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A Chinese who recites Urdu poetry
[ Monday, January 09, 2006 10:29:48 amIANS ]
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RANCHI: When Yung Van Liu breaks into Urdu verse, his chaste accent and precise pronunciation evoke immense admiration among his audience.
Reportedly the only Urdu poet of Chinese origin in India, Yung says: "I am an Indian by birth and by heart." A dentist by profession and settled in Jamshedpur, Yung, 74, has bagged the Firaq Gorakhpuri award for his linguistic talents.
"When World War II broke out, my family had to shift to Jamshedpur from Kolkata for security reasons. My parents faced tough times and could not afford to send me to school. That was how I attended an Urdu school where no fee was charged.
"Initially I found it difficult to learn the Urdu alphabet, but gradually I mastered it. After six months, my family's financial condition improved and they shifted me back to an English school.
"But by then I had developed a love for Urdu," says the poet who never considered moving to China.
When the India-China border war broke out in 1962, Yung criticised the Chinese invasion through Urdu poetry.
According to Yung, Urdu, a language that played a vital role in India's freedom struggle, was not the language of a particular community.
"Urdu originates in the hearts of the people. And one should not restrict the language to one particular community," he stresses.
Yung is not the only poet in his family.
His elder brother YC Liu, who died a few years ago, was an Urdu poet too. Yung's two sons are also dentists in Jamshedpur who like poetry but are not as familiar with Urdu as their father.
Busy collating his writings with a view to getting them published, Yung beams: "People are 'fida' (keen) on my poetry."
When India gained independence in 1947, the Chinese population stood at around 50,000 with most of them living in what was then known as Calcutta. The 1962 China-India war and later migrations to the West have whittled the population to just about 4,000, many of whom hold Indian passports.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1364085.cms
A Chinese who recites Urdu poetry
[ Monday, January 09, 2006 10:29:48 amIANS ]
NRIs Grab Free DVD
RSS Feeds| SMS NEWS to 8888 for latest updates
RANCHI: When Yung Van Liu breaks into Urdu verse, his chaste accent and precise pronunciation evoke immense admiration among his audience.
Reportedly the only Urdu poet of Chinese origin in India, Yung says: "I am an Indian by birth and by heart." A dentist by profession and settled in Jamshedpur, Yung, 74, has bagged the Firaq Gorakhpuri award for his linguistic talents.
"When World War II broke out, my family had to shift to Jamshedpur from Kolkata for security reasons. My parents faced tough times and could not afford to send me to school. That was how I attended an Urdu school where no fee was charged.
"Initially I found it difficult to learn the Urdu alphabet, but gradually I mastered it. After six months, my family's financial condition improved and they shifted me back to an English school.
"But by then I had developed a love for Urdu," says the poet who never considered moving to China.
When the India-China border war broke out in 1962, Yung criticised the Chinese invasion through Urdu poetry.
According to Yung, Urdu, a language that played a vital role in India's freedom struggle, was not the language of a particular community.
"Urdu originates in the hearts of the people. And one should not restrict the language to one particular community," he stresses.
Yung is not the only poet in his family.
His elder brother YC Liu, who died a few years ago, was an Urdu poet too. Yung's two sons are also dentists in Jamshedpur who like poetry but are not as familiar with Urdu as their father.
Busy collating his writings with a view to getting them published, Yung beams: "People are 'fida' (keen) on my poetry."
When India gained independence in 1947, the Chinese population stood at around 50,000 with most of them living in what was then known as Calcutta. The 1962 China-India war and later migrations to the West have whittled the population to just about 4,000, many of whom hold Indian passports.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1364085.cms
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Hyderabad based Munsif and Siasat Urdu Daily Editors grab Waqf Lands : Akbaruddin Owaisi
MiM Floor leader in assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi with MiM party MLAs
HYDERABAD BASED MUNSIF AND SIASAT URDU DAILY EDITORS GRAB WAQF LANDS
Urdu Media War and the Wakf properties tussle in Hyd ; MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi
(Friday, Dec 09, 2005 - 09:00 pm) TeamMedia war among Urdu dailies was taken to Assembly in Hyderabad, when MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi accused Siasat and Munsif Urdu daily owners of grabbing Wakf properties and demanded stern action against them.Mr Owaisi armed with statistics and details of all Waqf Lands which are being encroached upon said govt is going soft on these editors as they are trying to threaten the govt through there newspapers .In the same breath he also alleged that no action was taken against grabbers of Wakf properties in city and outside including Viceroy Hotel, Shaam and Sensation theatres, local reports inform. Turning his ire on owners of rival Urdu dailies, Siasat and Musif, he said, "Mr Zahid Ali Khan has illegally encroached Wakf property. He is a white collar land grabber. Why is the government keeping quite? You should put them behind bars." Shifting his heat on another Urdu daily Munsif owner, he remarked, "Mr Khan Lateef Khan...the double Khan.. too has encroached Wakf properties housing Santosh and Sapna theatres, yet no action has been taken. The government should take stringent action against encroachers of Wakf properties," he alleged. Reacting to Mr Owaisi's demand, minister for minorities welfare Mohd Fareeduddin assured that the government would enquire into the matter and would not "spare anyone however big he might be." Referring to allotment of land to one Tajuddin, he said the land was given on a lease for three years for agricultural purposes and the renewal would depend on the government He also accused them of trying to cover there illegal grabbing of land by bribing some high officals in the govt .
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