by Zabaan | Jan 18, 2019 | Learning and Teaching
In this blog Mira talks about spending a year in Florence on exchange. Sette Via Montebello. Sette Via Montebello. I muttered these words under my breath over and over, for fear that something would distract me, and I may forget them. It was autumn of 2004, and I had...
by Ali Taqi | Dec 21, 2018 | Learning and Teaching
We could be heroes! Me and you! That song is pretty good in another context, and in my opinion also fitting to language learners and teachers. To be sure, I am using the word hero to mean a person who is admired, especially for having done something difficult or...
by Zabaan | Nov 17, 2018 | Learning and Teaching, Urdu
Mr Rakesh Saraf shares his experience of learning Urdu with Zabaan. My father was a scholar in Urdu amongst his other interests in life. When he passed away early in 2009, he left me many books. Amongst them was a veritable treasure trove of Urdu literature, including...
by Zabaan | Dec 3, 2016 | Hindi, Learning and Teaching, Linguists, Urdu
Under the garb of a lawyer par excellence lies a heart that beats for the composite culture of India and its literary and cultural traditions. Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, is well known for his passion and knowledge of law, but few...
by Zabaan | Aug 13, 2015 | Learning and Teaching
Learning, in acting as a basis for our personal choices, decisions and actions, determines the difference between what we become and do not become. It helps to shape the inarticulate hum of the universal consciousness, present in all that exists and in each of us,...
by Zabaan | Aug 6, 2015 | Learning and Teaching, Vocabulary
The Hindi word for dictionary, शब्दकोश (śabdkośa), literally means word-chest. Apart from accurately describing the function of a dictionary, the word also aptly illustrates the fundamental problem language students face upon first opening the dictionary of a new...
