Friday, January 18, 2013

In search Of Rich Cultural Past

REQUIREMENTS FOR KING KHALID UNIVERSITY, K S A

Dear Candidate,
We would like to inform you that a delegation from King Khalid University has been scheduled to visit India 9th February 2013. They will visit New Delhi on 09/02/2013 and Bangalore on 15/02/2013. The requirement of the university is hereby attached.

The interview schedule both for New Delhi and Bangalore are as follows:

Day
Date
Timing of Interview

Saturday
09/02/13
Arrival at New Delhi at 3.50am by Jet Airways 547
Sunday
10/02/13
10 am to 5 pm at New Delhi

Monday
11/02/13
10 am to 5 pm, at New Delhi

Tuesday
12/02/13
10 am to 5 pm, at New Delhi

Wednesday
13/02/13
10 am to 5 pm, at New Delhi

Thursday
14/02/13
Departure from New Delhi at 7.10 am, arrival at Bangalore at 9.46 am on 14/2/2013.
Friday
15/02/13
10 am to 5 pm at Bangalore

Saturday
16/02/13
10 am to 5 pm at Bangalore

Sunday
17/02/13
10 am to 5 pm at Bangalore

Monday
18/02/13
Departure for KSA
No Interview


Resurgent Urdu & the Emergence of an Inclusive Discourse

Dear Friends,
I am writing this note as the General Secretary of the Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind) to all allies who can help rescue Urdu from the grave quagmire it is currently confined in, branded as a ‘Muslim language’, ‘language of terrorists’, ‘synonymous with Pakistan’, etc., Urdu’s glorious reign seems a thing of the past. Urdu, unlike the current misnomer, is a secular language and boasts a literature that has been enriched by literary greats from the Muslim community and people from other faiths as well, notwithstanding the fact that Urdu was used by missionary forces among Muslims. Missionaries, of course, no matter which faith they ascribe to, use all resources at their mercy for proselytization; so also in the case of Urdu and Muslims. The interesting thing is that when Urdu was the predominant language in undivided India, anti-Urdu forces, some of whom later campaigned for Hindi nationalism, used the Urdu script to oppose Urdu and promote that particular brand of Hindi.