This volume discusses the evolution of language politics in India since Independence and how this has affected the Urdu language. It looks forward to the inclusion of Urdu in mainstream secular education to enable its survival as a functional language in India. INDICE: Preface (Salman Khurshid); Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Paperback Edition (Ather Farouqui); Introduction (Ather Farouqui); I: Contextualizing Urdu: 1. Urdu: Between Rights and the Nation (Pratap Bhanu Mehta); 2. Language, Legitimation, and the Identity Status of Urdu and Muslims (Yogendra Singh); 3. Urdu in India in the Twenty-first Century (Barbara D. Metcalf); 4. Strategies for the Survival of Formerly Dominant Languages (With Special Reference to Urdu) (Theodore P. Wright, Jr); II: Urdu and Identity Politics: 5. Madrasas and the Making of Muslim Identity (Arjumand Ara); 6. The Communalization and Disintegration of Urdu in Anita Desai's In Custody (Amina Yaqin); 7. The Destiny of Urdu in Independent India: Language and Muslim Identity (Daniela Bredi); 8. Whither Urdu? Language, Community, and Power in India Today (Kelly Pemberton); III: Civic Space, Education, and Urdu: 9. A Trinity without a Church: Urdu Language, Urdu Education in India, and Muslim Indians (Syed Shahabuddin); 10. Urdu Education in India: An Overview (Ather Farouqui); 11. A Foreigner's Reflections on the Status of Urdu and Urdu Education in India (Christina Oesterheld); 12. The Wardha Scheme of Basic Education and the Urdu Medium (Kerrin Gräfin von Schwerin); 13. Urdu in India: Its Present State, and the Way Forward (Hasan Abdullah); 14. Living with Urdu, Living without Urdu (J.S. Gandhi); IV: Minority Language and Community-Legal Concerns: 15. Education for Linguistic Minorities: The Legal Framework (Fali S. Nariman); 16. Minorities in the Twenty-first Century (Soli J. Sorabjee); 17. Legal Aspects of Minority Languages (Yogesh Tyagi); Appendix 1: Delhi Urdu Conference; Appendix 2: Valedictory Address; Glossary; Notes on Contributors; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-806846-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha Publicación: 25/11/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés