The writer seems to have missed the point that Urdu has flourished in Pakistan and has connected people.
ISLAMABAD: This is with reference to Raza Rumi’s article of February 4, titled “Myths about the Urdu language”. One can always promote cultural dialogue in Pakistan.
The writer seems to have missed the point that Urdu as a national language has flourished in Pakistan and has connected people unlike India, where people from different regions speak English in order to converse with each other. So, in that sense it does connect people who do not speak or share regional languages.
Also, the Bengalis did not “reject” Urdu, they asked for an equal status for Bangla which was ignored. I travel to different places in Pakistan and can communicate with people in Urdu. I enjoy the local accents and versions of the language with regional additions to it. If I had to learn regional languages it would take me a very long time to communicate with people and do my work.
Sadia Mahmood
Published in The Express Tribune, February 8th, 2012.
