DoorDarshan Urdu Update

We'd talked about DoorDarshan staring an Urdu channel:

http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com/2005/07/urdu-news-channel-by-prasar-bharti.html

Here's an update:

http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/dec/dec161.htm

It's taken almost three generations, but it is good to see Urdu increasingly getting its props in India. We need to get to the point where the culture that the language represents really rises above the divide between India and Pakistan. Yes, I know we cherish poets across the border and give them great honors when they visit; but that's my point. We need to get to the point where it is not mentionable that a poet is Indian or Pakistani. When a poet from Britain visits the US or Australia, or vice versa, it is not a big deal which country he or she is from; he is a great poet in the language spoken in both places. That's how it should be.