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Hello Stealth Assassin,
I meant the same though the use of Urdu has gone down because of "patriotism" of people. A fine read would be the division of Punjab into Hindu and Sikh factions on the basis of language which basically was because Hindus identified Hindi as mother tongue, Sikhs as Punjabi though urban communties of both exclusively spoke in Urdu and the rural counterparts spoke in Punjabi.
Further as far as I know Urdu is not compulsorily taught in school curriculum therefore its use had to go down which no one seemed to be complaining about as no one really feels strongly with out Urdu.
I basically said the same thing again but to add to it, today Urdu doesnot have the elite tag attached to it as in yore therefore youth are not really into Urdu nor will someone yearn to learn Urdu's arabic script if they have not been taught in school unless they have intense motivation.
Malang
Malang,
You have to understand the situation in modern India.
To communicate in India, one has to know English or Hindi.
The vernacular is fine within one's own state, but then one cannot get a job as one's desires only in one's own state and what is more, to get a worthwhile job, even Hindi does not work. It is English.
My own state's policy of having Bengali alone in the school as been jettisoned since Bengali does not fill the stomach. English is back into bbusiness.
This requirement is so permeating that even my maid, who is an illiterate, peppers his speech with astounding English words, which leaves me in wonderment as to how much the country has changed!
It is also a misconception that Hindi is the language of the Hindus!
Our own vernacular is cherished by us and we do not identify it with religion!
Language is an emotive issue and has nothing to do with religion as was proved when it became one of the major reason why there was rebellion in East Pakistan that led to the formation of Bangladesh!