Dareechah-e-Nigaarish
Toronto, ON
Canada
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Modern Punjabi Poetry and Punjabi Language in Pakistani Punjab
See my BlogPost on WordPress about Reviving Punjab but also nurturing Urdu in Pakistani Punjab
Unfortunately, the start of the year 2021 has witnessed the launch of an extremist social campaign on social media about the future of the Punjabi language in Pakistani Punjab.
A group of Punjabi writers and scholars are advocating that Urdu is a foreign language in the Pakistani Punjab and should be removed from this province while Punjabi should be revived.
These writers and scholar are advocating that Urdu no longer needs to be taught in the schools, colleges and universities of Pakistani Punjab nor should Urdu be allowed to remain the official language in Punjab Provincial Government offices, courts, provincial assembly et cetera.
Instead, they argue that Punjabi should be made a mandatory subject in schools and at the intermediate level in colleges throughout Pakistani Punjab at the expense of Urdu. They believe that Urdu is not needed as "raabtay kee zubaan" which would allow Punjabi people to communicate with Sindhi, Balochi, Pushtoon, Kashmiri, Gilgati and Balti people residing in the various provinces of the Pakistani Republic.
I feel that this is an extremist view and that BOTH Urdu and Punjabi should be taught in schools, colleges and universities of Pakistani Punjab. There could be many solutions possible. One option would be to make the teaching of Punjabi an Optional subject at the school and college level while keeping Urdu a Comnpulsory subject in schools and colleges. Another solution could be to make BOTH Punjabi and Urdu a Compulsory subject in schools and at the intermediate level in colleges.
I am all for an open, transparent debate on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube et cetera on this topic and I urge Pakistani Punjabis to remain polite in these social media debates and refrain from hate speech. This is the minimum that one can ask from a society nowadays.
ایس پنجابی شاعری دے سیکشن وچ ایہناں شاعراں دا کلام رکھے آ گیا اے
پنجابی شاعری کمپیوٹر وِچ ٹائپ کرں ڑ وِچ مشکلاں
شِو کمار بٹالوی سوانحی خاکہ
شِو کمار بٹالوی نظماں
شِو کمار بٹالوی گیت
شِو کمار بٹالوی میوزک وڈیوز
نسرین انجم بھٹی
سیّد آصف علی شاہکار
منظور جھّلا گیت
منظور جھلّا میوزک وڈیوز
احمد راہی پنجابی گیت تے وڈیوز
تنویر نقوی پنجابی گیت تے وڈیوز
حزیں قادری گیت تے وڈیوز
پنجابی لوک گیت
پنجابی لوک گیت وڈیوز
پنجابی لوک گیت آڈیو گیلری
شاہ حسین کافیاں
سرائیکی گیت
نویں پنجابی گیت
پنجابی فیوژن میوزک گیت
Modern Punjabi Poetry
Dareechah-e-Nigaarish
Toronto, ON
Canada
talat