''Advise'':-:-Tells how to say Salam, the Islamic greeting, correctly:

A board that instructs how to say Salaam correctly Passing by one of
the lanes in theold part of town I spotted this board. The hoarding
installed in front of one of the oldest talkies in the city, tells how
to say the Salam [Salaam] correctly.
The scripts reads, 'Salam ka sahihtariiqa' or the 'Right way of
greeting the other person'.
It is 'Assalam-o-Alaikum' or 'Assalamu-Alaikum', not Salam Alaikum.
And the reply is Walaikum Assalam.
As the words are in Arabic, it is possible that people may not know
the exact pronunciation. I've commonly heard 'Assalam-Walaikum' also.
It can be a religious issue, just a linguistic exercise or an age-old
habit due to which people only greet others with the first half of the
sentence, as if they are in a hurry.
I haven't seen such boards and hence took the photograph. Apart from
Urdu, it also mentionsthe correct 'Salam' in devnagari [Hindi script].
As far as the meaning goes, it is 'Peace be upon you' and the reply is
'So be on you'.
For people with roots in Awadh [region around Lucknow], we were always
more accustomed with the 'secular' Adab [pronunciation: Aadaab]. It
still comes more natural to me. Just like Khuda Hafiz, which I am more
comfortable though most of my acquaintances now say Allah Hafiz.
The board is installed over a kebab seller's shop. It might get a new
banner or hoarding any day, as these days flex advertising banners
have almost pushed painters out of the job, as they can be easily be
preparedand put up. Hence, I thought, I should click the photo.
Enough words for a post now. Hope I haven't put you in a fix and you
are not thinking whether you spell out the Salam correctly/

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