The two day National Urdu Congress on ‘Language, Literature & Society’ concluded at University of Kashmir. The Congress was organised by Department of Urdu University of Kashmir and supported by Jammu & Kashmir Bank.
Addressing a press conference, chief guest on the occasion, Prof. Talat Ahmad, vice chancellor, KU said that the purpose of the Urdu Congress on Language, Literature and Society was well and truly served by bringing the stakeholders of Urdu Language together for dialogue and criticism involving participants from the interdisciplinary studies further leading to research and development in the field of literature.
On this occasion, Prof. (Dr.) Arifa Bushra, chairperson Urdu Congress and Head Department of Urdu said that “we were overwhelmed by the response received from the expert and scholar communities and faculty members from reputed universities within the country and such events shall continue in the future as well.”
Prof. Muhammad Zamaan Azurda said that the theme of the Urdu Congress is the prelude of a movement in itself. Literature is a reflection of the society which is a widely acknowledged fact. There has been a paradigm shift into thematic literary innovations in Urdu literature with the advent of technology. He added that the multidisciplinary theme of this Urdu Congress merges all the related disciplines into a cosmos of interrelated components
Prof. Quddus Javaid in his address said that such literary gatherings are vital for the promotion of Urdu language. “We are contented with the positive response of the scholar community from the interdisciplinary fields and faculty members from various universities towards the first Urdu Congress in Jammu & Kashmir, making it a tremendous success”, he added.
Prof. Qazi Jamal from Aligarh Muslim University said that the theme of the Urdu Congress is very vast and deserves dialogue and discourse to emerge at new ideas and future prospects of research in the field. He remarkably discerned literature as a cultural and spiritual resource in modern societies.
Prof. Irteza Karim, HoD Urdu, Delhi University added that it is an opportunity of perspective building for the future researchers who can inculcate in themselves scientific attitude the by opening their mind towards various aspects of language, literature and society.