Speak Urdu, but Can't Write it? LOL! - Page 6

Incidentally, Urdu is not the mother tongue of all Indian Muslims. Take for instance the south Indian states or even in East India, it is not necessary that Muslims there will speak Urdu at home.

When people living in India or Indians living across the world watch Pakistani or any other pure Urdu shows, they too do what you do - Kaam chala hi lete hain.

Originally posted by: whoops

India's literacy rate is somewhere around 74% meaning that only 74% of Indians can read ANY of the 22 recognized languages, let alone 95% Indians knowing English. Not everything is written in English, not even in Metropolitan cities...in fact not even in hindi, mostly its a combination of the regional language, hindi and the teeniest bit of english. At most places, English translations are given, Not the other way round.

Originally posted by: msg1

Sorry, but u don't have good idea about Indians. You are probably talking abt the once living in urban area...most of the people in semi urban or rural area do not know English that well or don't know it at all... And all the government work is in local language and in English...

Interesting point that you've raised...I live in the UK and the language we speak in our family other than English is Gujarati...However, I can only just about speak it never mind read or write it...Urdu is another matter, I can read it very well because we have been taught various facets of the Islamic religion through books written in Urdu...and this is learnt in the madrassa, this is a school where you learn about the religion and how to pray the Quran, the five daily prayers and other aspects of Islam whilst growing up...I don't know if this is the case all over the world, but it certainly was with me and many other Muslims living here...

My mom is a Muslim born and raised in India. Half of her family is from Pakistan and she speaks very flaunt Urdu but does not know how to read it or write it. So I think it's perfectly understandable for a person especially from Asad's generation to not know how to write in Urdu.

i have seen in movies if they show a muslim or urdu speaking muslim they will show the letter in urdu also .. mostly .. but in this serial they are not really following any culture that much.. :) I guess Gul also dont know to write urdu ..

Originally posted by: LoveAsYa222

Really cause as far as I know...shops like McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Dominoes etc and names of schools and work places are all written in English so I'm not sure how u got that idea but maybe if u say so Sadia :)

Originally posted by: whoops

Okay, since this is the second time i'm quoting and jumping in, just want to clear this out, no offense intended 😕, this is just to put forth my views and get to know yours :)

See, QH is not an educative initiative of some sort or a travel show. They never meant to "Represent a culture" or get viewers to"appreciate it". QH is an entertainment show. Even in the beginning (in an interview ) Gul mentioned that them being Muslim has little to do with the story, the show was never supposed to revolve around the religion or anything. Even if it did, hindi is just as familiar for Indian muslims as is Urdu, maybe more. It has a lot to do with the geography and the demographics.

Also, at least the Indian viewers, would definitely not find this weird or get any mixed signals as they see muslims conversing in hindi all the time.

How is writing in Hindi promoting another culture? Hindi is as much their language as it is for a Hindu. The situations for Muslims in most other countries is very different, but in India, at least according to my experience, they converse in Hindi more often than in Urdu. Even in the show, Technically, they don't talk in Urdu. Maybe a few words here and there, but most of it is hindi only.

Again, this is just my POV and a friendly discussion, so here, take this smile 😊