Sironj (Madhya Pradesh): Satuti Agarwal, a 16-year-old from the small town of Sironj, loves Urdu so much that she rebelled against her family to study Urdu and now her poems, fiction and articles have been published in many Urdu magazines in India.
The city of Sironj in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district is a place which has produced many great poets and writers. That is why Muslims, as well as non-Muslims in Sironj, love the Urdu language. Satuti Agarwal, a girl from Sironj, loves Urdu so much that not only did she learn Urdu after rebelling against her family, but today her poems, fiction and articles have been published in every Indian magazine.
Satuti Agarwal is currently the Deputy Editor of the magazine 'Intisab', published from Serong. She also composes the magazine.
Satuti Agarwal said that after she started studying Urdu, some of her family members claimed that she would become a Muslim if she studied Urdu.
In an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat, Satuti Agarwal said that her father Anil Agrawal's friendship with people connected with literature has been going on for a very long time and she herself used to take part in literary festivals with her father. With time her love for the Urdu language grew.
Around the age of five to eight, Satuti Agarwal had memorized the works of many great poets and when she recited these works in literary festivals, she was highly praised and that is how her love for Urdu started.
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Satuti Agarwal enrolled in an Urdu school from the eighth grade and learned Urdu within six months with her hard work. In the meantime, many of her articles, novels and poems had been published in various magazines.
Asked about belonging to a Hindu family and her love for Urdu, Satuti said, "There were people in my house who objected. My father and mother were the ones who supported me. Besides them, there was no one in my house who supported me. They even claimed that I will become a Muslim if I study Urdu."
"Despite all these circumstances, I have not faltered and I have reached a good position today by reading and writing Urdu," she said.
