Lingo Woes Across The Radcliff Line

back to old witchdoctor tactics I see...

#16 Manto Mian

[Actually I see that Pakis light up ...and they dance the monkey dance... ]

I don`t think you should generalize to all Pakistanis. Also, ``Paki`` is to be considered a derogatory term and should not be used.

Actually I see that Pakis light up Indian chaddis and they dance the monkey dance...

#14 Mohar11

[... if you can take it and still want to be friends - then we know there may be a genuine change of your still putrid mindset..... if not - well, thanks for playing....]

Well said, Mohar! Good man!

Equally important - the Pakistanis must openly admit their screw-ups - fess up to those dirty dealings and their insurgent pumpings - and clean up their act and prove to Indians (and the world) that they are sincere in getting rid of the malignancy growing on their own collective behinds. And they need to fire (if they can) the lot that got their noses stuck into that short vision tunnel-sewer and made them lap it all up!

Will khaki ever turn white - or would it rather become khaak?

Who knows - and perhaps (from the viewpoint of many otherwise well-intentioned but now virtually fed-up Indians) who cares - but the cost is disproportionately high for ONE of the sides - and it is mere wishful thinking to say otherwise!

Re: # 8 gul
[...With the amount of venom spewed non stop by many Indians at Chowk....]

Well - I don`t know about ``venom``, but yes, many Indians aggressively lampoon pakis whenever they get a chance.... but then - what do you expect?... rose petals?... I mean - with all the big0try that you pakis have displayed over the years towards Indians in general and hinuds in particular - this the least you should expect from them....

look at it this way - this is kind of a trial by fire for you pakis... if you can take it and still want to be friends - then we know there may be a genuine change of your still putrid mindset..... if not - well, thanks for playing....

I haven`t read the article but I see Hindutvist nuts with pants on fire... so good job Xamlah!

i m so sorry!... i didn`t know i had very utopian views about humanity!... this all needs to end people!

[This has to end someday… someday soon]- some day has centuries echoing..inside..

a note to the author - please come out of the slumber..wasn`t Gujrat a sufficient..testimony..??
the racial hatred has been there which was imbibed by the ruled through the microscope of the English..

Although..the Kashmir thing is a dollar sign..a Captain-Jack`s treasure for both the countries..if its pulled off..both of them..are left to depend on the tax returns..and when that happens..the economic uplift is around the corner..which both the countries cannot engage in..so as to feed the Dawgs..of politics..

even the kashmiris are fed to hush..for some time..and when they get hungy..they gape again..before the two countries..
a bit like commission game..and kashmir has nothing to lose from both sides under slavery..

why would a bird in cage of gold and fed nicely would prefer freedom where it has to toil and endeavour all day for a morsel or two..??

``The normalization of relations between the two great rivals in South Asia ``

Great rivals? Only one is great another is a pig sty.

``Everywhere an amalgam of English and local languages has given rise to “P-English``

With Talibanic mindset and 5% literacy rate in Pukiland do you really believe this ...


This is not venom, this is reality ....

I think this article is based on highly faulty premises (even though its intentions may be good).

We live in times when technology has - for all practical purposes - removed ``language`` as a barrier - at least for the educated classes.

Tinkering with the script and the language does not change the content it is intended to communicate. Languages evolve with the people - so that`s where the focus need to be.

#4 Rahulmal
[Hindi is the language of the laggards...]

I am heartbroken - but still carry on - lagging far, far behind!

With the amount of venom spewed non stop by many Indians at Chowk, I wonder if the writer is living in Alice in Woderland. Not only here but whereever there is a Board with the Indians and Pakistanis, the story repeats itself.

As for EM, It is a defective theory. Just because somebody feels that the muslims have yet to undergo the modernity phase a la islamic fashion never makes it plausible.

Cheerios

Abey Jihadists in your country will kill you.

Try to persuade Jihadis like Atif and Khamkhwa first.

and the point is?

and the point is?

I didn`t know that Indo-Pak border was demarcated by Radcliffe. I wouldn`t have read this article if not for the title :-)

Methinks the role of script in communication is exaggerated. After all, we do read a lot of Urdu, even the pretentious shero-shairi stuff in Devanagari. Moreover, the divergence of language has been bridged to a certain extent by cable TV & internet. I`ve seen Pakistani comedians in `The Great Indian Comedy show` aired on Star One channel. Also, Pakistani bands like Strings perform pretty regularly in India.

Neways, we are discussing something which is least important in the larger scheme of things. If the current trend continues, our languages would become extinct before Asiatic Lion. The language of board rooms, discourse of intelligentsia and fawning of elite is English. English is the stepping stone to success in all walks of life. Hindi is the language of laggards, the unfortunate who have been left behind in the shove to summit. Perhaps, it is my ignorance, but I can`t think of any Hindi writer of repute in the last couple of decades. It is dying a slow painful death.

The author needs to be appreciated that he is one of the many on both sides of the border who envision two countries living side by side in peace and harmony. The path of course is long and difficult with lots of impediments but yes , we must walk on and on for the desired goal.

A lot will depend upon the individuals of both the countries. The TV channels are playing their roles.

But we have to keep in minds that India is for Indians and Pakistan is for Pakistanis and vice-versa cannot be true. This would require that both of us respect each others` religion, culture, traditions etc. Whereever their are commanilities, it is good, but wherever we have differences, it is also equally good.