What do you find most fascinating about the Urdu language?
I find Urdu to be the most expressive language. The sound patterns, the cadence, the lyricism, the expressiveness and eloquence are unparalleled. It has the emotional depth and ability to convey so much- virtually any emotion or experience in a mere couplet. It deeply touches and brings together people across age groups, regions, religions, boundaries. It is not merely a language but a culture.
What prompted you to kickstart a fest like Jashn-e-Rekhta?
I felt the need to bring Urdu and its beauty to the forefront. I want to give it a place in the mainstream consciousness and introduce it to a much wider audience. I am also eager to dispel the perception that it is an exotic, limited language. While our website Rekhta.org is reaching a very large number of people, it is still sort of two dimensional. By arranging performances, panel discussions and interactive sessions, it brings the language to life. We feel that a festival like Jashn-e-Rekhta creates a much greater degree of awareness and appreciation for the lyrical beauty and eloquence of Urdu. A realisation that this is our language- born and evolved in our land, having the same grammar and emotional make-up.
Do you feel Urdu as a language is losing its popularity?
Based on the demographics on our website, we find that over 60 percent of visitors are in the age bracket of 20-35 and the number is simply growing. This combined with the profile, enthusiasm; sheer number of attendees at Jashn-e-Rekhta was a sure sign of the interest that Urdu as a language and as a medium generates. In our perception, there is a resurgence of Urdu, especially among what is commonly known as non-Urdu wallahs.
While Urdu songs/shayaris are well appreciated, why hasn't it had the same impact on book writers?
Urdu shayari is something that touches one and all. It has an emotional connect with people of all age groups and leanings. Indian movies have also kept it widely popular in the public consciousness. It is also something which is expressed in a large number of genres such as gazals, qawwalis, sufi songs, mushairas etc which have traditionally been popular and are now attracting increasing audiences. Urdu prose is also popular but it is somewhat contained as not enough content has been translated or transliterated, especially when compared to shayari.
Besides your love for Urdu, what keeps you busy?
For the past four years I have pretty much given myself up to Rekhta full time. I have more or less retired from business. Spending time with my daughters and grand-daughter is something that I look forward to a few times a year as they are all overseas. Getting together with friends from school, reading English and Urdu books, watching movies and English TV serials are some of the things I enjoy.
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