languages: urdu
Adeem Suhail
Suhail, a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses his childhood growing up in Karachi, Pakistan.
Ali Husain Mir
Ali Husain Mir sits down with HUF directors, Syed Akbar Hyder and Herman van Olphen, to discuss his background in Urdu and the state of the language in modern India.
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi, the well-known Indian actress, social activist, and diplomat, spoke to Hindi Urdu Flagship (HUF) students and the UT community in the Texas Union Theater.
Harish Trivedi: Translation
Eminent Hindi scholar Harish Trivedi conducts a roundtable discussion on issues of translation focusing on Premchand’s ‘Rangbhumi’ and Tulsi’s Kavitavali.
Abul Naghmi: Malihabadi
Famed Pakistan Radio broadcaster Abul Hasan Naghmi speaks to HUF students about the late Urdu poet Josh Malihabadi.
Mujtaba Hussain: Urdu Satire
Renowned Urdu satirist, Mujtaba Hussain, reads selections from his extensive catalog of Urdu journalism and humour.
Kavita Datla: Hyderabad
Kavita Datla’s provides a nuanced take on the political struggles over India’s multiple linguistic traditions.
Rupert Snell: Social Discourse
Dr. Snell’s talk discusses socio-linguistic diversity in the context of the close but often vexed relationship between Hindi and Urdu, and shows how even the simplest greetings conversations call for an informed sensitivity to matters of register, honorific level, and religio-cultural background.
Shamim Hanfi: Manto
Hanfi responds to some preceding faculty and student papers, and gives a few thoughts on Manto himself.
Shamim Hanfi: Urdu-Hindi
Hanfi discusses some interesting moments in the complicated history of Urdu and Hindi.