All of us know where Urdu stands in this fast developing era of Information Technology. The development of Science and Technology has cast deep impressions on the lifestyle Culture, Civilization and Languages of the people.
In the present time, everything, which comes from the west, is taken to be authentic. Since English is recognized as the language of innovation and invention, going astray from all these developments by the Urdu speakers is quite comprehensible.
Had it been confined to language, it would have been alright. But its deep impressions have entered into the civilization of the younger generation. The preservation of their own language and civilization is seen to be the outdated matter for them.
The present era is the period of Information Technology. The relationship of the present generation is linked up with computer and Internet. The magic spell of Social website is dominating their minds. In the Asian Sub-continent, chatting on facebook has become like a disease.
According to the report of Digital Map Asia, published in January 2012, in India alone, the number of facebook users has exceed 43, 497, 980.
Children, youngsters, old men and women, all of them, use social network as a tool of fulfillment of one’s entertainment and on the other hand a major tool of communication of one’s language.
The utility of website is a well recognized fact but the people are worried about pornography and other unsophisticated material available on Social network website.
They are very much concerned to protect the moral values and our cultural heritage.
Since a language play an important role in the formation of a healthy society, people are making attempts to connect Urdu language to computer and Internet. Most of the entries failed to attract the attention of the Urdu speakers despite their pictorial manifestations.
Urdu Unicode devised by the Indian, though exists but is rarely seen and used.
Some serious minded people are making concerted efforts to promote Unicode (Urdu) to keep pace with the fast developing world so that our Urdu language could also progress.
Since social networks, websites are most popular these days, Mr. Ajaz Ubaid from Hyderabd and Saif Qazi from Manmad have launched a non-profitable social network website in order to develop Urdu language to reach out to the commoners so that social relations are maintained with the medium of Urdu, which would in turn, guarantee the protection of Urdu language.
This social network has been launched with effect from 26th January 2013 which can be seen on the website www.bazmeurdu.net.
The organizers and promoters of this social network of Urdu have requested the Urdu speakers to visit this website.
—Siasat News