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Andhra Pradesh
S. Harpal Singh
cause for cheer: Adilabad DRDA -IKP Project Director G. Gopi is one of the people delighted after implementation of the Government Order on Urdu.
ADILABAD: “Urdu hai jiska naam hameen jante hain Daag, Saare jahan mein dhoom hamari zuban ki hai,” a proud Daag Dehalvi had penned this to denote the place of pride the language had occupied once. In its hey days, Urdu was said to be envied even by nymphs for the dedicated and doting kind of lovers it boasted of. The distancing away of this language from employment opportunities since some time has heralded bad times for it. Status accorded
However, having accorded it the status of second official language in a few districts in Andhra Pradesh, the Government endeavours to restore its importance. Yet, minus the typical ‘tehzeeb’ or refined culture associated with it, restoration of the lost glory may not be possible. There were quite a few literary personalities from Adilabad who went on to become famous internationally among the given circles. Old timers remember humour poets Pagal Adilabadi and Fareed Anjum who were regulars at Mushairas in many countries in the World. “Urdu’s Lingua Franca status made learned person root in it. Mother tongues did not matter when it came to learning the language. Mushairas were the high points in promotion of the language until the late seventies. Initiation of globalisation in the eighties spelt doom for Urdu,” recalled Syed Mubarak Hussain, an employee in the Survey and Land Records department and a regular of the Urdu circuit. Mushairas
Personalities like Khursheed Farhat, a former Excise department employee and the late advocate Ismail Qureshi and Adilabad MLA Masood Ahmed Khursheed spent fortunes for organising mushairas in Adilabad attended by renowned poets from far and wide. “Happy days are here for the language as more and more Urdu medium schools are being opened thanks to the Government creating at least teacher jobs for Urdu medium students. Introducing Urdu as optional second language in all the schools will also go a log way in promoting it,” opined Mubarak Hussain.
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