Urdu shyri in SMS
Urdu has been able to survive because it quickly adapts to new situations. Bollywood, internet and now SMS is the latest example.
Some Meaningful Shayari for Gen X
Anisha Sharma
The Queen's language can take an exit bow, what's catching Gen X's fancy now is Urdu shayari on SMSes!
Urdu poetry written in the Roman script is doing the rounds on smses famously. But hold your breath, it is Gen X that is responsible for promoting the language of tehzeeb.
Urdu is just as suited to express fine emotions now, as at the time of its inception, when Persian mingled with local dialects, gave birth this poetic language.
Mirza Ghalib and Majaz Lakhnawi among other illustrious poets may have long gone in person, but their spirit touches many a Lucknowite today.
Nivedita Srivastava, a Standard XII student actually writes some of the Urdu love poetry that is hot stuff on SMSes nowadays.
She shares a couplet with LT, "Hum kabhi apno se khafa ho nahi sakte, dosti ke rishte bewafa ho nahi sakte. Aap bhale hume bhula ke so jao, par hum aapko yad kiye bina so nahi sakte."
Sentimental messages that many lovelorn people want to get across to a dear one. Quickly forward this SMS to the object of your devotion! Interestingly, some of Nivedita's SMSes are so popular that they're finding spaces in newspaper columns and even in greeting cards.
Danish Khan is another one who writes from the heart and prefers Urdu over English. "I adore Urdu for the freedom it gives me to express my feelings." The language itself being poetic, many wannabe poets pick up the strings effortlessly.
Danish opens his diary to leaf out a selection, "Is qadar na har baat yaron se puchho, jo baat raaz ki ho isharo se pucho.
Leharo se khelna samander ka shauq hai, lagti hai chot kaise, kinaron se puchho." Mysticism and romanticism, philosophy and day to day experiences of love and strife aid the young poets to spontaneously pen down or type deep emotions into a couplet.
Nishtha Upadhaya, who enjoys Urdu SMSes she gets from friends confesses, "I learnt a lot of Urdu words through these SMSes and whenever I come across a new one, I try to find its meaning."
Aditya Anand, who has just passed his Standard XII receives many Urdu poetry SMSes from his friends and finds that though, "I don't always understand all the words, the message always gets communicated. It feels good!"
Like Nishtha and Aditya, many youngsters' interest gets whetted as they gain familiarity with the language of nawabi Lucknow, and continue to receive and forward these verses. Rammani Kapoor, a businessman brought up in Chowk, finds it "heartening that youngsters are using Urdu couplets as SMSes."
Bookseller, Vishan Prakash however takes a different stand when he says, "Urdu shayari is basically premised on philosophy, romance and satire.
These snippets that do the rounds through SMSes are not shayari in traditional terms." Yet something is better than nothing, he seems to be saying.
"99 per cent of the time, people are just carrying and forwarding agents of these SMSes. But youngsters might take to buying books on Urdu shayari if their interest is incited through an exposure to these smses," he adds.
[Times of India]
Some Meaningful Shayari for Gen X
Anisha Sharma
The Queen's language can take an exit bow, what's catching Gen X's fancy now is Urdu shayari on SMSes!
Urdu poetry written in the Roman script is doing the rounds on smses famously. But hold your breath, it is Gen X that is responsible for promoting the language of tehzeeb.
Urdu is just as suited to express fine emotions now, as at the time of its inception, when Persian mingled with local dialects, gave birth this poetic language.
Mirza Ghalib and Majaz Lakhnawi among other illustrious poets may have long gone in person, but their spirit touches many a Lucknowite today.
Nivedita Srivastava, a Standard XII student actually writes some of the Urdu love poetry that is hot stuff on SMSes nowadays.
She shares a couplet with LT, "Hum kabhi apno se khafa ho nahi sakte, dosti ke rishte bewafa ho nahi sakte. Aap bhale hume bhula ke so jao, par hum aapko yad kiye bina so nahi sakte."
Sentimental messages that many lovelorn people want to get across to a dear one. Quickly forward this SMS to the object of your devotion! Interestingly, some of Nivedita's SMSes are so popular that they're finding spaces in newspaper columns and even in greeting cards.
Danish Khan is another one who writes from the heart and prefers Urdu over English. "I adore Urdu for the freedom it gives me to express my feelings." The language itself being poetic, many wannabe poets pick up the strings effortlessly.
Danish opens his diary to leaf out a selection, "Is qadar na har baat yaron se puchho, jo baat raaz ki ho isharo se pucho.
Leharo se khelna samander ka shauq hai, lagti hai chot kaise, kinaron se puchho." Mysticism and romanticism, philosophy and day to day experiences of love and strife aid the young poets to spontaneously pen down or type deep emotions into a couplet.
Nishtha Upadhaya, who enjoys Urdu SMSes she gets from friends confesses, "I learnt a lot of Urdu words through these SMSes and whenever I come across a new one, I try to find its meaning."
Aditya Anand, who has just passed his Standard XII receives many Urdu poetry SMSes from his friends and finds that though, "I don't always understand all the words, the message always gets communicated. It feels good!"
Like Nishtha and Aditya, many youngsters' interest gets whetted as they gain familiarity with the language of nawabi Lucknow, and continue to receive and forward these verses. Rammani Kapoor, a businessman brought up in Chowk, finds it "heartening that youngsters are using Urdu couplets as SMSes."
Bookseller, Vishan Prakash however takes a different stand when he says, "Urdu shayari is basically premised on philosophy, romance and satire.
These snippets that do the rounds through SMSes are not shayari in traditional terms." Yet something is better than nothing, he seems to be saying.
"99 per cent of the time, people are just carrying and forwarding agents of these SMSes. But youngsters might take to buying books on Urdu shayari if their interest is incited through an exposure to these smses," he adds.
[Times of India]
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