Uddari Mudhla Warqa
Punjabi word ‘uddari’ was common enough but had not captured me till author Zubair Ahmad (Kitab Trinjan, Lahore) suggested it as ‘khyal uddari’ for ‘imagination’ in my novel ‘Skeena’. Later, i mentioned it to Editor Maqsood Saqib (Monthly Pancham, and Suchet Kitab Ghar, Lahore) as a title for a proposed journal of Punjabi writings; “Uddari!” Maqsood Saqib slashed the ‘khyal’ in his most decisive tones. So, uddari it is.
Uddari Weblog is a place to discuss maaNboli issues such as the status of maaNboli languages, royalty rights of writers, support for the publishers, and whatever is in between.
- Fauzia Rafiq
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Uddari
‘Urraan’ in Urdu. ‘Airborne, soaring, in the air, on the wing, taking off, taking to the air’.
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Authors/Contributors
Afzal Saahir, Lahore Pakistan
Amarjit Chandan, London UK
Fauzia Rafiq, Surrey Canada
Hoori Noorani, Karachi Pakistan
Ijaz Syed, California USA
Rubya Mehdi, Copenhagen Denmark
Shahid Mirza, Lahore Pakistan
Sukant Chandan, London UK
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Uddari pages
Cultural Events Page/Rehtal Mehfli Varqa
Great Women of Punjabi Origin/Punjab deyaN ManniaN PerwanniaN ZnaniaN
Market Area/Mandi Hata
Photo Album/Foto Mandli
Punjabi MaNboli Authors and Publishers/Punjabi Maanboli Likhari te Chhapay
Punjabi MaNboli Writers/Punjabi MaNboli Likhari
Uddari Home/Mudhla Varqa
Punjabi Poems/Punjabi NazmaN
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Uddari Sites/Blogs
Uddari Action Page
Uddari Art Exhibition
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This blog on Punjabi literature is created by Fauzia Rafiq from Vancouver Lower Mainland, an area established on the territories of Satesh Salish peoples in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Contact: uddari@live.ca
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Another sad fact, of all the newly elected provincial assemblies, Punjab has the distinction that not even one member used Punjabi to take oath, while members of Sindh, Baluchistan and NWFP assemblies took oaths in all possible dialects and languages.
Lovely to find this blog! Will visit frequently. Hi, Fauzia :).
Mainu bahut ajeeb laggeya si ke Punjabi skoolaa’n ch nahi parhayee jaandi. Je kittey eho haal East Punjab ch hunda taa’n mae’nu jinni ku parhni aundi ae uh vi reh jaandi. Saahnu te ghamm ae ke urdu nahi parhayee gayee so assi’n nastaliq script to’n vaanjh ho gaye..jiss script vich merey papa likhde sann uh saahto’n dur keeti gayee systematically
mae’n pakistani punjabi dostaa’n di barhi shukarguzaar haa’n..maa’nboli da pyar hor nikhar geya ae iss mulaqat to’n baad
Yes, let us draw a petition to assert the right of children to study in their mother tongue, maaNboli. Also because UNESCO lists Punjabi as one of the languages that is expected to become extinct in fifty years. It makes me feel strange; as if i was someone who was focused on keeping the roof on top when the foundation was withering away under my feet.
It is so unfortunate that in the new provincial assembly there is no party/individual/group to voice the right of children to study in the mother tongue. maybe we need to start a signature campaign to promote the cause.