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...
by Zabaan | Jun 26, 2015 | Hindi, Learning and Teaching, Urdu
In the age of the internet and global electronic communication mania it is very easy to find material on pretty much anything in a matter of two or three clicks or swipes. But everyone will probably agree that the quantity of the material and the ease with which...
by Zabaan | Jun 12, 2015 | Ancient Greek, Classical languages, Etymology, Learning and Teaching, Sanskrit
We all know that the plural of foot is not *foots but feet. This is, by the large majority of English teachers and speakers alike, dismissed as an irregular feature shared by a bunch of other equally irregular nouns, but the formation of the plural of foot actually...
