Lingo Woes Across The Radcliff Line

``The normalization of relations between the two great rivals in South Asia ``

Great rivals? Only one is great another is a pig sty.

``Everywhere an amalgam of English and local languages has given rise to “P-English``

With Talibanic mindset and 5% literacy rate in Pukiland do you really believe this ...


This is not venom, this is reality ....

I think this article is based on highly faulty premises (even though its intentions may be good).

We live in times when technology has - for all practical purposes - removed ``language`` as a barrier - at least for the educated classes.

Tinkering with the script and the language does not change the content it is intended to communicate. Languages evolve with the people - so that`s where the focus need to be.

#4 Rahulmal
[Hindi is the language of the laggards...]

I am heartbroken - but still carry on - lagging far, far behind!

With the amount of venom spewed non stop by many Indians at Chowk, I wonder if the writer is living in Alice in Woderland. Not only here but whereever there is a Board with the Indians and Pakistanis, the story repeats itself.

As for EM, It is a defective theory. Just because somebody feels that the muslims have yet to undergo the modernity phase a la islamic fashion never makes it plausible.

Cheerios

Abey Jihadists in your country will kill you.

Try to persuade Jihadis like Atif and Khamkhwa first.

and the point is?

and the point is?

I didn`t know that Indo-Pak border was demarcated by Radcliffe. I wouldn`t have read this article if not for the title :-)

Methinks the role of script in communication is exaggerated. After all, we do read a lot of Urdu, even the pretentious shero-shairi stuff in Devanagari. Moreover, the divergence of language has been bridged to a certain extent by cable TV & internet. I`ve seen Pakistani comedians in `The Great Indian Comedy show` aired on Star One channel. Also, Pakistani bands like Strings perform pretty regularly in India.

Neways, we are discussing something which is least important in the larger scheme of things. If the current trend continues, our languages would become extinct before Asiatic Lion. The language of board rooms, discourse of intelligentsia and fawning of elite is English. English is the stepping stone to success in all walks of life. Hindi is the language of laggards, the unfortunate who have been left behind in the shove to summit. Perhaps, it is my ignorance, but I can`t think of any Hindi writer of repute in the last couple of decades. It is dying a slow painful death.

The author needs to be appreciated that he is one of the many on both sides of the border who envision two countries living side by side in peace and harmony. The path of course is long and difficult with lots of impediments but yes , we must walk on and on for the desired goal.

A lot will depend upon the individuals of both the countries. The TV channels are playing their roles.

But we have to keep in minds that India is for Indians and Pakistan is for Pakistanis and vice-versa cannot be true. This would require that both of us respect each others` religion, culture, traditions etc. Whereever their are commanilities, it is good, but wherever we have differences, it is also equally good.

Nice name, dude, although jhamela has a more familiar ring.

There are forces increasing the distance between languages on both sides of the border, and forces bringing them closer. In India, urdu in Devanagari script is becoming very popular and has a great future.

``The new Pakistani leadership with its vision of “Enlightened Moderation” in the masses can be a prominent force behind this revolution``

Is this a bit of biting sarcasm? Or is the author truly serious? The Chaudharies of Gujrat are the epitmoe of Enlightened Moderation? Or is it the president who does not Utaro his Wardi because the emporor does not have any clothes? This piece is pure fluff, lotsa fancy words without a concrete point.