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Factually correct Sir, This is in reference to the letter by Sh. Tirath Singh Jamwal on my write up 'Development of Hindi in J&K' which appeared in Daily Excelsior dated 8th October 1999. The learned writer has blamed me for having disseminated wrong information in the said article. No doubt, there was only Vidya Vilas news paper which used to be published from Jammu and not Vidya Vikas. For the information of the learned writer, the word Vikas instead of Vilas is a typographical error. Again poet Dattu was not only the court poet of Maharaja Ranjit Dev but also of Maharaja Brajraj Dev who succeeded Maharaja Ranjit Dev. Prince Brajraj Dev was the patron of poet Dattu. In fact Prince Brajraj Dev brought him from Bhaddu to Jammu in 1770 AD to become the court poet. He remained in court even after the death of Maharaja Ranjit Dev. Actually, he remained court poet of Jamwal Royal family for about 28 years including the reign of Brajraj Dev (see Rise and Fall of Jammu Kingdom by S S Charak pp 85-86) To say that Dattu was the court poet of Ranjit Dev alone is not correct rather misleading. Again, the learned writer says that ''the author does not know that Hindi language and its writing started after 10th century and ample of literature popularly known as Veergathayan was written from 11th century. He picks up the thread from Bhakti movement which was the second stage''. Perhaps the learned writer is not aware that most of the said Gathayen were orally carried by Bhands from generation to generation and which were either in Rajasthani or Braj Basha languages/dialects. For the information of the learned writer, I have started my write up when the Khari Bali had become most popular in and around Delhi and other cities of northern India. Moreover, my article under reference is a historical survey on the Development of Hindi and not a chapter or a book or dissertation on Hindi language and literature wherein you will find a detailed description of writers, books, associations and organisations engaged in the promotion of Hindi. Moreover, it is not possible to give space to all the authors, books journals and organisations connected with the Hindi in such type of journalistic article in a paper which has a restriction of space. Inspite of this, I have included the names of the pioneer writers, journals and associations which actually worked for years together for the promotion of Hindi in the State and not those which came into existence like a bubble of water or those which remained in existence in names only. At the end I would like to say that healthy criticism is always welcome but biased/inspired criticism from any quarter is not desirable. It seems to me that the learned writer Sh Tirath Singh Jamwal has not shown his magnanimity and maturity by saying that ''the poor fellow has disseminated wrong information''. May I ask the learned writer how the omission of one letter or one word by the computer type writer in my article be considered as a dissemination of wrong information. Yours etc... |
