🧳 1. Personal and Community Reasons : For many in the South Asian diaspora, Urdu is a way to reconnect with family roots and traditions. It can also help with Community Engagement. Learning Urdu allows you to build closer ties with Urdu-speaking communities through conversation, travel, or volunteer work
🇵🇰 2. Opens up Pakistan to travellers : Pakistan is a hidden gem for travellers, offering breathtaking landscapes, rich history, and warm hospitality. From the towering peaks of the Karakoram Range to the serene valleys of Hunza and Swat, Pakistan boasts some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, as well as some underexplored urban destinations
🎶 3. It Opens a Rich Literary and Cultural World : Urdu boasts a rich literary tradition, especially in poetry. Learning Urdu allows you to appreciate works by legends like Mirza Ghalib, Allama Iqbal, and Faiz Ahmed Faiz in their original form. Many Bollywood films and songs use a mix of Hindi and Urdu. Understanding Urdu enhances your experience of South Asian cinema and music.
Urdu’s script (Nastaʿlīq) is considered one of the most beautiful in the world.
🗣️ 4. Global Language Urdu is spoken by over 100 million people, especially in Pakistan and parts of India, and among diaspora communities in the UK, USA, Middle East, and elsewhere. Urdu can also be a 'Learning Bridge'. If you know Hindi, Arabic, Farsi, or Punjabi, learning Urdu becomes easier, and vice versa.
📈 5. Professional and Practical Benefits : Knowing Urdu can help in careers like diplomacy, journalism, translation, intelligence, international development, and South Asian studies. Pakistan is also a growing market; language skills can be an asset in import/export, media, and tech sectors.