Tabish Dehalvi

Some links on Tabish Dehalvi:

on Wikipedia

at LoveUrdu.com

at UrduLife.com


PDF of an article published in The Herald.a

Job in Univ. of Virginia

Lectureship in Hindi/Urdu Language

The Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Virginia invites applications for a two-thirds time, non-tenure track lectureship in Hindi and/or Urdu, to begin Fall of 2007. Teaching responsibilities include first- and second-year language classes in Hindi and/or Urdu. Ideally the candidate would be proficient in the Urdu script (because the University of Virginia teaches Hindi and Urdu together for the first year) as well as qualified to teach advanced conversation courses. Applicants must hold an MA or have equivalent experience, and they must have native or near-native fluency in Hindi and/or Urdu and English. This position carries a teaching load of two courses per semester. Prior experience teaching language classes at the university level is preferred.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, and the names of three references to dl2h@virginia.edu. Alternatively, materials may be sent to:

Daniel Lefkowitz, Chair
Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
P.O. Box 400781
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4781.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

---------------------------------------


G.A. Chaussée, Lecturer (Urdu & Hindi)
gc4n@virginia.edu
Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures
office: 434.243.2019
B036 Cabell Hall, PO Box 400781
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904

Earliest Urdu publications

The Hindu reports that:

It is said that the lyrical novel “Masnavi Padam Rao Kadam Rao”, published in Bidar between 1325–1338 is the first ever publication in Urdu. “Research in Karachi University in Pakistan has confirmed this,” says Quazi Arshad Ali, editor of the Hindi daily, Bidar Ki Awaaz.

My own research indicates that :

The first manuscript in Urdu written in 911 Hijri ( 1515 CE) by Hazrat Sharafuddin Yahya Muneri and is in his dargah in Muner Shareef.

The Credit for publishing first Urdu book in Northern India also goes to the state of Bihar; the book is Seedha Raasta published in 1670.

If The Hindu's is to be believed then that puts Urdu's age to about 700 years.

Urdu symposium in Orlando, FL

PAPAERS: Noshi Gilani, Ishrat Afreen, Rashida Ayan
Shahida Ansari, Andaleeb Ghazal, Agha Zulfiqar
Qaisar Abbas, Arif Zaheer, Sabir Husain Sabir
Salahuddin Siddiqui, Sarfraz Habibi, Sarfraz Ahmad.


POETS: Waseem Barailvi, Athar Shah Khan, Anwar Shaoor
Nayyar Jahan, Rashida Ayan, Noshi Gilani, Ishrat Afreen
Zareen Yaisn, Agha Zulfiqar, Qaisar Abbas, Arif Zaheer
Sabir Husain Sabir, Andaleeb Ghazal, Ahmed Tanha
Sarfraz Habibi.


Musician & Vocalist Satpaal Singh
Contacts for Information:
Dr. Qaisar Abbas, 561-297-3958 qabbas@fau.edu
Arif Zaheer: 407-240-2223 az@vistahorizons.com
Ahmed Tanha: 407-317-7236 tanha@poetic.com

In Collaboration with:
Gehwara-e Adab, Remax Vista
Bazm-e Adab Tampa



download flyer here

Glossary of Urdu legal terms soon

Hyderabad, July 17: What is the exact translation of Value Added Tax in Urdu? How do you describe bona vacantia, amicus curiae, quo warranto or for that matter injuria non excusat injuria.

No need to throw up your hands in despair. There are equivalents for all these terms in Urdu. In fact one can get the correct expressions for all those difficult to pronounce Latin words and phrases.

Thanks to the efforts made by Syed Mushtaq Hussain it is now possible to find all administrative and legal terms in Urdu. His labour of love is at last ready and is awaiting publication.

The Glossary of Administrative and Legal Terms compiled by Mr. Hussain is a ready reference book for the terminology used by various Government departments.

With Urdu being declared second official language in 14 districts, this work gains all the more importance. Mr. Hussain, who retired as special officer of Urdu from Board of Intermediate Education, has taken seven long years to compile this glossary. Running into 922 typed pages, it provides translation of more than 70,000 terms from English to Urdu in alphabetical order.

The unique thing about this glossary is that it offers the correct Urdu words for the terms currently in use in various departments – Revenue, Irrigation, Registration, banking, Weights and Measures etc. It also contains a good amount of legal and business terms. “The glossary will be of immense help to students, translators, Urdu media and those doing official correspondence,” says Mr. Hussain.

The absence of a good dictionary of administrative terms in Urdu is said to be a major reason for its tardy pace of implementation as second official language.

During the erstwhile Nizam State, such a glossary was prepared by the Dar-ul-Tarjuma department of Osmania University. But it is all but lost.

A similar work was also undertaken by the Bureau for promotion of Urdu, Delhi. Mr. Hussain has made use of these works and added new words to come up with a comprehensive glossary to answer the present day needs.

Apart from time, he has spent substantial money from his pocket to prepare the glossary. But this pensioner doesn’t have the wherewithal to publish it. He hopes the Government or some organisation would bail him out.

step-motherly treatment with Urdu in India

Indian government and administration has time and again showed that they either really dislike Urdu or they do not want to give it an inch of help.

While government claims that it is doing much by creating Urdu radio and TV channel but reality is that they are nothing more than window-dressing.

This latest news that Urdu radio was running 15 months old report because it did not have new programmig is really shameful.

Please contact Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and say you are not amused:

Smt. Stuti Narain Kacker
Joint Secretary (P&A)
R.No. 552, A-Wing, Shastri Bhawan,
New Delhi -110001
Tel.(O) : 23382597 , (R) : 24649599
Email : jsp.inb@nic.in