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Nagpur chartered accountant’s unique way of keeping Urdu alive!
Nagpur’s well-known chartered accountant T S Rawal who also has a Masters degree in Urdu has come up with a unique way to promote and keep the Urdu language alive. He’s taking a six-week free class at India Peace Centre, Sadar, Nagpur wherein he’s teaching Urdu from scratch to people who have a penchant for the language. The class which started from October 5, 2016 will continue till mid November.
Sharing his story as to why he learnt Urdu himself in the first place, Rawal says, “My father was ten when he migrated from Pakistan (then India) to this part of India. He had a big library of Urdu books. After he passed away, I was going to throw the books but then I developed a curiosity to read them. So, just for the sake of reading what was there in the books my father left behind, I started learning Urdu language! Urdu is a beautiful language and about it Urdu poet Daagh Dehlvi once famously said ‘Urdu hai jiska naam, hum hi jaante hain Daagh, saare jaahan mein dhoom humari zabaan ki hain!'”
Urdu – A made in India language
T S Rawal says that contrary to popular perception, Urdu is actually a made in India language. He told Nation Next, “People think that Urdu originated from middle east but that’s certainly not the case. Urdu was developed in India in Delhi and the areas surrounding it when the Mughal army was camping there. Zaban–e Urdu–e Mualla is the original name of the language. Mualla in Zaban–e Urdu–e Mualla means exalted. It was the language of the camp of the royal army. Natives and armies from Arab, Persia, Turkey and other nations would gather and interact with each other in this language. A shayar once popularly said, ‘Agar Hindustan nahi hota, toh urdu bhi nahi hoti!‘ It is because of Hindustan, Urdu exists and it is the language of Hindustan.”
Downfall of Urdu
Explaining what exactly led to the downfall of Urdu, Rawal says, “Urdu, like Hindi is an Indo Aryan language. For Urdu, the script of the rulers at that point of time was adopted as the script for the language and that’s how Persian script was adopted for writing Urdu. This is the main reason for the confusion that Urdu is a foreign language. This confusion grew over the years and ultimately there was a political divide between Urdu and Hindi. Hindi language followers started sankritising Hindi and Urdu language followers started persianising Urdu. In the process, Urdu got labelled as a language of a community and that led to the downfall of the language. Let me tell you this: Languages don’t belong to communities, they belong to regions! When Urdu was dubbed as the language of a community, people stopped reading the basic script. The nuances of any language can be understood only with the help of the script of that language. There are some typical alphabets which are used only in Urdu and not in Hindi. A lot of people claim that they are good in Urdu but they fail to realise that when you don’t know the script, you don’t know the language. Without the basic script, the impurities in Urdu grew over time. Thankfully, Indian cinema, ghazals, songs and qawallis and people who spoke the Urdu kept it alive to a huge extent.”
All for the love of Urdu
Tejinder Singh Rawal started the Urdu class with two purposes: One – For doing his bit to keep the language alive and Two: For people who have a penchant for Urdu. Speaking about his class Rawal says, “I have designed a six-week course for this class, otherwise six years are not enough to learn Urdu! I used my Urdu education background for developing methods to make these people learn Urdu; basically help them move from Hindi to Urdu in a short period of time. It’s great that right in the second week, people in the class started developing small sentences in Urdu and they were able to read, write and communicate in Urdu. These people were a bit apprehensive initially but I told them that it’s my guarantee that they will be able to write and read Urdu in six weeks! And till the last person learns it, I will keep striving!” Rawal adds, ” Interestingly, there is research which states that learning Urdu can be a good cure for dementia and other mental illnesses because it rakes up your brain. You have to really think a lot to be able to read and write Urdu.”
Back to school!
Rawal’s class is attended by approximately 40 odd people. Some of these students are his friends but half of the people are people whom he did not know before. There are a few doctors, five chartered accountants, an income tax officer, a Deputy commissioner of Police, a Wing commander, a CBI officer and a chief accounts officer in the class. The youngest student is a 4th standard student and the oldest is a 70-year-old man. This man who’s a Muslim is attending Rawal’s class for the second time (he took a course earlier as well). It is because of this class that he can read the holy Quran in Arabic now. A Sikh teaching Urdu to a Muslim man – that’s the power of language; it binds people together!
Nagpur News
RMBRCN celebrates Charter Presentation & Installation, Rina Sinha becomes Charter President
The Rotary Means Business chapter of Rotary Club Of Nagpur (RMBRCN) celebrated their Charter Presentation and Installation of Board on September 17, 2023 in a crisp official ceremony at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur.
Rotary Means Business encourages Rotarians to support the success of their fellow Rotarians by doing business with them and by referring others to them.
Charter President Past President Rtn Rina Sinha presided over the ceremony. Renowned entrepreneur and Rotarian Aspi Bapuna, Chairman of Bapuna Group, was the Chief Guest and Rtn Namita Sharma, President of RCN, was the Guest of Honour.
The Board of Directors of RMBRCN include Rtn Navneet Jain, Vice President, Rtn Mohammed Master, Honorary Secretary, Rtn Sanjay Aggarwal Treasurer, Rtn Rakhi Bhatia Director Chapter Service, Rtn Rahul Shrivastava, Director Vocational Service, Dr Ruchi Choudhry, Director Membership Development, Ranjana Duseja, Director Attendance.
Past Rotary District Governor (PDG) Shabbir Shakir, Past Presidents- Bharat Goenka , Khushnoor Chugh, Sanjiv Chugh, Akhtar Parvez, Tejinder Singh Rawal, Alok Goenka, Jerestine Watchmaker, Sandeep Dhodapkar, Sanjay Arora, President RMB Nagpur, and Behram Patel and Amitabh Sinha were present.
President Rina Sinha informed that within a short period of its formation already 48 members representing various businesses have joined the chapter and the numbers are increasing . The Chapter has already crossed 5 crores of business amongst their members and RMB will further strengthen Rotary in membership growth and retention .
Chief Guest Rtn Aspi Bapuna lauded the chapter’s success and reiterated that its comfortable and safe to do business among fellow rotarians as all follow the Four Way Test of Rotary. Jerestine introduced President Rina. Aspi Bapuna presented the charter and installed President Rina Sinha . Rtn Namita congratulated the RMB chapter and informed that this is the new initiative at RCN.The Board was installed by Rina Sinha and all members were installed by the Past Presidents. An exclusive digital Monthly Magazine ‘Growth Engine’ was launched by Editor Niharika Chugh Vali.
Navneet Jain and Rahul Choudhry conducted the referral and thank you session where enthusiastic members informed about their successful business details. Nishchay Sinha launched the social media and MYRMB app which connects members to other chapters digitally, Treasurer Sanjay Agarwal gave treasurers report, Rtn Rakhi Bhatia managed the event. Rtn Parag Datey and Niharika were the Masters of Ceremony (MOCs). Secretary Mohammed Master proposed the formal Vote of Thanks .
Nagpur News
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates double-decker electric bus availed for senior citizens in Nagpur
Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, on Saturday, inaugurated the double-decker electric bus designed for senior citizens in Nagpur. The initiative has been undertaken in association with Ashok Leyland’s CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Committee and Jyeshtha Nagarik Pratishthan.
Executive President of Jyeshtha Nagarik Pratishthan Datta Meghe, Vice Chairman of Ashok Leyland Limited Yash Sachar, CEO of Switch Mobility Mahesh Babu, and other dignitaries were present during the inauguration.
“I am very thankful to Ashok Leyland’s electric vehicle arm ‘Switch Mobility’ for donating an electric bus for our senior citizens. The bus can hold a capacity of 65 people and will benefit a lot to disabled and senior citizens,” Gadkari said.
“We already have a green Electra bus available to us for the past five to six years. Krishna Reddy has taken the responsibility of repairing and providing air-conditioning to the bus, moreover, he is providing us with one additional bus. A Tata Motor bus will be arriving this month as well, giving us a total of four buses to operate. This will solve the issue of waiting list due to the lack of buses for senior citizens in the city.” he added.
With the help of these buses, senior citizens can avail the benefit of free trips to religious places like Ambhora, Adasa, Shegaon, Mahur, Dhapewada, and Kalamb.
Also read: NMC confiscates 117 PoP idols, collects Rs 10,000 fine from seller
A 38-year-old married man named Manish alias Raj Yadav, on Sunday, committed suicide during a Facebook live-stream after allegedly being accused of rape by his girlfriend and her family in Nagpur.
During the live stream, Manish, who was married and a father to three children, stated that his 19-year-old girlfriend, Kajal, along with her family members demanded a sum of five lakh rupees and threatened to press charges of rape if he failed to do so.
On September 6, the situation became grave as the woman’s family accused him of eloping after Kajal went missing from her residence.
The deceased refused the claims of having any sexual relationship with the woman and identified her, her family, and a photo studio operator responsible for his condition. He, then, jumped into the river.
After the live video surfaced online, Kalamna Police launched a search operation and recovered the deceased’s body from the river. Four people have been detained in the case for questioning. Further investigation is underway.
Also read: NMC confiscates 117 PoP idols, collects Rs 10,000 fine from seller
RMBRCN celebrates Charter Presentation & Installation, Rina Sinha becomes Charter President
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates double-decker electric bus availed for senior citizens in Nagpur
Nagpur: Married man accused of girlfriend’s rape commits suicide on Facebook live
NMC confiscates 117 PoP idols, collects Rs 10,000 fine from seller
Jayaswal Neco group celebrate BL Shaw’s 90th Birthday, 50th Founder’s Day in a huge gala event in Nagpur
Queen’s coffin laid to rest in Edinburgh for the night
2 charred to death, 1 injured during funeral in Nagpur
SUV blows up parked cars, climbs on footpath leaving 5 injured at Nagpur’s Panchsheel Chowk
4 arrested for gang raping 30-yr-old at New Delhi railway station
8-yr-old sits by road with brother’s body as father tries to arrange vehicle to return home
Nagpur entrepreneur Siddharth Prasad launches Brew 31
Dance enthusiasts, friends pay tribute in loving memory of Tiki Peters in Nagpur
Nagpur’s who’s who seek Lord Shiva’s blessings during Gupta’s customary Maha Shivratri celebrations
Shivaji Jayanti celebrations held at DPS Kamptee in Nagpur
