Ismail Merchant’s promotion of Urdu

So many people have promoted the Urdu language. Most of the people know that Ismail merchant was a Hollywood producer. He was a Hollywood filmmaker but this is not his only credit. He was an ardent promoter of the Urdu language.

Being in the film industry and living in India, he knew all the ins and outs of the both languages called the Urdu and the Hindi. He never saw a point in the separation of the two languages. He never saw a point in the ever-present fight between the promoters of the Urdu and the Hindi.

“A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish”. Ismail Merchant

Man-o-Salwa- An Intriguing Urdu Novel

Man-o-Salwa is an intriguing Urdu novel written by Umera Ahmed. Umera Ahmed is a great Urdu storywriter, novel writer, and scriptwriter.

She started writing almost a decade ago and became popular very soon. The theme of the Urdu novel Man-o-Salwa revolves around the idea of earning Halal and Haram Income. In this novel, Umera Ahmed has compared the Muslims of today with the Bani Israel. Allah Almighty used to provide them with Halal things to eat but soon they became fed up of them. The names of those eating delicacies were man and Salwa. Bani Israel started demanding things that grow from the ground like onion etc.