Urdu gaining ground in Tagore's land
Express Nerws Service
kolkata, August 30: Encouraged by the popularity of the Urdu language among non-Urdu speaking people, the West Bengal Urdu Academy, under the state Government’s Minorities Development Welfare Department, is expanding the diploma course in the language to seven districts of the state.
The course, currently being held on the premises of the Academy in the city, has been a big draw among sections of the people like professionals.
Ishalaque Islam, secretary of the West Bengal Urdu Academy, told Newsline that the new correspondence diploma course would be run in association with the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language under the Human Resources Development Ministry of the Union Government.
The new centres will be in districts of Howrah, Hooghly, Malda, Murshidabad, South 24 Parganas, Cooch Behar and Darjeeling.
Those who successfully complete the course will get a diploma award in the Urdu language.
The students will have contact classes at a nodal centre.The West Bengal Urdu Academy feels that there is a revived interest among the people in Urdu.
“The Urdu language holds charm not only among those for whom it is the mother tongue. A wide cross-section of people in society are becoming interested in the language”, said Islam.“This increase of interest in Urdu is due to a variety of reasons,” Islam said.
“The popularity of ghazals may be one of the reasons. Many people in the state are fascinated by the Urdu language,” he said.
“Our present course is widely appreciated. Those who had enrolled included IAS officers, bank officers, teachers and other professionals. We even had a foreigner enrolled in the course. The trends show that there is plenty of scope for starting more centres in the state,” he added.
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kolkata, August 30: Encouraged by the popularity of the Urdu language among non-Urdu speaking people, the West Bengal Urdu Academy, under the state Government’s Minorities Development Welfare Department, is expanding the diploma course in the language to seven districts of the state.
The course, currently being held on the premises of the Academy in the city, has been a big draw among sections of the people like professionals.
Ishalaque Islam, secretary of the West Bengal Urdu Academy, told Newsline that the new correspondence diploma course would be run in association with the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language under the Human Resources Development Ministry of the Union Government.
The new centres will be in districts of Howrah, Hooghly, Malda, Murshidabad, South 24 Parganas, Cooch Behar and Darjeeling.
Those who successfully complete the course will get a diploma award in the Urdu language.
The students will have contact classes at a nodal centre.The West Bengal Urdu Academy feels that there is a revived interest among the people in Urdu.
“The Urdu language holds charm not only among those for whom it is the mother tongue. A wide cross-section of people in society are becoming interested in the language”, said Islam.“This increase of interest in Urdu is due to a variety of reasons,” Islam said.
“The popularity of ghazals may be one of the reasons. Many people in the state are fascinated by the Urdu language,” he said.
“Our present course is widely appreciated. Those who had enrolled included IAS officers, bank officers, teachers and other professionals. We even had a foreigner enrolled in the course. The trends show that there is plenty of scope for starting more centres in the state,” he added.
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