Searching for Qurratulain Hyder in a Delhi Kabristan

hi mayank

what a lovely post!
having read all the women writers you mentioned and Aapa too in translation, am very saddened to hear of her death.
have been in the US for a few years and somehow this obituary passed me by........

did you finally read Aag Ka Dariya?

kavita

The Queen of Urdu Literature will be crowned someday,

many years after she parted with life.

The same can be said about the language itself as the

"Tehzeeb" behind it diasappears slowly...

#5 Illiterate Southy Harimou

Considering the number people who speake or whose parents became literate b/c of Urdu certainly urdu is neglected.U sitting in Tamil nagar do not know how many geniuses of India were urdu literate although there progeny has been denied that b/c OF NEGLECT .One of the factor being b/c
Pakistan adopted it s its national language and Indian muslims And Urdu became enemies in there own land...Ignoramous

How many dozens of people speake or spoke Konkini Tulu dissociate ?

And you tamil dont crib ?about northern subjugating you in all central services.Why did you tamil self immolate youself cribbing about Hindi?

Burqa is so appreciated that your famous Southern writer KAMLA DAS started wearing and converted to Islam ...nincompoop

It reflects on secondary position of muslims in Inda. The lady went to pakistan and left for india as though inferior country with inferior race majority , just for love of land and at end hindu govt of India does not find money for even little stone on grave to be put and honored. All india peraised as she wrote books and translated n world language of english, all glory to india and finally muslims get just shaft in India. Sad pathetic things, India and all. Good night

re: #4

"I believe Quratul Ain will gradually emerge from oblivion after maybe another hundred years and at that time Indians will construct a small tomb to identify the location."

I hope such a day arrives in India, when Urdu can again shine and prosper...a major impediment in my opinion is the script...most Indians cannot read the Arabic script but can read the Devnagari script...Urdu cannot prosper in India unless it is patronised by Hindus who after all are the majority community and have a passion for literature and the arts...I don't understand the objections Muslims raise against Urdu written in the Devnagari script...why are Muslims the thekedaars of Urdu?...Urdu belongs to India and people should write and read the language in whichever script they feel comfortable.

Note: The following post may be offensive to professors of Muslim Studies and/or professors of North Indian Studies at minor American colleges.

Re hassann #4

[Quratul Ain Haider lived in India where urdu has been neglected over a period of sixty years.]

In India, EVERYTHING is neglected, not just Urdu.

I mean, where is Konkani or Tulu today?

How about Dardi, Balti, et., in Pakistan? They are dying too.

So, don't crib. Even though it is the handicap Muslims are generally born with. Cribbing, that is.

[All across India, you will find regional languages or Hindi on bill boards, road markers, street names, newspapers, radio and TV.]

At Varanasi and Allahabad railway stations, the destination signs are ALSO in Urdu. Probably in Lucknow too and in stations in between. Not that an illiterate Muslim will be able to read it just like an illiterate Hindu won't be able to read the Hindi lettering either.

[Even though urdu is still the most popular language of Indian Cinema, people always call it Hindi. Hearing both languages, it seems like Hindi and urdu are like two sisters but have different clothing.]

You got that. One of them is in a burqa.

[Indian muslims are generally poor and do not read her works.]

Indian muslims are generally illiterate and cannot read her works.

Well, actually, North Indians are generally illiterate and cannot read printed material.

Quratul Ain Haider lived in India where urdu has been neglected over a period of sixty years. All across India, you will find regional languages or Hindi on bill boards, road markers, street names, newspapers, radio and TV.

Even though urdu is still the most popular language of Indian Cinema, people always call it Hindi. Hearing both languages, it seems like Hindi and urdu are like two sisters but have different clothing.

If we take out the Arabic and Dev Nagri scripts, we find both languages very similar .

I believe Quratul Ain will gradually emerge from oblivion after maybe another hundred years and at that time Indians will construct a small tomb to identify the location.

Indian muslims are generally poor and do not read her works. So she has still not reached down to the level of common people. When that happens then she will be fondly remembered as a queen of urdu literature.

Aag ka dariya
This was discussd in 2002


http://www.chowk.com/articles/5622

you should read her, if you cant read the Urdu then the English translations are very good, am currently reading river of fire, its very interesting and a good read...

you should read her, if you cant read the Urdu then the English translations are very good, am currently reading river of fire, its very interesting and a good read...