By Justice Markandey Katju
Most Muslims cannot pronounce Urdu words ( leave aside knowing the Urdu script ) like afeem, andaaz, azad, aziz, afsos, aftaab, azaan, ahmaq, baagh, nazm, bukhaar, bazaar, harf, izaafa, ikhlaaq, ikhlaas, ishq, intikhaab, khabar, khyaal, khair, khasta, khaali, khushbu, khuda, khoobsurat, kaafi, khwaab, khaandaan, khilafat, lihaaz, zaroori, zubaan, fehmi, fiza, farmaya, firaq, ghazal, Ghalib, ghaflat, ghalat, guzar, gulzar, ghulam, ghairat, gham, gustaakhi, ghazab, guftagu, haqeeqat, qurbat, zabardast, zinda, zanjeer, zalzala, zarra, fizool, farishta, farokht, maazarat, mukhtalif, mashriq, maghrib, mukhbir, mukhatib, murgh, nazakat, nafasat, namaaz, nawaz, nawazish, nazdeek, shayari, saaqi, shakhs, Siddique, daftar, khamosh, koshish, roz, qayamat, Qatar, talkh, khwamkhwa, waqt, taaza, tashreef, talaffuz, tafteesh, rekhta, raftaar, qubool, shuru, etc.
They will pronounce these words as jaroor, jabardast, khusbu, ajad, gajab, gajal, jinda, galat, saayari, gulam, andaaj, khaali, taaja, suru, khuda, etc.
Some cannot even pronounce their own names properly.
And they claim it is their language.
