{"id":417845,"date":"2023-06-06T18:41:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T13:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=417845"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:41:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T13:41:22","slug":"naseeruddin-shahs-bizarre-claim-on-sindhi-language-irks-pakistanis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/naseeruddin-shahs-bizarre-claim-on-sindhi-language-irks-pakistanis\/","title":{"rendered":"Naseeruddin Shah&#8217;s Bizarre Claim on Sindhi Language Irks Pakistanis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many individuals have developed smart methods to avoid controversy, hide behind large words, and make the appropriate strategic moves in an age when people are more held accountable for their public remarks. However, some others, like Indian star Naseeruddin Shah, appear to have missed the alert.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/check-out-bollywood-beauties-hottest-dresses-for-this-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check Out Bollywood Beauties&#8217; Hottest Dresses for This Season<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>In a promotional interview with <em><strong>Tried &amp; Refused Productions<\/strong><\/em> for his latest TV series <em><strong>Taj<\/strong><\/em>, he bluntly claimed,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sindhi is, of course, no longer spoken in Pakistan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch the video,<\/p>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"html5\" id=\"arve-html5-\" style=\"max-width:1280px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"arve-embed\">\n\t\t\t<video class=\"arve-video fitvidsignore\" controls controlslist=\"\" data-arve=\"arve-html5-\" onloadstart=\"this.volume=1\" preload=\"metadata\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nasiruding.mp4#t=0.1\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>Twitter did not take kindly to his assumption, prompting a heap of backlash in viral retweets of the footage. Ironically, Shah&#8217;s statement was made as a side note while listing various regional languages and discussing widespread ignorance towards Urdu.<\/p>\n<p>Many users were outraged at his ignorance towards Sindhi, including the original user who shared the snippet online.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSindhi, of course, is no longer spoken in Pakistan..\u201d<br \/>WTF, Shah Ji? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kp4tYlmykG\">pic.twitter.com\/kp4tYlmykG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Umar Aziz Khan (@UmarAzizKhan9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UmarAzizKhan9\/status\/1665795792639078403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/mohammad-rizwan-offers-namaz-on-roadside-in-the-us-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammad Rizwan Offers Namaz on Roadside in the US [Video]<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>Several users also urged the actor to <em><strong>come to Sindh<\/strong><\/em>, calling attention to how many large, sweeping stereotypes we hear about Sindh coming from people who have never visited.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Come to Sindh Sir and let us prove you Wrong<br \/>I wonder where he got this idea that Sindhi is no longer spoken in Pakistan <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HGmUopryeR\">https:\/\/t.co\/HGmUopryeR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dewan Sachal (@essel1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/essel1\/status\/1665987550559760384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Other users, such as independent Sindhi journalist Veengas, made it a point to remind us of the facts. She highlighted how Shah and several others have harmfully overlooked the presence of Sindhi in local media and literature, not unlike the way we often treat regional languages ourselves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone must educate Naseeruddin Shah ji that Sindhi is spoken and we have Sindhi media and read our Sindhi literature. <br \/>I think he doesn\u2019t know about our land Sindh. So, please Naseeruddin Shah Ji, humble piece of advice: don\u2019t comment on any issue when you are not sure about\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IOi0DGEaTE\">https:\/\/t.co\/IOi0DGEaTE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Veengas (@VeengasJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VeengasJ\/status\/1665935162864029699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Twitter is, <em>of course<\/em>, not Twitter without its mocking retweets. Many users took this opportunity to ridicule Shah for falling short in his attempts at <em>intellectual<\/em> conversation, with Indian author Rahul Pandita even suggesting that he should <em>withdraw from public life<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think there is merit in the theory that beyond a certain age men should just withdraw from public life. If they insist on staying on, their family should make them do it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wtXiCQHw6w\">https:\/\/t.co\/wtXiCQHw6w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rahul Pandita (@rahulpandita) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rahulpandita\/status\/1665924953823215621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s wrong sir, Please visit Sindh, you will see people who speak Sindhi. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OqrrQQRS14\">https:\/\/t.co\/OqrrQQRS14<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kavi Shankar ll \u0915\u0935\u093f \u0936\u0902\u0915\u0930 ll \u05e7\u05d0\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05e0\u05e7\u05e8 ll \u06aa\u0648\u064a \u0634\u0646\u06aa\u0631 (@kavishankar777) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kavishankar777\/status\/1665989326251991041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sindhi is official language of Sindh state of Pakistan and spoken by 3 crore Pakistanis at least. <\/p>\n<p>At least Alia doesn&#39;t pretend to be genius. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PpQoPD7N0i\">https:\/\/t.co\/PpQoPD7N0i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ge(r)ms of Bollywood \u092c\u0949\u0932\u0940\u0935\u0941\u0921 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u0924\u094d\u0928 (@GemsOfBollywood) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GemsOfBollywood\/status\/1665986438943629313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/saba-qamar-brings-her-fashion-a-game-at-launch-of-paragon-salon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saba Qamar Brings Her Fashion A-Game At Launch of Paragon Salon<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>One user hilariously tweeted<em> from the burial mounds<\/em> of Mohenjo Daro, adding that the only languages we speak now are <em><strong>Chinese and Urd-lish<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">yes we are extinct. I am tweeting from the burial mounds of Moenjodaro. The Indus river dried up a millenia ago. Sindhi is no longer spoken in Pakistan, it is all Chinese and Urdlish <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FeIcQNQgo7\">https:\/\/t.co\/FeIcQNQgo7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u16d3\u16c6\u16da\u16c1\u16cc\u16d0\u16c1\u16bf\u16c1 \ud83c\udf49 (@okayysorryy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okayysorryy\/status\/1665981488767049728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Whether learned from famous celebrities or at dinner table discussions, we must begin to revisit what we know about our local cultures \u2014 and where that knowledge came from. You might find wilder assumptions than Shah&#8217;s closer to home!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/celebrities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrity portal<\/a> to know more about your favorite stars.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many individuals have developed smart methods to avoid controversy, hide behind large words, and make the appropriate strategic moves in an age when people are more held accountable for their public remarks. However, some others, like Indian star Naseeruddin Shah, appear to have missed the alert. 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