Re: Sorry, I am born to a Pakistani but cannot read Urdu
I think its a great topic, why does heritage language or culture fade, is it normal.
Obviously tangents and point scoring happened with some people, but that is just to be ignored.
What I like about Diwana is that at least with me, we counter each others’ points in a mutually respecting discussion approach, with some humor thrown in because we understand each others’ style well. I think he is the only person I have told to just bring a brick and smack on my head.. 
Good topic, and something we all should really think about…is it normal, how much or what should be focus on to retain…and inevitably, what is important…are we focused on the right things. In my view linguistic-cultural-social-religious identities are related but not one and the same.
One thing that is not in this thread is the language and cultural change within Pakistan, social structure and norms and identity from both internal changes and external influence. That is an interesting topic in itself.