Mirza Ghalib- Urdu Poet who introduced a Unique Expression

Ghalib introduced a new style of poetic expressions in Urdu Poetry based on humor, wit and romance. His poetry depicts different circumstances he faced at diverse times in life. He expressed even the hardest time of his life being amused and clever. Chunk of expression is easy and thought provoking which makes reader to feel and touch the subject in real.  Ghalib was highly intellectual poet no one is aware about his qualification but his strength of expression has convinced every one about his ability and understanding on life and literature.

Despite his golden creative work people are forgetting his efforts and originality. Especially it is painful to see the Indian Government who is numb about brutal happenings with the last resort of the Ghalib. His haveli in Gali Qasimjan in Ballimaran is being considered as the ordinary residence. At different times people have used it as wedding palace and rest area for laborers working around. Even the initiative of Indian Government to construct a Monument has failed because nothing more than evacuation and substandard painting was done to preserve the last place of Urdu poet.

It is evident from the history; people who never honored their leaders have always failed in making out difference as progressive nation. Today Urdu language is facing different challenges which are generating different national Queries. 

To revive the status it is collective responsibility of every Urdu Speaker to play his role for the betterment of Urdu language.

Importance of Ghazals in Urdu Language

Ghazal is one of the best corner stone of Poetry. The trend of ghazal has been started from ancient Iran in 10^th century. The roots of the Urdu ghazal come from Persian “Qasida” and unique part of the qasida known as tashbib.

With the help of ghazals, poets convey a real message and it is too short in its length. Mostly the unique ghazals is written only seven to eight verses .Due to its Shortness, thematic variety, brevity and high scope Qasida become a most popular poetic form in Iran.

 When the Muslims influence from 12^th century; the ghazals spurred its wings and at that time Mughals bore their civilization and culture regarding poetry and literature, so Urdu poetry become great influenced accordingly. When the Mughals known that Urdu is the language of culture, civilization and the mixture of Indian subcontinent then they try to grow and develop the elements of Urdu poetry and literature.

Ghazals originated with Amir Khusro from (1253-1325) in Northern Indian Subcontinent. In early stages Ghazal got the popularity in Deccan and afterwards it is sophisticated in the court of Bijapur under the Muslims ruler.

 Initially the Urdu ghazals grow with great efforts of our famous poets like Mirza Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib, Meer Dard, Quli Qutab shah, Zauq, Sauda and many more. 

 Nowadays the great inventions and newly dimensions of daily lives of love, Ghazals gained more popularity.

Sub-Continent of the Urdu culture

Urdu is a centuries old language of the world. It was developed from several other languages and considered as the sweetest language. Some of the very interesting facts of the Urdu literature are as follows.

The beginning of the Urdu culture

The soldiers of the British Army were different races in the development of Urdu Language. Finally the royal courts picked it as an official language after the English language. The Persian was the official language before the Urdu Language. The Mughal incorporated a great deal with the Sanskrit words into the Persian language to make the Urdu language. The embarrassment of Persian words was also added to increase its multi-culture and broad-based appeal.

Division centers of the Urdu culture

At the time of the division of Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan, the blooming centers of the Urdu language are;

          1.  Hyderabad Deccan

          2. zimpur

          3. Ahmadabad

          4. Bihar

          5. Delhi

          6. Lucknow

The above cities are still the centers of Urdu culture. The most popular and big city of Pakistan is Karachi is also a great centre of Urdu speaking people and the Karachi is the home of many Indian migrated generations.

Urdu culture in Pakistan

Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and statistics shows the 6% people of Pakistan have Urdu is the mother tongue. The population of Karachi is very large and it is the main source of promoting Urdu Language. This is the reason that Urdu has reached all parts of Pakistan.

Promotion of the Urdu culture 

The promotion of Urdu culture only possible by different ways as mentioned above. The Pakistan and Indian movies and the popular fiction is help to spread the Urdu culture.

Urdu is only the source of national reliability and India-Pakistan synchronization. So, we should be efforts to promote the Urdu Language on the individual levels and on the government levels.

Role of IBN-E-INSHA in promoting Urdu

The Urdu fans must always be very thankful to Ibn e Insha, for he is a great man, who single-handedly did so much for the promotion of Urdu.

The greatness of ibn e Insha is hard to be matched by any other person who claims to be a lover of the Urdu language and who wants to work for the cause of promotion of the Urdu language.

Ibn e Insha as a writer
Look at Ibn e Inshas profile as an Urdu writer may surprise many people. Ibn e Insha was not just an ordinary text writer who spends life writing in one place. Ibn e Insha impressed out several functions for him and was highly successful in each one of them.

Ibn e Insha as a comedian
Ibn e Insha was a great stand-up. Ibn e Insha used to integrate humor in his writings. This is a reason why he was loved by the masses. His books are always fun to read. Famous books of Ibn e Insha as a humorist are Dunya Gol Hai and Khumar-e-Gandum.

The following Urdu Quote explains the potential of Ibn e Insha as an Urdu poet.

ub shehar kay loag na rasta daiN, kyuN bun maiN na jaa bus raam karaiN

DeevanoN key see na baath karay toe aur karay deevaana kya

Ibn e Insha as a columnist
Ibn e Insha used to write very funny columns regularly. On the surface, the columns look like to be funny. However, in fact these columns were a way to point out the social issues.

Ibn e Insha as the founder of the Urdu popular fiction digests

Ibn e Insha always understood the potential of Urdu as the national language and wanted to promote it. Therefore, he came up with a creative idea. He started Urdu popular digest monthly .The names of these digest are Khawateen Digest, Shua, and Kiran. These Urdu digest are very popular among women and playing a great role in the promotion of the Urdu language.

Dialects of Urdu/Hindi languages

Urdu is precisely classified as an Indo-European language on the Western Hindi branch of the language ranking. It does not only share roots with Hindi, but linguists actually classify Hindi-Urdu as one language with four different tongue: Hindi, Urdu, Dakhini and Rekhta (used in Urdu poetry).

Dialects differ from each other in the same way languages accomplish, structure, sounds, phonology, and semantic. Two ways of speaking change into two different languages due to the degree of difference rather than the types of differences.

 Think about American English and British English, or even different dialects of English within your own country. Speakers may use slightly different grammatical structures, sound a bit different, and sometimes use different words to mean certain things, but they can still understand each other most of the time. Two ways of speaking are said to be two dialects of the same language when there is reciprocal simplicity, meaning that the two speakers can understand each other.

The division is mainly a political one before the partition of India into India and Pakistan, spoken Hindi and Urdu were considered the same language, Hindustani. Apart from the difference in writing systems, the other main difference between Hindi and Urdu is that Hindi contains more vocabulary from Sanskrit, while Urdu contains more vocabulary from Persian.

Role of Urdu in national Integration

Language is the only media by which one can express his ideas and feelings. It plays a vital role in building the character of an individual and the whole nation. Languages bring the man closer each other and it creates a sense of harmony among the people. Pakistan has many languages chief of them being Pashto, Panjabi, Sindi and Kashmiri.

At the time of   Independence Quaid-e-Azam said in the clear words that the National Language of Pakistan would be Urdu .He said:

 “Let me take it clear that the national language of Pakistan is going to be Urdu and n other language. Without one state language no nation can remain tied up solidity together”

Languages were formed and changed gradually. Languages have rapidly changed as well. The greatest reason of change in language is due to socialization and intersection. Strongly interactive cultures show rapid changes. The cultures which are isolated in a tribe or in a geographical area show a slow change in language. If there is a lack of interaction there is a lack of adaptation of values and behaviors from other cultures.

Urdu evolved over a period of centuried by cultural between local and people of north Sub continent and Muslims of Arabia, Iran and Turkey. The base of this language is Prakrit; an Aryan language. The script of Urdu is modified form of Persian. Urdu is a word of Turkish language and its literal meaning is camp.

Being the national language of the country, it is the binding forces in different parts of Pakistan.The officers have adopted Urdu language in their official and the Government has published a dictionary containing Urdu terms for the office work. The Urdu Development Board and "Anjuman-e-Taraqqi-e-Urdu" are trying to give Urdu a place in society and it is hope that Urdu would find its place in society within short period of time.