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**HunterM** · 07-02-2012, 03:47 PM

As I have already admitted earlier bias against Dakhni is symptomatic of ignorance of some of us in the north. The educated people are all aware of the literary development of Urdu and the reality is that it took place in south.

I have related an incident earlier at SF and I'll say it again. A Tamil friend of mine from Hyderabad, he is not a Muslim, once asked me, "Have you heard Tamilnadu Urdu?" "It is crazy", he averred.

Now some people feel the same about Hyderabad Urdu. What to do of that? They just do not understand that it is a different dialect. In fact similar biases are there regarding the variations of Hindi. A person from western UP will not be able understand the Hindi spoken by the common folk of eastern UP - and just forget about a Rajasthani in Chhota Nagpur (Jharkhand). I am from that belt that is officially recognized as the standard Hindi. Once I crossed into Haryana with a friend of mine. The whole excursion was an entertainment because of the Haryanvi accent of Hindi. We had heard it from sundry people because Haryana is just next door but we were hearing it en masse for the first time.

And I shall recount my earlier encounter about Dakhni here at SF itself. I some how got a strong urge to hear Dakhni and therefore I requested people to post links about Hyderabadi poetry. Friends took it as a sort of offense. Why? Allah (SWT) knows better. Dakhni is a legitimate language and that is it. Use it, propagate it and cultivate it. Nothing funny or peculiar about that. You cherish you own language, by the help of Allah (SWT).

I suppose brothers and sisters from south can use this thread to practice and indulge in Dakhini, including Urdu from Tamilnadu. Honestly speaking I do not know the accent and the idiom used in Vaniyambadi, Coimbatore, Pernambutt, Vellore or Wallajah Street, Chennai. So who will tell me about that if not the people from there? We do many times take the things for granted while the reality is that nothing gets done unless someone does it.

So go ahead and amuse us with your language. It is honourable.

hmm what I do not understand is about reviving dakhni urdu when it is already spoken by people here. As far as poetry, i have never urdu poems in local urdu language. Anyways one thing I am happy about is dakhni urdu has deep root. I remember when one of my relatives talks from office, she will speak with a very low voice and when I get irritated and ask about it, she will say some north indians are sitting beside her who sort of make fun of our urdu. huh
Anyway this article is a good one to circulate. Thanks for sharing.

PS: from previous post, I got to know that you are talking about literature side

07-02-2012, 03:47 PM	#22
HunterM Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 366 Senior Member	As I have already admitted earlier bias against Dakhni is symptomatic of ignorance of some of us in the north. The educated people are all aware of the literary development of Urdu and the reality is that it took place in south. I have related an incident earlier at SF and I'll say it again. A Tamil friend of mine from Hyderabad, he is not a Muslim, once asked me, "Have you heard Tamilnadu Urdu?" "It is crazy", he averred. Now some people feel the same about Hyderabad Urdu. What to do of that? They just do not understand that it is a different dialect. In fact similar biases are there regarding the variations of Hindi. A person from western UP will not be able understand the Hindi spoken by the common folk of eastern UP - and just forget about a Rajasthani in Chhota Nagpur (Jharkhand). I am from that belt that is officially recognized as the standard Hindi. Once I crossed into Haryana with a friend of mine. The whole excursion was an entertainment because of the Haryanvi accent of Hindi. We had heard it from sundry people because Haryana is just next door but we were hearing it en masse for the first time. And I shall recount my earlier encounter about Dakhni here at SF itself. I some how got a strong urge to hear Dakhni and therefore I requested people to post links about Hyderabadi poetry. Friends took it as a sort of offense. Why? Allah (SWT) knows better. Dakhni is a legitimate language and that is it. Use it, propagate it and cultivate it. Nothing funny or peculiar about that. You cherish you own language, by the help of Allah (SWT). I suppose brothers and sisters from south can use this thread to practice and indulge in Dakhini, including Urdu from Tamilnadu. Honestly speaking I do not know the accent and the idiom used in Vaniyambadi, Coimbatore, Pernambutt, Vellore or Wallajah Street, Chennai. So who will tell me about that if not the people from there? We do many times take the things for granted while the reality is that nothing gets done unless someone does it. So go ahead and amuse us with your language. It is honourable. hmm what I do not understand is about reviving dakhni urdu when it is already spoken by people here. As far as poetry, i have never urdu poems in local urdu language. Anyways one thing I am happy about is dakhni urdu has deep root. I remember when one of my relatives talks from office, she will speak with a very low voice and when I get irritated and ask about it, she will say some north indians are sitting beside her who sort of make fun of our urdu. huh Anyway this article is a good one to circulate. Thanks for sharing. PS: from previous post, I got to know that you are talking about literature side
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