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RE: The Crisis of Anglo-Urdu: Preserving Our Linguistic and Cultural Identity [ENG-URDU]
Tbh, every topic of your's excite me, primarily because of two reasons: it is associated with Pakistan and it expresses the actual Pakistani concerns. Being a student of English Literature and Linguistics, I can assure you that language and culture are interconnected, one cannot exist without the other. The Englishman had left us 75 years ago, but as you said, we are still a slave to their ideologies and everything. We do know that Urdu is a 'lashkari zaban' yet we don't know anything about it. Alas! Even I cannot understand the Ghalib's couplets, and I had to read the translated text to understand 🙃. However, it was not fun, because as they say, translated text looses it's actual meaning.
Furthermore, Urdu is one thing and it is the national language of Pakistan, the other languages - Punjabi especially- are not even given the importance this close. People need to understand if a language dies it takes the entire culture with it. We, Pakistanis, need to preserve our heritage, our culture and our core values.
And the fun part is I choose to write in English rather than اردو.
You made me blush! I will say less, but I will also try to make you happy.
Go straight to the comment section and check out the women’s sarcasm... :)
https://youtube.com/shorts/53u89VZ0oEk?si=6vDr-jX09XZG6ACf
It is quite difficult to safeguard our culture since we are a hybrid (Lashkari, the language of war camps).
We observe a 'slave mindset' from time to time:
'Beta, sit un ky sath'
'Beta, jaldi jaldi drink karo'
'Beta, go un ky sath'
'Beta, bhai ky sath play karo'
It is a sick mindset. Our children end up not learning Urdu, which ultimately affects their personalities. As parents and future parents, we cannot ignore these 'silent killer' topics of concern.