Re: Urdu (Language)
wunderkind
You are saying that in India urdu is taken over by Hindi and English I find your observation incorrect because in urban India the young educated professionals are adopting English.It has an effect on all the languages and not on urdu alone.
overall the state of muslims in India is in decline and obviously urdu which is normally spoken by the muslims wont have that much patronage by the state as compared to other languages but still the private sector and other organistions are active in promotion of urdu.There are several newspapers and magazines published in urdu language all across India.urdu is taught at universities in the hindi speaking belt and andhra pradesh.There are other universities like aligarh and osmania still functioning in India.I think there is an urdu channel as well.
I dont think so urdu is completely replaced by hindi and english in kashmir.Will urdu be completely wiped out from the place of its origin I think it wont happen.Urdu is not like sanskrit that a brahmin will speak it only it is the language of the masses and surely not for classes.