Thursday 10 September 2015

Hindi is an artificial language


The language of the common man in large parts of India is Hindustani or khariboli, not Hindi.
There is a difference between the two. For example, in Hindustani we say ' udhar dekhiye '. On the other hand,In Hindi it is said ; udhar avalokan keejiye '.

Hindi was an artificial language created by certain bigots who wanted to propagate the idea that Hindi was the language of Hindus, and Urdu of Muslims. This was part of the British policy of divide and rule. In fact Urdu was the common language of all educated persons, whether Hindu, Muslim or Sikh, in large parts of India upto 1947 ( see my article 'What is Urdu ' on my blog justicekatju.blogspot.in ). Thus, while Hindustani was, and still is, the language of the common man, Urdu was the language of the educated class in large parts of India. I have explained in my article ' What is Urdu ' that Urdu is a combination of two languages, Hindustani, which was the common man's language in urban India ( in rural areas there were dialects like Awadhi, Brijbhasha, Bjojpuri, Maghai, Maithili, mewari, marwari, etc ), and Persian which was the language of the aristocrats or elite in India for several centuries. The foundation of Urdu is Hindustani, on which a layer of Persian was placed to make it sophisticated and elegant. This gives Urdu great power and elegance, and Urdu poetry, in expressing the voice of the human heart, is perhaps the greatest poetry in the world.

After 1947 a massive propaganda was launched by certain fanatics that Urdu was a foreign language, and a language of Muslims alone. Persian words which had come into common usage in Hindustani were sought to be hatefully and systematically replaced by Sanskrit words which were not in common use. For example, 'zila' was replaced by 'janapad '.

When I was a judge in Allahabad High Court, a lawyer who argues only in Hindi, filed a petition before me titled 'Pratibhu Avedan Patra '. I asked him what the word ' pratibhu' meant. He said it meant bail. I then told him that he should have used the word bail or zamaanat, which everybody understands in most parts of India, instead of ' pratibhu ' which no one understands.

Once in Allahabad I was taking a walk in the Cantonment area and saw a board in which it was written ' Pravaran Kendra ' I could not understand what it meant. Looking lower down I saw the words ' Recruitment Centre '. Surely the better words would have been ' Bharti daftar ' which everybody could understand, instead of ' pravaran kendra ' which nobody would understand.

It is fallacious to believe that a language becomes weaker if foreign words enter into it, in fact it becomes stronger. For example, the English language became stronger and was enriched by foreign words entering into it, e.g. from French, German, Arabic, Hindustani, etc

Once at Allahabad I offered a certain fare to a rickshawall, and he said my offer was 'wajib; i.e. appropriate. Now this word 'wajib' is pure Persian, but it had come into common usage in Hindustani, as even a rickshawalla was using it.

So it is silly to try to remove Persian and Arabic words which had come into common vogue in Hindustani, and in fact this created an artificial language Hindi, which is sometimes difficult for the common man to understand. Often in Courts it was difficult to understand the Hindi used in Government notifications.

This policy of spitefully trying to remove Persian and Arabic words from Hindustani did great harm to Urdu, and almost amounted to genocide on a great language. Great injustice has been done in our country to Urdu, which is in fact a shining gem in the treasury of Indian culture. My attempt has been to restore its old glory.

I may mention here that while Arabic and Persian are foreign languages ( though I have great respect for them too, as I have great respect for all languages ), Urdu is an indigenous Indian language. It is totally false to call it a foreign language, and bracket it with Arabic and Persian. Urdu is the grand daughter of Sanskrit, not of Persian and Arabic, and over 70% of its words are from Sanskrit. It is a totally secular language, not a language of Muslims alone, as the bigots sought to depict it.

This bigoted policy also did harm to Sanskrit, as it was depicted as an oppressor, when in fact.Sanskrit was a language of free thinkers who questioned everything ( see my article ' Sanskrit as a language of Science ' on my blog justicekatju.blogspot.in ). Some people think that Sanskrit was only a language of chanting mantras in temples or Hindu religious ceremonies. In fact that was only 5% of Sanskrit literature. 95% of it has nothing to do with religion, and deals with philosophy, science, art, literature, grammar, etc.
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  2. Thought I agree with the fact that Hindi and Urdu distinction was based on the creation of bigots, I disagree that Urdu was the language of the upper echelons. Instead the word Urdu is the Turkish word for 'camp' which basically meant that 'language of soldiers in the camp' in Farsi (Zaban i Urdu). The alternative, 'refined' one was 'darbari' not Urdu. You might use the term Hindustani as an overarching definition but if you use the term Urdu, then Hindi be default has the right to call itself by a distinct name too. The Persians/Iranians called our language Zabaan i Hind (language of India) which became Hindi. Zabaan i Pars became Parsi and later Farsi because Arabic lacks the letter P. Sindh became Hindh because Avestan does not use letter S (sapta-sindhu to hapta-hindu). It was not distinguishable because Avestan and Sanskrit are not that different from each other. As much as Hindi might be artificial, Urdu is no different. Being a native Tamil speaker who grew up in Mumbai, I really struggle with Bollywood songs and have to ask my North Indian friends for its meaning while I can understand the dialogues without any assistance since it is closer to what I speak and studied. On the other hand some of my Pakistani friends in the UK have a hard time understanding the dialogues and have to be happy with the songs alone. Generations have passed and probably Hindi and Urdu are becoming more divergent than ever before. Probably the only common binder is Hinglish now.

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  6. I think the Indian software (mind) is infected with virus. We the Indians start infecting the minds of our children with the virus of Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Sanskrit, Religion etc from the very childhood. This virus is so strong that it is largely successful in destroying/ hampering the anti virus software of secularism, rationalism etc. And that is why all Indians are still living in conflict relating to secularism, communalism, language, cast, creed etc. In my view Indian educated people should not be allowed to become the judges of SC of India. I think that all the judges of the SC of India should be those people who have attended and completed their schooling and degrees in countries like Australia, USA, UK,Canada etc. Hopefully they will not have this "Indian virus" in their mind. I strongly think that English should be the only language which should be compulsorily taught and all other languages including Urdu should be optional only.

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  7. Article 343 (1) of the Indian constitution states "The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals." In the 2001 census, 422 million (422,048,642) people in India reported Hindi to be their native language. The results of 2011 census about the language use are not yet released but it is estimated that about 30% more people have expressed their preference for Hindi. Even foreign companies/powers are now considering for promotion of Hindi keeping in view the vast market. It is also true that it has not been granted status as national language but it is used by the majority. Hindi has been made difficult by those who did not wish it to get the status it deserved. Today, there is no language having status of national language. Had it been used by the Judiciary as its main language, it could have got recognition early. The Bollywood cinema did something better. As far as Urdu and Hindustani languages are concerned, they should have been adopted within the usage of Hindi. We still lack nationalism to some extent. That is why when we use Hindi, we think it is being imposed by the north and it is also true that the south and north as well as the east and west parts of India are now getting more Hindi speaking people. Hinglish is new arrival being coined by some IT professionals who do not wish to give up the easy tones of Hindustani as well as the psychological effect of English on their brains left by their seniors. We must adopt Hindi as national language as early as possible making it more soft.

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  9. Sir kitni dhul jami hain meri aankhon par

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  10. Hindi is an artificial language, lets now make it our National language.

    India is a vast country with many languages in order to have a common language, lets choose a language which is comfortable for most Indians. Hindi seems to be the best solution as Hindi is easy for most states and Indians.
    But the fact is English is more easier so let that be the International Language.

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