit given to the language. Most people don’t know that many of the words spoken in Hindi films or news channels are Urdu. This is not a case of war between Hindi and Urdu. Both languages are closely linked to and depend on each other for their survival. After Partition, Urdu came to be identified with Muslims. “Muslim” Urdu became the state language of Pakistan and was imposed on native Punjabi, Sindhi and Pashtun speakers. In northern India, the land of Urdu and Hindi, the language lost its popularity among non-Muslim Hindi speakers because of its “Muslim” label. Publishers of Urdu books began focusing only on religious literature, further making it less attractive for the non-Muslim audience. In sad contrast, there was a time when Hindu poets like Firaq Gorakhpuri added so much to Urdu heritage.<br />
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After Partition, and even now, it is Hindi cinema and news that have ensured Urdu its space in popular culture. But let’s not get patronising here. Urdu writers such as Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar, Sahir Ludhianvi and Shakeel Badayuni have contributed immensely to Hindi cinema. In fact, many Hindi film titles are in Urdu, like Mohabbatein, Kurbaan, Dil, etc. Most Hindi film singers and actors take classes in Urdu diction. Had it not been for Urdu, would we ever have timeless Bollywood dialogues like “Mogambo khush hua” or “Kitne aadmi the” or “Main tumhara khoon pee jaaoonga”?<br />
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Yes, “khush”, “aadmi” and “khoon” are Urdu words. And here is the flipside to the Hindi-Urdu marriage. Urdu has so often been used in Hindi cinema — which is a good thing — that Urdu words are now mistaken as Hindi — which is a bad thing. Hindi has helped Urdu grow in popular culture, but in the process, it has stolen (for lack of a better word) many Urdu words and added to its lexicon. How many of us know that “paani”, “duniya”, “gussa” and “baad” are Urdu words? In Hindi, these words are translated as “jal”, “jag”, “krodh” and “pashchaat”. Some people, thankfully, call this mixed lexicon “Hindustani”, thus acknowledging the frequent use of Urdu in Hindi. In fact, even as the government goes overboard in promoting Sanskrit, its ministers use Urdu words like “Ram-zaade” or “Haraam-zaade” to put their messages across.<br />
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But it’s neither the fault of Hindi or Urdu for the dying acknowledgment of the use of Urdu. Languages are used by people, and it’s only people who can make them thrive, survive or perish. So, for the sake of acknowledgment of the the use of Urdu, Hindi and Urdu speakers need to put in their efforts. Sadly, that’s not how it is. Take Zindagi channel. Despite garnering critical appraise and TRPs not just for broadcasting better content but also for “bringing back Urdu to the living rooms”, it has adopted a new tag line: “India’s premium Hindi channel”. When everyone is loving the Urdu being spoken in its serials, why not call itself “India’s premium Urdu channel”? Some say it is a way to attract more viewers. But how will Urdu in its tag line repel viewers? My sad guess is the channel’s decision is probably because of the language’s “Muslim” association.<br />
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And here comes the responsibility of Urdu speakers, primarily Muslims of north India. I am not getting into how governments, Muslim political leaders or organisations need to go about Urdu’s cause. I am talking about ordinary Urdu speakers. Here’s a small but telling example. I follow a Facebook page called “Lucknow”. A year or so back, the page would share posts which would display a word, its origin and its use in a couplet. The word, and the couplet, would be displayed in Roman and Devnagri scripts. The origin of the word would invariably be mentioned as Persian or Arabic. It was clear the word belonged to the Urdu language. But why no mention of Urdu? I asked the administrator of the page if, alongside the Roman and Devngari scripts, the word could be written in Persian script, so that people know it’s Urdu. The administrator, a Lucknow-based Muslim, said he had a “space problem” and “nobody understands Urdu”. It’s when other followers of the page, mostly non-Muslim, started demanding that they would like to read the word in Persian script, that the administrator agreed to my suggestion.<br />
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At the launch of an Urdu daily in the capital about two years ago, prominent Muslim businessman Sirajuddin Qureshi had said that he had started an Urdu newspaper some time back but no Muslim family he knew subscribed to it and so he had to shut it down. Also, when the Census was being conducted sometime in 1999-2000, some of our Muslim neighbours had said their native language was Hindi, even though they spoke Urdu at home. Their explanation: “Who cares about Urdu now”.<br />
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Such uninterested, defeatist “Urdu-is-dead-who-cares” attitude among Muslims will ensure the language continues to be denied the credit it deserves. In such times, it is good news that social media, and Pakistani serials are doing their bit for the Urdu cause. But here too, it would be great to see if praise for Urdu is not limited to just its poetry, but also extends to its simple, humble words that we use in our everyday lives. Ummeed hai hamari khwahish poori ho.<br />
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-64751444364119301712015-01-31T12:09:00.004-08:002015-01-31T12:23:53.765-08:00Dakkani Urdu Humor by Gautam Pemmaraju<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Auron par hasney ka anjaam jo hoga so hoga;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lekin voh qaum nahin miththi jo apney aap par hansti hai.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The consequences of laughing at others will be what they are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But the people who laugh at themselves will never be erased.<br /></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjabrbLkhMzOkbVBRz_MHfoHdzVx9HeULWmQcbQDykjHgVk9KkBQbLUBNHLm61VDJ4IGaMN1pFvIOwsOFTTH8KuPzcaTDyIOvRniEUe7ztbXzumwKmsETLq3z5MwPcn0cNQv3G9UCCpi79/s1600/Khamakah.hyderabadi.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjabrbLkhMzOkbVBRz_MHfoHdzVx9HeULWmQcbQDykjHgVk9KkBQbLUBNHLm61VDJ4IGaMN1pFvIOwsOFTTH8KuPzcaTDyIOvRniEUe7ztbXzumwKmsETLq3z5MwPcn0cNQv3G9UCCpi79/s1600/Khamakah.hyderabadi.png" height="180" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ghouse Khamakah Last week, at a screening of my documentary film (a work in progress) on the humour-satire performance poetry traditions of Dakhani, the spoken vernacular Urdu of the Deccan region, one of the first to arrive was the eighty-six year old bright-eyed, warm and charming Ghouse Mohiuddin 'Khamakha'. The above couplet of his has remained with me over the years, and its current relevance is but obvious as we see the unfolding of several disturbing things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As fleeting relief I offer some fine examples of Dakhani Mizahiya Shayri (humour-satire poetry) here. The richness of the vernacular, drawing largely from folk traditions and situated as it is further down the interrupted path of the glorious rise of the language till 1700 CE, is expressed amply in the humour-satire poetry in the Deccan. Stricken though it may be by the vicissitudes of time, the triumph of conquests, and the contempt of the elite, the tongue still remains spoken today across the Deccan plateau.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Firstly, here's something from Mohammad Himayatullah, another senior poet and the true inheritor of the legacy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sawaal apna bhi poora hoinga?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kya hai ki, kya nai ki.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yeh bandey ku kabhi sukh hoinga?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kya hai ki, kya nai ki.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Arre Allah, tu mashuka ku duniya mey chuda daala.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Marey baad hooran deyinga?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kya hai ki, kya nai ki.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will my question be answered ever?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What it is, what it's not, who knows.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will I find some contentment ever?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What it is, what it's not, who knows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey Allah, you've filled the world with beautiful maidens.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And after death, virgin angels forever?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What it is, what it's not, who knows.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Himayatullah</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The first big name in Dakhani humour-satire poetry is Nazeer Ahmed 'Dahqani' originally from Jangaon village in Nalgonda, Telangana. His nephew, Khwaja Qutbuddin, who is at the Bahadur Yar Jung Academy in Karachi, recited this pithy gem for us—the folksy desperate prayer of a man in need.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Allah izzat bahut dey.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Allah shoharat bahut dey.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Allah daulat bahut dey.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nai deta to maut dey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Allah, great respect, grant me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Allah, great fame, grant me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Allah, great wealth, grant me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If not, then death, grant me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another early name is Ali Saheb Miyan. When I first met Ghouse 'Khamakha' a few years ago, he recited this; a chavva (quatrain) expressing the wry, deadpan cynicism of a rural labourer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Haddiyaan tutey talak yettiyaan karate rahey.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gando ki baat ayi to phirkiyaan phiratey rahey.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Umar tamaam yuich kati Ali Saheb ki.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Amma ka khaye, mamu key bakriyaan charatey rahey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They made me labour till every bone broke.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But at payday, they spun me around like a joke.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Life passed this way for Ali Saheb Miyan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Living off his mother; tending his uncle's goat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This sense of wretchedness and desperation, tinged with a lush satirical colour, is found widely in this kind of Dakhani poetry. Wealth, leisure and creature comforts allow for other sorts of concerns and reflections; here though it is to do with the immediate environment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gilli Nalgondvi, another late poet, offers much the same:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aabroo waley chindiyaan mey bhi tan ko dhaaptain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Behaya ku phatti chaddi rai to kya, nai rai to kya?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those with honour will if need be cover themselves in tatters.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But for the shameless, does it matter if he has torn shorts or not?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sarwar Danda was much loved in Hyderabad. His poetry, which he often sung with what people recall as unmatched charm and skill, more often than not speaks for the underdog. He is one of the few to use Telugu words in his poetry. Although he mingled with the progressive writers and Communist Party members (he was a good friend to the revolutionary poet Makhdoom Mohiuddin), Danda remained aloof from all persuasions. He was his own man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sadaa mere gavaan po ghurbat ka mausam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">?na faaqon se fursat, na dum meich hai dum</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">?Yaan dhoti bhi gat nai, vaan unku hai resham</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">?Ide naa mana deesham, Ide naa mana deesham</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Always there is here the climate of despair</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No relief from starvation; strength is but rare.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here clothes are all shreds; but velvets shine there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This nation we share; this nation we share.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The late, great Sulaiman Khateeb was famous for being able to deftly change the tone and mood of the poem being recited. From ‘wah' to ‘aah', as is commonly said. From the comic to the solemn, in one quick move. In these lines of domestic banter, a domineering mother-in-law spars sharply with the devrani (her son's bride), when the latter evokes the great Mirza Ghalib to express her hopelessness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kaun Ghalib yeh tera saga hai</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ki kalejey ko thaam leti hai.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Itti deeda-dileri dekho maa!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ghair mardaan ka naam leti hai!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Who is this Ghalib to you,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">that you embrace him so true?!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Such passion with which you take, oh my!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A strange man's name, shame on you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Digs at wives, much like in stand-up comedy, are quite popular. Most poets have a few up their sleeves. Here ‘Khamakha' transposes general male philandering onto a leader, giving it a ‘political' twist:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ek leader sey poocha mainey, kya yeh acchi aadat hai?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Har aurat ko taktey ho tum; biwi ki bhi chahat hai.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Leader boley, tum kya jaano, yeh bhi ek siyasat hai.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aurat meri kamzori hai, biwi meri taaqat hai.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To a leader I once asked; what habit of yours is this?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Every woman you ogle; surely, a wife also there is.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What do you know he said, a kind of politics is also this.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Women are my weakness; my strength though, the wife is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In today's times apart from the octogenarians—Himayatullah and ‘Khamakha'—there are quite a few poets who routinely perform at regional mushairas. But as is generally observed, many of them use catch phrases, slang words and sounds, or slogans; few really do truly Dakhani poetry. Many of the contemporary poets comment on the events of our times, particularly conflict. Sardar Asar recites this couplet off and on:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bam key nazdeek jako dekha mai,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Zafrani tha; hara thodiyich hai.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I went close to the bomb and looked at it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was saffron in colour; not at all green.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He has previously angered a few by lampooning murshads and sajjadas (a common theme in the poetry).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thodi chak ko dekho bola Murshad ku</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Poori sheshi pey gaya na, ghat bolkey!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I told the Murshad to take just a sip.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He downed the whole bottle in a glug!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few poets write and sing of drink. The metaphoric taverns and intoxication of mystical poetry is of course quite widespread in both folk traditions and high literature alike. But the regional drink, the sendi, is eulogized here in a charming, if melancholic manner, by Shamsheer Kodangali, a poet who passed a few years back. True to his Telangana roots, he says:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mera sendi mey padey dam,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">dulhey-bhai salaamalaikum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Roz jeney ki hai khat-khat,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kab talak jaan ku jhanjhat,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mar bhi nai jaatey chatachat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aaj pi lengi ghataghat</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Door kar lengey chalo gham</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dulhey-bhai salaamalaikum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My drink is fierce some</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Brother-friend salaamalaikum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This day-after-day grind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Till when must I mind</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A quick death would be kind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let's drink ourselves blind</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lighten our sorrows some</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Brother-friend salaamalaikum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It would indeed be quite nice to do away with some of our current sorrows. But as always, we remind blind, and whether it is Peshawar or Paris, we are but left woefully inadequate to cope with the countless sorrows, as the fabulous Himayatullah says in the quatrain below. To his gentle wisdom I raise a toast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tumay viraan khandaron ku diye to bastiyaan detain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jo ghoday ka dua maangta, usey tum hathiyaan detain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aji Allah, aankhaan bhi humko bahut dena tha.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lakhon key gham diye; roney ku sirf do ankhiyaan detain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To lonesome ruins, a bustling hamlet you give.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He who asks for a horse; an elephant to him you give.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey Allah, you should have given us many eyes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Millions of sorrows; to cry only two eyes you give.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wrote this poem to make a point - i.e., we the individuals make the mistakes but we always blame it on religions, particularly other's religion. The is the story of a man who is a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh and other ... He is the one who makes the mistakes but we tend to blame his religion.<br /></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lQvStoJ55JHzrIWl2VkTizp7alMacaKZRqHXpGqhvkawASXjI7JBZG84Ya3mkLwjBuD1_UKT6RhgRUY5G4uq37IkCXAuDmEuE20yzVfnPnbQp-1PSm3zc4n1PHFo773ENa-9j91DLtdw/s1600/MikeGhouse.recitingpoetry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lQvStoJ55JHzrIWl2VkTizp7alMacaKZRqHXpGqhvkawASXjI7JBZG84Ya3mkLwjBuD1_UKT6RhgRUY5G4uq37IkCXAuDmEuE20yzVfnPnbQp-1PSm3zc4n1PHFo773ENa-9j91DLtdw/s320/MikeGhouse.recitingpoetry.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have to blame the individual who makes the mistake, and not his spouse, parents, siblings, kids, pundit, </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">imam,</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> rabbi, pastor or shaman. We should not even blame his even his Mayor, nation or religion. <br /><br />The individual is the criminal, blame him and haul him off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If a rapist is running around in the neighborhood, every one becomes apprehensive and frightened, once the guy is caught, there is a relief. Like wise, we need to focus on terrorists and get the guy, like Obama got Bin Laden instead of blaming his religion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can punish the guy and restore justice. You cannot punish the religion, it is not a thing which you can kill, kick, hang, beat up, shoot or bury it, then why bark at it? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This poem expresses those thoughts, this individual cheats on his wife, not because of his religion, it is because of who he is, cheats his friends in business, not because he is Hindu, Musalmaan or Sikh, but because he is who he is. All the evil is packed in this Nazm.<br /><br />By the way, it is a Nasri-Nazam, a new format of story telling, so, a few lines are longer to make the point. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Unwaan/Vishay hai<br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A mera dharam
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span lang="HI">ये मेरा धर्म कहाँ था ?</span></span></div>
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</span>My nay chori ki
wave-haar may<br />
Dhoka diya doston ko;<br />
A mera apna charitar tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span lang="HI">मैंने चोरी की व्यवहार में<br />
धोखा दिया दोस्तों को <br />
यह मेरा अपना चरित्र था <br />
ये मेरा धर्म कहाँ था ?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My nay patni say bewafayee ki<br />
aur girl friends say bhi;<br />
A mera apna hi paap tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?<span lang="HI"><br />
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</span><span lang="HI">मैंने पत्नी से बेवफ़ाई की <br />
और गर्ल-फ्रेंड से भी</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="HI">यह मेरा अपना पाप था <br />
ये मेरा धर्म कहाँ था ?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ganga jal say paap <span lang="HI"> </span>dhoye,<br />
Hajj say Gunah bhi saaf kiye;<br />
Ji, my waisay ka waisa hi raha<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="HI">गंगा जल से पाप धोये <br />
हज से गुनाह भी साफ़ किये </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="HI">जी, मैं वैसे का वैसा ही रहा <br />
ये मेरा धर्म कहाँ था ?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My aatank wadi bhi bana,<br />
Allahu Akbar bhi kaha<br />
A mazhab nay kab sikhaya tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="HI">मैं आतंकवादी भी बना <br />
अल्लाह हू अकबर भी कहा <br />
ये मज़हब ने कब सिखाया था </span><span lang="HI"><br />
</span><span lang="HI">ये मेरा धर्म कहाँ था ?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My nay babri masjid ko toda<br />
Raam ka naam bhi liya;<br />
A kisi ka dharam kahan tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?<span lang="HI"><br />
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</span><span lang="HI">मैं ने बाबरी मस्जिद को तोड़ा <br />
राम का नाम भी लिया <br />
ये किस्सी का धर्म कहाँ था <br />
ये मेरा धर्म कहाँ था</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My nay shiaoon ko, Hinduoon ko/ Ahmadiyon ko,<br />
aur Maseehhon ko takleefien di; ( to make the point)<br />
Mardood my, kalank Sunni pay laga tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?<span lang="HI"><br />
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</span><span lang="HI">मैं ने शियाओं को , हिन्दुओं को , अहमदियों को <br />
और मसींहों को तकलीफें दीं<br />
मरदूद मैं , कलंक सुन्नियों पर था <br />
ये मेरा धर्म कहाँ था</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gar ilzaam lagana to lagao mujh per<br />
saza do mujh ko,<br />
a ayeb mera zaati tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span lang="HI">गर इलज़ाम लगाना है तो लगाओ मुझ पर <br />
सजा दो मुझ को <br />
ये ऐब मेरा जाती था <br />
ये मेरा धर्म कहाँ था ?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Samaj my nyaye ho<br />
to Shanti bhi, pragati bhi;<br />
Chora Chor ko, budnaam dharam tha<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?<span lang="HI"><br />
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</span><span lang="HI">समाज में न्याय हो <br />
तो शांति भी, प्रगति भी <br />
छोड़ा चोर को, बदनाम धर्म को किया था <br />
ये मेरा धर्म कहाँ था ?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Thakna mere
kaam nahin hai<br />
My unhee samjhata his rahoonga sahir<br />
My nay jo bhi kiya, o mera kiya tha<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="HI">थकना मेरा काम नहीं है <br />
मैं उन्हें समझाता ही रहूँगा साहिर <br />
मैं ने जो भी किया था , वो मेरा किया था <br />
ये मेरा धर्म कहाँ था<br /><br />Site: www.UrduHindi.net<br />Link: <a href="http://urduhindinet.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-mera-dharam-kahan-tha.html">http://urduhindinet.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-mera-dharam-kahan-tha.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-1170574778183460842014-11-16T19:33:00.000-08:002014-12-02T22:34:08.071-08:0016th Annual Thanksgiving Celebrations & Mushaera<span style="background-color: #fffaf2; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="fsl">Let your thanksgiving be a little more meaningful and purposeful this year. If you have been around in Dallas for a while, you would know the "Thanksgiving Celebrations & Awards Night" a 20 year old tradition we had left off a few years ago. Unlike the large gatherings in the past, we are limiting this to a small gathering of 100 at this time.<br /><br />Its an evening to appreciate and express our gratitude, and enjoy the Dinner </span><span class="fsl"><span class="fsl"> with people of different faiths, races, and ethnicities</span></span><span class="fsl"><span class="fsl"><span class="fsl"> with a belief that the more we learn about each other, the less misunderstandings we would have. If we can learn to respect the otherness of others and accept the God given uniqueness of each one of us, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge. </span> </span><br /><br />The event is to benefit America Together Foundation, a non-profit charity committed to building a cohesive America where no American has to live in apprehension or fear of the other.<br /><br />Master Chef Ali will prepare a s<span class="text_exposed_show">pecial thanksgiving plate that you'll cherish it. Ali is my favorite Chef for 20 plus years in Dallas. You'll enjoy the food.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fffaf2; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">For those who speak Urdu and Hindi languages, a poetry session will be carried out after the dinner.</span><span style="background-color: #fffaf2; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /><br />Website:<a href="http://www.thanksgivingcelebrations.org/" style="color: #8e8e8e; text-decoration: none;"> www.ThanksgivingCelebrations.org</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/" style="color: #8e8e8e; text-decoration: none;">www.AmericaTogetherfoundation.com </a></span></span></span></span><br />
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-55532395943944031112014-11-16T19:25:00.003-08:002014-11-16T19:30:35.536-08:00Kavya Goshti in Dallas - Hindi Poetry Session<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Sunday, November 16, 2014 - The Hindi Committee organized a Kavya Goshti in Dallas at the DFW Hindu Temple on the occasion of Diwali Celebrations at the Temple.</span><br />
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About 15 of us recited our poetry. Between the Urdu poets and Hindi Poets in Dallas, life could not be better. The title of my poem was " A mera dharam kahan tha" the poetry is written in a way to make it more Hindi-ized or Urdu-ized, and I have done it both ways. It was a joy to hear g<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">ood poetry, and two of the poets recited humor poetry and that was incredible.</span></div>
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Kavi Jain Chaudhry wrote poetry about his office environment that he relished after four years - when he took his kids there. I have asked him to join us at thanksgiving Dinner on 11/22/14 and recited that poetry. Details at <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ThanksgivingCelebrations.org%2F&h=5AQHT69yN&enc=AZM7C7o-b_X6iAM8T1FWRhsWYYu6-KivHsYFHorjtz9snLCcuja0EKz81K6CSdIpcnBddha8U5sLxoFzTeo7RAVglF4XhCeiY02t8wQWr151mc5AoPYIO4Blg6PqtG298Wt4IbtVmKzktp3eujugQMEH&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.ThanksgivingCelebrations.org</a></div>
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<b>Title of my poem: A Mera Dharam Kahan tha</b></div>
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Dosto, es kavita may aap ek pursh ke anek paap ke roop dekheingey, parantu, kuch log, blame us ke dharm pay lagate hain. Her ek ka dharam us ke maa ke samaan hota hai. Paap Manush karta hai, dharm kabhi bhi a shikhsha nahin deta.</div>
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Dharam koi cheez nahin hai jis ko goli maar di jaye, pitayee ki jaye, a phansi ke phande pay lagaye jaye. Ilzaam usi pay lagao jis nay Jurm kiya hai, es say samaj may wapas shanti aajati hai…</div>
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Misaal ke tor pay,agar koi rapist aap ke mohallay may ghus aaya to sub ke sab parehshan hotay hain, jab tak us ko pakda na jaye, ashanti barkarar rahegi, agar hum kutton ki tarah us ke Parivar, dharam ya jati ki taraf bhokein gay, kuch honay wala nahin hai. Isi tarah, aatank wadi ko pakdo, salay ki pitayee karo, ya dafa 420 ki tehet us ko saza do to baat banti hai.</div>
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My nay chori ki wave-haar may<br />
Dhoka diya doston ko;<br />
A mera apna charitar tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?</div>
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My nay patni say bewafayee ki<br />
aur girl friends say bhi;<br />
A mera apna hi paap tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?</div>
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Ganga jal say paap dhoye,<br />
Hajj say Gunah bhi saaf kiye;<br />
Ji, my waisay ka waisa hi raha<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?</div>
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My aatank wadi bhi bana,<br />
Allahu Akbar bhi kaha<br />
A mazhab nay kab sikhaya tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?</div>
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My nay babri masjid ko toda<br />
Raam ka naam bhi liya;<br />
A kisi ka dharam kahan tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?</div>
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My nay shiaoon ko, Hinduoon ko/ Ahmadiyon ko,<br />
aur Maseehhon ko takleefien di;<br />
Mardood my, kalank Sunni pay tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?</div>
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Gar ilzaam lagana to lagao mujh per<br />
saza do mujh ko,<br />
a ayeb mera zaati tha,<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?</div>
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Samaj my nyaye ho<br />
to Shanti bhi, pragati bhi;<br />
Chora Chor ko, budnaam dharam ko kiya tha<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?</div>
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Thakna mere kaam nahin hai<br />
My unhee samjhata his rahoonga sahir<br />
My nay jo bhi kiya, o mera kiya tha<br />
a mera dharam kahan tha?</div>
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-58293216531857324892014-10-17T15:38:00.001-07:002014-10-17T17:41:57.608-07:00Thanksgiving Dinner Mushaera <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="fsl">Let your thanksgiving be a little more meaningful and
purposeful this year. If you have been around Dallas for a while, you
would know the "Thanksgiving Celebrations & Awards Night" a 15 year
old tradition we had left off a few years ago. Unlike the large
gatherings in the past, we are limiting this to 200 as a re-start. Its
an evening to appreciate, express our gratitude and enjoy the Dinner.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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The event is to benefit America Together Foundation, a non-profit
charity committed to building a cohesive America by bringing Americans
of different faiths, races, and ethnicities together with a belief that
the more we learn about each other, the less misunderstandings we would
have. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="fsl"><span class="fsl">Master Chef Ali will prepare a s<span class="text_exposed_show">pecial thanksgiving plate that you'll cherish it. Ali is my favorites Chefs for 20 plus years in Dallas. You'll enjoy the food.<br /> <br /> For those who speak Urdu and Hindi languages, a poetry session will be carried out after the dinner.<br /> <br /> Thanksgiving Dinner Mushaera<br /> Saturday, November 22, 2014<br /> 7:30 -11:30 - be on time.<br /> Spicy Cuisine, Restaurant, <br /> 1800 Valley View Ln, Irving, TX 75061<br /> <br /> Dinner event regular $20/person<br /> Dinner event VIP $50/person<br /> Donations appreciated, it's a non-profit org<br /> Dinner Theme: Gratitude<br /> </span></span> </span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description"><br />Please click the following link to order your ticket from eventbrite by 11/20/22 for better planning. <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/thanksgiving-dinner-mushaera-tickets-13695612947">http://www.eventbrite.com/e/thanksgiving-dinner-mushaera-tickets-13695612947</a></span><br /><br />No last minute purchases, let's plan and plan it well. <br /> </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description">Thanksgiving
Mushaera - reflecting on the theme of gratitude from God to family, friends,
employers... customers, clients, patients, doctors, nurses, janitors,
workers....men and women in the blue or even strangers who have done good...to
create a better communities. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description">Poets are
invited to recite their poetry, and must submit their poem to <a data-mce-href="mailto:UrduHindinet@gmail.com" href="mailto:UrduHindinet@gmail.com" title="mailto:UrduHindinet@gmail.com">UrduHindinet@gmail.com</a> by
11/11/14 in Urdu, Hindi or English language to be included in the program.
Please include a 100 word introduction in your own words.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description"><span lang="0">Thank you</span><span lang="0" style="color: black;"><br />mike</span><span lang="0" style="color: black;"><b><br />Mike Ghouse</b><br />(214) 325-1916 text/talk</span></span></span></span></div>
Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-82875219059101309912014-10-17T15:34:00.001-07:002014-10-17T15:36:58.351-07:00Urdu Mushaera in Irving with Munawar Rana, Sunil Jogi and many more poets <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-72868810387320057832014-10-14T02:50:00.003-07:002014-10-14T06:55:46.929-07:00Thanksgiving Dinner Mushaera<div class="panel_section">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="fsl">Let your thanksgiving be a little more meaningful and
purposeful this year. If you have been around Dallas for a while, you
would know the "Thanksgiving Celebrations & Awards Night" a 15 year
old tradition we had left off a few years ago. Unlike the large
gatherings in the past, we are limiting this to 200 as a re-start. Its
an evening to appreciate, express our gratitude and enjoy the Dinner.<br /> <br />
The event is to benefit America Together Foundation, a non-profit
charity committed to building a cohesive America by bringing Americans
of different faiths, races, and ethnicities together with a belief that
the more we learn about each other, the less misunderstandings we would
have. </span> <br /> For those who speak Urdu and Hindi languages, a poetry session will be carried out after the dinner.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description"><span class="fsl"> </span><br />Thanksgiving Dinner Mushaera <br />Saturday, November 22, 2014<br />7:30 -11:30 - be on time.<br />Dinner event -Regular donation $20/person</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description"> <br />Dinner event -VIP donation $50/person<br />Non-Profit Organization</span></span><br />Dinner Theme: Gratitude<br /><br />Please click the following link to order your ticket from eventbrite by 11/20/22 for better planning. <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/thanksgiving-dinner-mushaera-tickets-13695612947">http://www.eventbrite.com/e/thanksgiving-dinner-mushaera-tickets-13695612947</a></span><br /><br />No last minute purchases, let's plan and plan it well. <br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description">It's a volunteer based effort and let's honor each others time. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description">Thanksgiving
Mushaera - reflecting on the theme of gratitude from God to family, friends,
employers... customers, clients, patients, doctors, nurses, janitors,
workers....men and women in the blue or even strangers who have done good...to
create a better communities. <br /><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description">Poets are
invited to recite their poetry, and must submit their poem to <a data-mce-href="mailto:UrduHindinet@gmail.com" href="mailto:UrduHindinet@gmail.com" title="mailto:UrduHindinet@gmail.com">UrduHindinet@gmail.com</a> by
11/11/14 in Urdu, Hindi or English language to be included in the program.
Please include a 100 word introduction in your own words.
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="description"><span lang="0">Thank you</span><span lang="0" style="color: black;"><br />mike</span><span lang="0" style="color: black;"><b><br />Mike Ghouse</b><br />(214) 325-1916 text/talk</span></span></span></div>
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-31840731282393891822014-08-27T04:51:00.000-07:002014-09-02T09:33:26.335-07:00Louisville Mushaera - Kavi Sammelan with Munawwar Rana, Dr. Sunil Jogi and Archana Panda<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4f51; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Mushaera and Hasiya Kavi Sammelan</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br />Time: Sunday, September 14, 2014 @7:30 PM (On Time) <br />Place: Ramada Plaza, 9700 Bluegrass Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40299</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Tea and refreshment provided | no Dinner.<br />Website: <a href="http://www.urduhindi.net/">www.UrduHindi.net <br /></a></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="0" style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Tickets Special VIP $100 | VIP $50 | Regular $20 </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="0" style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;"><span style="color: black;">America Together Foundation:: </span></span></span><span lang="0" style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="0" style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/">http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/</a></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Event Brite :: </span><span lang="0" style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hindi-urdu-mushaera-kavi-sammelan-with-3-biggest-names-in-louisville-ky-tickets-12863766873" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hindi-urdu-mushaera-kavi-sammelan-with-3-biggest-names-in-louisville-ky-tickets-12863766873">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hindi-urdu-mushaera-kavi-sammelan-with-3-biggest-names-in-louisville-ky-tickets-12863766873</a></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Biggest Names in Urdu Hindi Poetry</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Munawwar Rana</span> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLppmKvZQSA" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLppmKvZQSA</a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Dr. Sunil Jogi</span> - <a href="http://drsuniljogi.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://drsuniljogi.com/</a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Archana Panda</span> - <a href="http://archanapanda.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://archanapanda.com</a></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">You'll laugh with Dr. Sunil Jogi, pause and reflect about a woman’s life from
cradle to grave with Archana Panda and feel good and tender with Munawwar Rana's
poetry on Maa and life in general. We hope, you will walk out of the hall with
joy and feel good about yourselves as it will prove to be a motivational and
a memorable evening. Please make sure your friends don’t miss this<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Contact:</b></span></span><br /><span style="color: black;">Mike Ghouse (214) 325-1916</span><span style="color: black;"><br />Avinash Goel (502) 228-3738<br /><span style="line-height: 115%;">Yasmeen Sardar (502) 819-6814<br />
Ankit Sheth (502) 592-4661<br />
Dr. Ibrahim Syed (502) 423-1988<br />
Nutan Arora (469) 360-2597<br />
Noor Amrohvi (972) 859-0647<br />
Mike Ghouse (214) 325-1916 </span></span></span></span><br />
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America Together Foundation is pleased to present a Poetry Session in Urdu-Hindi Language(s) in Louisville, Kentucky with two of the biggest names in Urdu-Hindi poetry.</div>
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Event: <span style="color: blue;"><b>Mushaera and Hasiya Kavi Sammelan</b></span><br />
Date: 7:30 – 11:30 PM on Sunday, September 14, 2014<br />
Place: Ramada Plaza, 9700 Bluegrass Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40299<br />
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Munawwar Rana - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLppmKvZQSA" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLppmKvZQSA</a><br />
Dr. Sunil Jogi - <a href="http://drsuniljogi.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://drsuniljogi.com/</a><br />
Archana Panda - <a href="http://archanapanda.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://archanapanda.com</a></div>
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VIP $50 | Regular $20 | Student with ID $15<br />
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or Call (214) 325-1916<br />
Contact:</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mike Ghouse (214) 325-1916</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Avinash Goel (502) 228-3738</span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Yasmeen Sardar (502) 819-6814<br />
<span style="color: black;">Ankit Sheth (502) 592-4661<br />
Dr. Ibrahim Syed (502) 423-1988</span><span style="color: #333333;"><br />
Nutan Arora (469) 360-2597<br />
Noor Amrohvi (972) 859-0647<br />
Mike Ghouse (214) 325-1916 </span></span></span></span><br />
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We are pleased to have Munawwar Rana accept our invitation to be here in Kentucky, he is one of the most sought after poetry reciters in the world, his famous poetry on Mother holds the audience together on common ground.</div>
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Dr. Sunil Jogi is one of the biggest names in Hindi Hasiya (Humor) poetry in India, and is difficult to make an appointment with him; we are pleased that he accepted the invitation.</div>
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Arachna Panda specialized in poetry about Women in Desi Culture, all of us can relate with how a woman is treated with dignity as well as no-dignity.</div>
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Our Mission at America Together foundation is to build a cohesive America where no American has to live in apprehension or fear of the other; we have a program to bring about a positive change. All of it is at <a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.AmericaTogetherfoundation.com</a> and<a href="http://www.standingupforothers.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7b539d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.StandingupforOthers.com</a><br />
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We hope to bring the Urdu-Hindi speaking people from India, Pakistan and the diaspora together to enjoy the poetry, a part of our culture that binds us.<br />
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The organizer Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and writer on pluralism in culture, religion, politics, gender, food and work places. He is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day.<br />
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A FLIER EACH FOR LOUISVILLE AND DALLAS <br />
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<b>SUN, SEP 14, 2014 AT 7:30 PM</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> DALLAS, TEXAS</span></b></div>
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<b>FRI, SEP 12, 2014 AT 8:30 PM</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Munawwar Rana</b> (Urdu)</span><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLppmKvZQSA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLppmKvZQSA</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dr. Sunil Jogi </b>(Hindi) </span><br />
- <a href="http://drsuniljogi.com/">http://drsuniljogi.com/</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epg061PVlIE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epg061PVlIE</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dr. Archana Panda</b> (Hindi) </span></div>
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<a href="http://archanapanda.com/">http://archanapanda.com/</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Kavi Sammelan/ Mushaera with Two Big Names poets<br />7:00 – 11:00 PM Sunday
evening,<br />September 14, 2014<br />Tea and Snacks<br />Location will be announced
shortly </span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span>BIG NAMES IN POETRY:</b></div>
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<b>Munawwar Rana</b> ( Urdu)<br />
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<b>Dr. Sunil Jogi </b>(Hindi) - <a href="http://drsuniljogi.com/">http://drsuniljogi.com/</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDNVpO1on0w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDNVpO1on0w</a></div>
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<b>Dr. Archana Panda</b> (Hindi) <a href="http://archanapanda.com/">http://archanapanda.com/</a></div>
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Sponsor $500</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">URDU GHAR LOUISVILLE<br />www.UrduHindi.net<br /><br />Each one of us is deeply attached to our culture, and as such we are always pulled towards it. One of the many cultural manifestations is through the language, whatever that language may be. We are home in the language that has been a major part of our childhood and adolescence.<br /><br />I am sure your attachment to your language is expressed in many ways. Mine is done by scribbling something or the other in Urdu while I am on the phone or just between holds on the phone, usually poetry and sometimes even my speech in English, but in Urdu script. I have figured out how to write in typical Indian/Pakistani, Persian and Arabic style of letters. I still do my math, additions, subtractions, divisions and multiplications in Urdu pahaday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There was a craving to be affiliated with the linguistic gatherings. Thank God for the International Hindi Association, a fine organization and I became a life member, and also a life member of Mallige Kannada Sangha (Kannada Language). We always had an organization called Bazm-e-Urdu in Dallas, but it merely focused on Mushaeray and not on sit-down exchanges nor did it have membership as an expression of belonging.<br /><br />The tishinagi (thirst) finally saw fulfillment when I joined Urdu Ghar in Dallas, started and run by Dr. Amer Suleman. What is greater is, it is an inclusive informal organization where Urdu Speaking Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs and others come together to speak, read, write and listen to in Urdu, more will be joining as we go further.<br /><br />It’s a social gathering with Urdu as a common denominator. Thanks to Yasmeen’s friends in Louisville, Kentucky. About 12 of us started our first gathering on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, and we hope to carry this once a month at different homes or at our home.<br /><br />Dr. Amer Suleman has set a few good standards, and we will follow the same culture– it is all about freedom, and started by reading the same Rahnuma Usools (guiding principles). We request an RSVP in advance so that the host (take turns) can plan on arranging tea, snacks, fruits or veggies and refreshments or it can be shared. No dinner and no mehman-pleasing-cooking, as it is not viable in the long haul. The simpler the gatherings, the sustainable they become.<br /><br />Let’s plan on meeting on Wednesday, August 27 at our house in Jeffersonville or its open to be hosted by any one. You can text me your RSVP to (214) 325-1916 and let's be sensitive to our hosts. We will meet on time at 7:00 PM and close the meeting on time at 9:30 PM (less than desi movie). Let this social gathering be a joy and respectful of every one's time, otherwise it becomes a burden. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-55349619100676447622014-06-02T16:07:00.001-07:002014-06-23T14:29:41.512-07:00Urdu Hindi Mushaera on Saturday, June 21, 2014<div style="text-align: left;">
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</span><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Urdu-Hindi Poetry Session (Mushaera/ Kavi Sammelan)</span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Website: w<a href="http://ww.urduhindi.net/">ww.UrduHindi.Net</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">Sadr –e- Mehfil – Dr.
Amer Suleman<br />
Muntazim - Shazia Khan</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">Panelists - O S Modgil and Mike Ghouse<br />
Guest Speakers - AG Chini <br />
Organized by Foundation for Pluralism<br />
<br />
<b>THANK YOU</b><br />Javed
& Irum Gill - for taking care of all the arrangements <br />
Bakhtavear
Gill - for taking care of perfect sound system<br />
Irfan
Ali Saheb - for the encouragement<br />FunAsia – Shabnam Modgil for the announcements on the radio<br /><br />Thanks to all our poets and friends, we started the program right on time at 9:00 and finished it by 12:00. <br />
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<b>ENCOURAGEMENT</b><br />
</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"> 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. </span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> <br />
<b>PROGRAM </b></span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">07:30 Dinner<br />
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09:00 Program Opens <br /><br />
Mike shares thoughts about Pluralism</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"> Dr. Amer Suleman shares adab-e-mushaera</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"> Os Modgil shares about the program in general<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">09:30 Shazia Khan opens the Mushaera<br /> Senior Most Poet recites his poetry at the very end.<br /> All the Dallas Poets were invited, due to conflicts 13 of us made it.</span></span></span></div>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mike Ghouse </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rehmat Raza </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Esther Williams </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Javed Rashid </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Shah Alam Siddiqi </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Zohra Chisti </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Naheed Shad </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Farhan Syed </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Syed Umar Khalid </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dr.Qaisar Abbas </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Saeed Qureshi </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tariq Hashmi </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yunus Ijaz</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">12:00 Session ends</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE BY CREDIT CARD</b></span> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tax deductible</span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> - </span></b></span><a href="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/" title="http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/">http://americatogetherfoundation.com/donate/</a></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u><b>OUR CULTURE</b></u>: 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.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<b><u>BONUS POETRY</u></b>: 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<sup>th</sup>; you can call me or OS Modgil about the guidelines.
<br />
<br />
<u><b>COMMUNICATIONS</b></u>: 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. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><u><b>OUR MISSION:</b></u> 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 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<br />
Thank you.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Contact:
<br />
<br />
Irfan Ali (940) 565-1723<br />
Javed Samuell Gill (214) 315-5253<br />
Anand Amarnani (214) 499-2663 <br />
Yunus Ijaz (469) 348-4353<br />
Saeed Qureshi (214) 493-3359<br />
Shazia Khan (972) 948-1965<br />
OS Modgil (214) 934-3438<br />
Mike Ghouse (214) 325-1916<br />
<br />
Sponsorships and donations are tax deductible. 501 (3) (c)<br />
Checks to be made to America together Foundation<br />
<br />
Mike Ghouse<br />
America Together foundation<br />
2665 Villa Creek Dr, Suite 206<br />
Dallas, TX 75234</span></span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-38863611372037618292014-05-30T18:50:00.002-07:002014-06-02T15:35:42.549-07:00Urdu Hindi Mushaera in Dallas on June 21, 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Dinner buffet 7:30-8:30 & Program begins right after that</i><br />This site is www.UrduHindi.Net</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">Urdu-Hindi Poetry Session (Mushaera/ Kavi
Sammelan)<br />Saturday June 21 7:30 PM -1:00 AM Mushaera<br /><br />Shamiana
Restaurant<br />1301 Custer Road, Plano, Tx 75075<br />$15/person - Dinner Buffet
ends at 9 PM<br /><br />It would be usual Mushaera. One poem per poet in the first
session.<br />Must register before 6/14 to schedule on this list.<br />email to
Urduhindinet@gmail.com<br /><br />However, if you can write a poem focusing on
Pluralism, i.e., respect for other faiths, cultures, races, gender and
nationalities, acknowledging the differences respectfully and making pathways to
live in harmony, you will get to read two poems, at this time, OS Modgil and I
will review the poems, please submit by 6/14 be included.<br /><br />Contact:
<br />Irfan Ali (940) 565-1723<br />Javed Gill (214) 315-5253<br />Yunus Ijaz (469)
348-4353<br />Saeed Qureshi (214) 493-3359<br />Shazia Khan (972) 948-1965<br />Anand
Punjabi (214) 499-2663<br />OS Modgil (214) 934-3438<br />Mike Ghouse (214)
325-1916<br /><br />Sponsorships and donations are tax deductible. 501 (3)
(c)<br />Checks to be made to America together Foundation<br /><br />Mike
Ghouse<br />America Together foundation<br />2665 Villa Creek Dr, Suite
206<br />Dallas, TX 75234</span></div>
<br />Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867531528595180832.post-19639161863923011862014-03-18T15:53:00.002-07:002014-08-28T13:01:22.034-07:00Urdu-Hindi language ranks # 2 most spoken language. <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span id="role_document" style="color: black;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Urdu/Hindi Language is listed as # 2 language in the most spoken by native speakers category after Mandarin. <br /><br />However, if it is just "understood category" it would be still # 2 after English. <br /><br />This is provided by the Department of State, though the number of people speaking Urdu-Hindi language should be much higher, as should English be. <br /><br />This is based on Native speakers of the language. For example, the Punjabi Pakistanis would be excluded from the list, even though that would add a significant number of people,... we can dispute all we want,but we have to go by whatever available measure there is. </span></span><span lang="0" style="color: black;">...............................................................................................................................
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