Naturally together

[Naturally together]

It is still a fact of life that among the great Indian

languages, "Hindi and Urdu" resemble each

other in many aspects. However the respective communities

using them NOW are falling apart head over heals to keep the

division volatile. WHY SO???? Is it a bad governance problem or

communal disharmony.



A FINDINGS (from many references) WITHOUT ANY PREJUDICE:



During the pre-moghul period of India, the Indian sub-continent was

said to be ruled by many states of various tribes/castes/creeds.

India was never one country under one ruler. The many Indian rulers

always were quarreling or in-fighting or allied with others against

each-other. Maybe there was no strong basis to link all of them

together.



When Moghuls moved over to India from the north-western region, they

also felt the same problems of multi-racial, multi-language, multi-

ethnicity, multi-cultural, multi-religious disharmony, etc. Due to

the gigantic size of the Indian sub-continent, the job to govern

India became more difficult and time comsuming with no end result.



The Moghul emperor of that time was always under stress to seek out

a way to bring the waring rulers together on a common platform for

better administration. To make out a quick decision the Emperor

appointed an advisory committee that consisted of learned scholars

and wise men from the waring Indian tribes. The committee was given

a very short time to do it or otherwise they would get prosecuted

for no apparent reason other than a failure to solve the grave

national problem.



The word spread like wild-fire, it engulfed the whole nation. For

most of them it becomes a question of pride that their wise and

learned men in the committee may get prosecuted for something they

did not do. But still the axe was there to fall on all the proud

sons of the various tribes/creeds. A solution has to be decided no

matter what.



The nights and days vanished into one when the whole nation got

involved. The rewards of success attached to the solution for

national harmony was so great that it elevated each one of the wise

and learned men to much greater pride with an immeasurable bounty,

if a solution was reached.



It so happend that while the committe was busy in finding solutions

for the national problems, they noticed some beggers loitering

around their places in hope of sharing the left overs of the

committee's dining room. Though no one begger was of one tribe or

religion but they had one thing in common: hunger. They were

dividing very well with what ever communication they could share and

were again ready for the next day's left-overs.



This sign of togetherness of beggers becomes later the hot topic of

discussions among the committee members. The committee felt in the

begger's fratinity some hopes for the solution. They brainstormed

their communal differences and feelings and took a spot decision:

now is the time to face the Emperor and speak out their solution as

being the only viable decision (from majority and minority

communities point of view). A decision, they were certain, which the

Emperor could not say no to and would also spare their necks from

the prosecutor's sword.



After all the logistics were cleared and opposition solaced, the

Emperor's state administration announced the victory for all the

committee members who proposed an ideal solution under the

circumstances. Though the solution was still under study, an

initiative was taken to make it look as the national feelings for

communal harmony and as a national symbol of unity.



It was said that the majority community which used Sanskrit as the

basis of its dialect agreed to dilute down to include the minority

community's languages and still keep their devangiri text for

writing and identity purposes. While the minority community, which

used the Persian/Arabic as the basis of their dialect, would dilute

vice-versa and still keep arabic as their text for writing and

identity purposes. The others will follow what ever they felt

comfortable with.



The most important was that the two new names were identified as two

faces of one dialect or coin. That is, for the majority community's

language, the new name given was 'Hindi' (in arabic it means idol);

with devangiri as its text and for the minority community the new

name given was 'Urdu', with arabic as its text.



It was said that the success of administrative reforms brought in by

the Moghuls, were the only reasons that they ruled India as one

country for so long, making the communal and educational harmony as

the crux of everything when governing India.



Later, the British did not waste any time but continued with what

the Moghuls started. That is the introduction of English language as

the unifying element of governance. They went even further to bring

about the art of university education for the Indian massess. This

brought in the educated elite among the Indians who finally felt

the need to take over India from the British and avenge to declare

freedom.



This method of communal harmony was also the vision of the Nizam VII

who coined the "Hindus and Muslims are my two eyes", he ruled

Hyderabad for quite some time in a volatile period where the pre-

freedom movement was underway in many parts of India. When India

annexed Hyderabad, there was little the general Hyderabad public

could do but to get assimilated into the newer democratic movement

brought in by the massive changes in New-Delhi.



I am sure all analogies from the above mentioned story-telling

reflect the need for good and balanced governance from the rulers,

no matter WHO they are. India once again will achieve its communal

strength to become yet another super power; which is not very far!

but the big question is, "DO WE HAVE LEADERS OF THAT VISION

MAGNANIMOUS"



Please feel free to comment and discuss this issue of two faces of

one coin.



ryhaz

[cool jack]

not even one reply given too bad

[Peeping tom]

When Moghuls moved over to India from the north-western region

Few years back We went to Hampi, We walked down the whole day and saw the damages point by point.



The Alien Moghuls not only changed the Languages (On your count), But introduced Arrogance and barbarism in to India.



Britishers might have been selfish, but they introduced science, and true globalisation.



You can't compare arrogant Moghuls with English.