Now, if a film written in Urdu can be called a Hindi film, it is logical to conclude that Hindi and Urdu are one and the same language. But no, our British masters declared them two separate languages in their time. Therefore, even 25 years after independence, our government, our universities, and our intellectuals insist on treating them as two separate and independent languages. Pakistan radio goes on ruining the beauty of this language by thrusting into it as many Persian and Arabic words as possible; and All India Radio knocks it out of all shape by pouring the entire Sanskrit dictionary into it. In this way they carry out the wish of the Master, to separate the inseparable. Can anything be more absurd than that?

• Can we claim that at the personal, social, or institutional level, our thinking, our decisions, or even our actions are our own and not borrowed?
• But their worst fault, you will agree with me, is that their plots, their technique, their songs and dances, betray blind, unimaginative, and unabashed copying of films from the west.
• He has to do it, otherwise, he says, he is not respected.
• Therefore, even 25 years after independence, our government, our universities, and our intellectuals insist on treating them as two separate and independent languages.