LUCKNOW: A meeting of Urdu writers and poets was held here yesterday [Oct 8] and a resolution was passed strongly protesting against the uncal­led for and malicious propaganda initiated by the patrons of Sanskrit against the language used by the All-India Radio in its broadcasts. It was pointed out that the language used, in fact, was preponderantly Hindu and at times even most commonly used Persian and Arabic words are deliberately avoided. The meeting further deplo­red the participation in this campaign of prominent Congressmen like Mr. Pershotam Das Tan­don and Mr. Sampurnanand and requested Mr. Gandhi to instruct them not to take part in controversies likely to create communal bitterness.

[Meanwhile, as reported from New Delhi,] An Ordinance published on Saturday requires all European British women in India between the ages of 18 and 50 who are not in full time Government employment, military or civil, to register themselves as explained below, says a Press note:- The object is to discover what war work women in each district are in a position to do, so as to help the local authorities to offer an opportunity for such work to all women residing in their district…

Published in Dawn, October 9th, 2019