Congratulations to Baloch people you have a language that is kept alive not by collective but individual efforts! We are in 21st century. It is the time that nations are recognized by the virtue of language they speak, by the culture and civilization they follow. “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, Says Nelson Mandela, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.”
It was depressing to see that the great Balochi poet, Gul Khan Nasser’s collection of poetry carries a preface that is written in Urdu language, and it was clear from the writing and choice of words that the “Peshgal” (preface) was coined by a Balochi speaker, this perception became a reality when it come clear to the eyes that actually the preface is written by Gul Banu, daughter of the great revolutionary poet and Balochi lover being mentioned.
Now it is easy to assume whether Balochi was considered outdated or Urdu as influential by the writer. Her mother tongue is Balochi, she preferred Urdu. It might be called something narrow mindedness of me or ignorance of the writer. It might be surprising for everyone even for a non-Balochi speaker to find out that the Peshgal of a Balochi poet’s collected works written in Balochi is in Urdu seems something dramatic and totally unmatchable.
The thinking level might show me as a provincial man, but it is a genuine reality that an artist must first be nationally known in the true sense of the word, before he/she is internationally known. It is known and practiced even by an insignificant artist. Balochi literature is not a backward or dead literature, if it was, again it is necessary to be read and write by Balochi speaker being the mother tongue.
It must be the responsibility of the speaker of a language to popularize it and enrich it with new coined words, as new things are arriving. One should not make the language inferior he speaks rather intelligently promote and nourish it as it is done by great scholars of any language, we have names among us like, Zahoor Shah Hashumi, Saba Dashtiyari, G.R. Mullah, Karim Dashti, a long list of names.
One can not be respected by his people when he speaks and writes in an alien language and also by the people in whom language he writes. Before trying to win others, one should try to win over his own people.
It was depressing to see that the great Balochi poet, Gul Khan Nasser’s collection of poetry carries a preface that is written in Urdu language, and it was clear from the writing and choice of words that the “Peshgal” (preface) was coined by a Balochi speaker, this perception became a reality when it come clear to the eyes that actually the preface is written by Gul Banu, daughter of the great revolutionary poet and Balochi lover being mentioned.
Now it is easy to assume whether Balochi was considered outdated or Urdu as influential by the writer. Her mother tongue is Balochi, she preferred Urdu. It might be called something narrow mindedness of me or ignorance of the writer. It might be surprising for everyone even for a non-Balochi speaker to find out that the Peshgal of a Balochi poet’s collected works written in Balochi is in Urdu seems something dramatic and totally unmatchable.
The thinking level might show me as a provincial man, but it is a genuine reality that an artist must first be nationally known in the true sense of the word, before he/she is internationally known. It is known and practiced even by an insignificant artist. Balochi literature is not a backward or dead literature, if it was, again it is necessary to be read and write by Balochi speaker being the mother tongue.
It must be the responsibility of the speaker of a language to popularize it and enrich it with new coined words, as new things are arriving. One should not make the language inferior he speaks rather intelligently promote and nourish it as it is done by great scholars of any language, we have names among us like, Zahoor Shah Hashumi, Saba Dashtiyari, G.R. Mullah, Karim Dashti, a long list of names.
One can not be respected by his people when he speaks and writes in an alien language and also by the people in whom language he writes. Before trying to win others, one should try to win over his own people.
Balochi Zindagbat
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