Bazm-e-Urdu demostrates collective concern for common problems as well as the desire to partake in the promotion and enjoyment of one's unique culture. Notes Meeting of Bazm-e-Urdu, November 1977. ^ Constitution of Bazm-e-Urdu entitled " Bazin-e-UrdH. " The general function of the Urdu Academy is similar to that of Bazm-e-Urdu in that it was created to promote Urdu education and academic work. According to one of its officers, it gives scholarships to individual students of Urdu and grants to literary associations. It sponsors literary and cultural activities, helps some writers in meeting the cost of publications, publishes some books and is presently setting up a library. 4 There is a third women's group in Lucknow called Bazm-e-Khavatin, but it is a social club and not a literary association. In the article, "Should Urdu be Allowed to Live? (The illustrated Weekly of India, 5 May 1974, p. 33), there is an insert entitled "Is Urdu the Language of Only Muslims?" At least fifty names of non-Muslim writers of Urdu are listed. Moreover, in 1973, there was a conference of non-Muslim writers of Urdu held in Lucknow and organized by Ram Lall. Anwar Azeem, "Urdu: A Victim of Cultural Genocide?" in Zafar Imam, Ed., Muslims in India (New Delhi, 1975), p. 260. I have arrived at their position from comments made in the questionnaire and after many informal conversations with members of Bazm-e-Urdu, and other writers and intellectuals. Interview with Ayesha Siddiqui, 19 July 1978. Ibid. Abdul Halim Sharar. Lucknow: The Last Phase of an Oriental Culture. E. S. Harcourt & Fakhir Hussain, Tr. and Ed. London: 1975, p. 200, -97-