Battle to save Urdu: Key meeting on Jan 25 to shape its future in Telangana

Hyderabad: Representatives of various organisations will meet on January 25 to discuss the challenges and future of the Urdu language in Telangana as concerns over its neglect and marginalisation grow.

Mohibban-e-Urdu (Urdu Lovers) will organise the meeting on January 25 at 2 pm at Media Plus, Gun Foundry, Abids, Hyderabad. Presided over by Tahreek Muslim Shabban, president, Mohammed Mushtaq Mallik, the session aims to address critical issues threatening the survival of Urdu and its institutions in the State. The acute shortage of Urdu teachers has left many Urdu-medium schools on the verge of closure.

Despite a seven-year wait since the last teacher recruitment notification in 2017, the latest DSC-2024 process filled only 517 of the 1,183 posts reserved for Urdu medium, leaving 666 positions vacant due to reserved category constraints. The government’s inability to fill these posts has dealt a severe blow to the Urdu-medium education system, endangering its very existence and betraying the hopes of aspiring teachers and students.

Equally troubling is the government’s failure to implement Urdu as the second official language, despite the Telangana Official Languages (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The bill, passed in recognition of the State’s 12.69% Urdu-speaking population, has been reduced to little more than lip service. Official signboards are missing Urdu signage, press releases and communication are rarely issued in the language, and the recruitment of only 66 Urdu translators since the bill’s passage underscores the lack of commitment to this cause.

The neglect of Urdu institutions and their assets has compounded the crisis. Once-proud organisations like Idara-e-Adabiyat-e-Urdu are being exploited. A prime land belonging to the society has been sold away to private parties at a throwaway price in a questionable compromise. Institutions such as the Urdu Arts College in Himayatnagar and Urdu Ghar in Moghalpura face similar threats, with inadequate funding and official indifference undermining their ability to serve as custodians of Urdu’s cultural and educational heritage.

Prominent personalities, including leaders of religious and social organisations, writers, poets and journalists, will address the meeting to deliberate on these pressing issues. With the stakes higher than ever, the session is expected to ignite a collective effort to preserve the Urdu language, its institutions, and its legacy, which has been an integral part of Telangana’s identity for centuries. (NSS)

YISU Announces Ongoing Admissions

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