Know what is Urdu for Javed Akhtar...
<p>Veteran writer Javed Akhtar while launching his Urdu poetry album ‘Shayarana – Sartaj’ along with his wife Shabana Azmi, emphasized the importance of Urdu not only for him but for te country too, While his book launch he also said that Urdu is not a Pakistani Language but has originated from India.he further spoke about the poems in the nearly extinct language ‘Urdu’ from Punjab and praised Dr. Satinder Sartaaj for keeping it alive. FurtherUrdu hasn’t come from any other place…it is our own language. It isn’t spoken outside Hindustan…Pakistan also came into existence after partition from India, earlier it was a part of India only. So, the language isn’t spoken outside Hindustan…” talking about his loved towards the language he state, ” Also Read : Virushka seeks Blessing at Mahakaleshwar at Ujjain, ahead of IND vs Aus matchTalking about the contribution Puinjab has for urdu he said, “Punjab has a big contribution towards Urdu and it is the language of India! But why did you </p>
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Veteran writer Javed Akhtar while launching his Urdu poetry album ‘Shayarana – Sartaj’ along with his wife Shabana Azmi, emphasized the importance of Urdu not only for him but for te country too, While his book launch he also said that Urdu is not a Pakistani Language but has originated from India.
he further spoke about the poems in the nearly extinct language ‘Urdu’ from Punjab and praised Dr. Satinder Sartaaj for keeping it alive. FurtherUrdu hasn’t come from any other place…it is our own language. It isn’t spoken outside Hindustan…Pakistan also came into existence after partition from India, earlier it was a part of India only. So, the language isn’t spoken outside Hindustan…” talking about his loved towards the language he state, ”
Talking about the contribution Puinjab has for urdu he said, “Punjab has a big contribution towards Urdu and it is the language of India! But why did you leave this language? Because of partition? Because of Pakistan? Urdu should be given attention. Earlier it was only Hindustan – Pakistan later separated from Hindustan. Now Pakistan said that Kashmir is ours…will you believe that? I think ‘No’! Likewise, Urdu is a Hindustan(i) language and it remains (so). Nowadays, new generation youths speak less Urdu and Hindi in our country. Today more focus is on English. We must speak in Hindi because it’s our national language.”
According to the Veteran, lyricist language has nothing to do with religion but with the region, the people belong to. last month when Javed Akhtar traveled to Pakistan in memory of renowned Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz. A video of Javed speaking about the relations between India and Pakistan had become viral on social media.
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