Moulana then each ask their names and knows the meaning of each person name….translates the meaning of their name and relates it to each of them…they all smile one at a time… He gets to a person..around 40 years old..Moulana shouts what’s your name in urdu receiving a reply “S...
I made a beef and mushroom Tshoem, which is “curry” in Bhutanese. Curry is of course the word meaning sauce and not always indicative of what we in the West think of when we think of the use of curry powder such as in Indian cuisine. This dish is one of my favorites so far (...
These tensions were apparent in 1948 when Pakistan’s government declared that Urdu was the sole national language. This sparked protests amongst the Bengali-speaking majority in East Pakistan. The government outlawed the protests but on February 21, 1952, students at the University of Dhaka and ot...
This is one of those books I think I shall need to read more than once in order to tap every drop of goodness. Although more focused on memoir-type prompts rather than fiction (but there’s some of that too), this is a tool for recognizing and using story as a deep-dive into one...
Barricading the door, he instructs Farid to rid the house of the maulvi’s belongings. “If you shame me”, the youth answers, “I’m going away, too!” (Prasad 1997, 1:16:30). “Only the corrupt would say it’s extreme to want goodness”, Farid argues (Prasad 1997, 1:16:39)...