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صحتِ املا کے اصول‘‘: ایک تجزیاتی مطالعہ’’
No full textUrdu orthography has many issues and some of them are very old. The problem arises when the same words are spelt differently by different writers and scholars. The author has taken up such issues with a reference to Rasheed Hasan Khan’s famous book ‘Urdu imla’ and some other older works. Additionally, the works by some scholars on Urdu orthography that have been published recently have also come under the discussion and the writer has suggested, with logical and academic reasoning, the adoption of certain spellings of certain Urdu words and dropping or phasing out of some of the disputed spellings. The article takes into account the works of many scholars and the approach is inclusive, not exclusive
(اردو اور ہندی کے اشتراکات اور اختلافات (ڈاکٹر گوپی چند نارنگ کی نظر میں
No full textThe Hindi-Urdu controversy gave rise to some questions regarding Urdu and Hindi languages. Some feel they are one and the same language. Some say it is one language written in two different scripts and some have written that they are two languages with two different scripts. The writers of this article have taken up the question against the backdrop of what Gopi Chand Narang has written on the issue. They feel that Narang’s point of view, contrary to his predecessors, is balanced, logical and based on the knowledge of linguistic science. Thus quoting from Narang, the article discusses the aspects of Urdu and Hindi that make these two languages similar yet different
دیوندر ستیارتھی کی اردو افسانہ نگاری: ادبی و سماجی مطالعہ
No full textDevendra Satyarhti (1908-2003) was a writer of Urdu and Hindi. He was a folklorist as well and collected thousands of Urdu and Hindi folk songs by wandering around in India for decades. This gave him a deep sense and insight about how people, especially in the rural areas, lived and what their problems and sentiments were. This insight also reflected in his Urdu and Hindi short stories. The writer of this paper regrets that in spite of having written over 100 Urdu short stories, the critics and researchers have largely ignored Satyarhti and he has almost been forgotten. Taking into account Satyarthi’s Urdu short stories, the paper analyses the social milieu that Satyarthi has presented, successfully capturing the essence of life in our rural areas
ساغر نظامی اور عزیز احمد کی ناشرین نے مکاتبت
No full textAziz Ahmed and Saghar Nizami were two prominent writers and poets of Urdu. This article presents the correspondence and agreement's inked for the publication of these writers’ books. The author has mentioned that these papers are a part of his personal collection and says that it shows Saghar Nizami was a bit naive while dealing with the publisher, but Aziz Ahmed appears to be more sensible. The correspondence, penned some 70 to 80 years ago, shows some interesting aspects of the personalities of these writers and their publishers
فری میسن، جمال الدین افغانی اور تحریکِ اتحادِ اسلامی
No full textWilfrid Scawen Blunt was an English poet and writer but he played a vital role in shaping the politics and society in some Islamic countries such as Egypt and tried to mould the beliefs of some prominent Islamic leaders such as Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. In his efforts he was joined by Jamaluddin Afghani, a proponent of Pan-Islamism but whose personality and activities were as mysterious and unexplained as his views and policies. This paper proves that Afghani was a free mason working in the garb of a Pan-Islamist. Both Afghani and Blunt tried to mould the Islamic movements' direction in Egypt and elsewhere towards ethnic or local nationalism and spread of Arab nationalism instead of one and united Muslim world
Bulleh Shah: Thought and Praxis
No full textBulleh Shah is one of the most well-known and loved poets of the Punjabi language. This article describes with quotations from his Punjabi poetry that Bulleh Shah did not believe in the beliefs and practices of common people who had been influenced by the Brahmanic concept of class system. In those days Punjab was passing through a tumultuous period of its history and the common Muslims abhorred those who belonged to lower social layers. Bulleh Shah expressly said in his poetry that he did not believe in such ideas and humanity was a preferred idea to him
ضلع علی گڑھ کی تعلیمی مردم شماری پر سرسیّد کا نایاب رسالہ
No full textIn district Aligarh an educational census was carried out, detailing the number of educational institutions working in the district and the number of registered students getting education there. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had written a detailed report on the census and analysed its results and statistics. The report presents a true picture of the status of the Muslim and Hindu students in the area in those days. Sir Syed's views on the education too are vividly presented in the report. This paper reproduces the report with a note describing the background.
مشائخِ سندھ کے مجموعہ ہاے مضامین کا جائزہ
No full textIn Sindh, a province of Pakistan, many religious figures have contributed towards religious studies in the shape of articles and these articles have also been published in the form of books. This articles traces, evaluates and analyses such collections of Urdu essays and discusses every article with a emphasis on both contents and language as well as their background
تقابلِ ادیان، عیسائیت اور گارسیں دتاسی
No full textGarcin de Tassy is one of the most well-known of orientalists who researched and wrote about Urdu/Hindi/Hindustani language and literature. Though much has been written on him in Urdu and most of his works on Urdu have been translated but a strange aspect of his writings has always been ignored: Garcin de Tassy was an enthusiastic supporter of Christianity and Christian Missionaries working for the spread of their religion in India. He shows a distinct bias in favour of those Missionaries and expressly supports those Indians who had converted to Christianity. But strangely, this attitude of his has been totally ignored by the researchers of Urdu and this article describes in detail the bias with relevant references
لسان اور لسانیات: چند جدید پہلو
No full textIn Urdu, not much has been written on language and linguistics and whatever little is written is now obsolete and old-fashioned. This article offers some new aspects and definitions of language and linguistics and explains the new progress made in the field. It gives the subfields of linguistics, some prominent features common in the languages of the world and criticises those who have quoted the definitions of language and linguistics from some 80-year-old dictionaries