Word: urdu
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Kuumba singer, a leading member of the Black Men’s Forum, founder of the California Club, and first class marshal. He has also spent time abroad studying in South Africa—where he hopes eventually to live—and has earned a language citation in Urdu-Hindi...
Optimistic and extroverted, Franklin came to Harvard in fall 2001, landing in Straus A. A neighbor dared him to attend the first meeting of introductory Urdu-Hindi—the language most commonly spoken on the Indian subcontinent. He ended up taking three years of the language to get a citation, which led him to accept a post-graduation gig in Bombay, India. He will study film and assist in tsunami relief there...
...discussion also focused on the state of South Asian languages at Harvard. Some attendees complained about Harvard’s policy of offering Hindi and Urdu together, noting frustrations with having to spend half a semester on a language that they weren’t interested in for the sake of another...
...becomes. Many Pakistanis are still bitter that Zia allowed Prime Minister Bhutto's body to be buried without a member of the family present. When news of Shahnawaz's death reached Pakistan, thousands went to the Bhutto home in Karachi to pay their respects. People burned stacks of an Urdu-language newspaper that suggested Shahnawaz may have died from alcohol and drugs. In Sind province, most business came to a standstill. Some defied the ban on entering Sind for the funeral rites. Said Malik Mohammed Qasim, secretary-general of one faction of the Pakistan Muslim League: "To attend a funeral...
...Later in the day, Musharraf traveled five blocks to Singh's hotel, the New York Palace, where the two delivered a joint statement saying their talk had been "constructive and frank" and that they discussed Kashmir, the major issue dividing the two nations. Singh quoted a wise and encouraging Urdu couplet that goes: "For mistakes of the moment, generations may have to pay the price." By Anthony Spaeth...