The Urdu script is not merely a collection of a few lines and circles; rather, it is one of the crowning glories of Indian civilization. Due to its beauty, its ability to accommodate more words in less space, its potential for artistic diversity, and its connection with Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit, the Urdu script is the very soul of the language. In the current circumstances, the proposal to change the Urdu script is, in reality, a proposal to put Urdu to death. Sadly, the opponents of Urdu and its enemies disguised as friends have long made its script the target of their hostility.
Changing the Urdu script is detrimental to both the Urdu language and its literature. An altered script, whether Roman or Devanagari, would deal such a severe blow to both the language and literature that they might never recover. The invaluable literary wealth written in Urdu's own script over the past five to six hundred years would be almost entirely lost. We are already quite impoverished when it comes to good editions of our classical texts. It is futile and delusional to expect a culture and society that fails to keep the most important texts of its greatest writers available in the market to transfer all its past heritage into a new script and make it widely accessible.
If the script is changed, not even ten years will pass before both the language and its literature turn to dust, and this is exactly what the enemies of Urdu desire with all their hearts. Even now, the situation is such that neither a reliable complete works of Mir nor of Mir Anees is available in the market. Let alone Premchand, Nazir Ahmad, Manto, Rashid-ul-Khairi, Hasan Nizami, Bedi, Amjad Hyderabadi, and others. However, their old editions still exist, and readers can still read them. Once the Urdu script becomes Roman or Devanagari, their readers will gradually vanish into thin air.
Suppose a way is found to first transfer all of Urdu's high literature into Roman or Devanagari; the funds required for this task would be enough to run an entire government. The second difficulty would be that when we cannot even find fully accurate and reliable editions in the Urdu script itself, which edition would be considered authentic enough to be transliterated into Devanagari or Roman? A change of script causes a colossal loss for any language. For a vulnerable language like Urdu, already caught like a tongue between thirty-two teeth, one cannot even imagine the depths of degradation it would fall into after losing its script.
The Urdu script is not merely a collection of a few lines and circles; rather, it is one of the crowning glories of Indian ciwilization Due to its beauty, its ability to accommodate more words in less space, its potential for artistic diwersity, and its connection with Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit, the Urdu script is the wery soul of the language In the current circumstances, the proposal to change the Urdu script is, in reality, a proposal to put Urdu to death Sadly, the opponents of Urdu and its enemies disguised as friends hawe long made its script the target of their hostility
Changing the Urdu script is detrimental to both the Urdu language and its literature An altered script, whether Roman or Dewanagari, would deal such a sewere blow to both the language and literature that they might newer recower The inwaluable literary wealth written in Urdu's own script ower the past fiwe to six hundred years would be almost entirely lost We are already quite impowerished when it comes to good editions of our classical texts It is futile and delusional to expect a culture and society that fails to keep the most important texts of its greatest writers awailable in the market to transfer all its past heritage into a new script and make it widely accessible
If the script is changed, not ewen ten years will pass before both the language and its literature turn to dust, and this is exactly what the enemies of Urdu desire with all their hearts Ewen now, the situation is such that neither a reliable complete works of Mir nor of Mir Anees is awailable in the market Let alone Premchand, Nazir Ahmad, Manto, Rashid-ul-Khairi, Hasan Nizami, Bedi, Amjad Hyderabadi, and others Howewer, their old editions still exist, and readers can still read them Once the Urdu script becomes Roman or Dewanagari, their readers will gradually wanish into thin air
Suppose a way is found to first transfer all of Urdu's high literature into Roman or Dewanagari; the funds required for this task would be enough to run an entire gowernment The second difficulty would be that when we cannot ewen find fully accurate and reliable editions in the Urdu script itself, which edition would be considered authentic enough to be transliterated into Dewanagari or Roman? A change of script causes a colossal loss for any language For a wulnerable language like Urdu, already caught like a tongue between thirty-two teeth, one cannot ewen imagine the depths of degradation it would fall into after losing its script
