A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish.
I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian.
I feel French is very close to Urdu. Both languages are beautiful. Sadly, their beauty is lost in translation.
Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.
I speak Hindi fluently because my mother speaks only in Hindi and Urdu.
We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus.
I never knew what language they'd lapse into when fucked - Urdu or Telugu or a mix of both (only the techies came in English).
I can't understand Urdu, Bahasa or Russian, but when the Pakistani Faiz, the Indonesian Rendra and the Russian Rosdentvensky declaim, I can feel the living throb of rhythm and music, the warmth and passion of their poetry, as do the hundreds, not a m...
