Urdu

Born in Mingora, Pakistan, which is located in the country’s Swat Valley Malala Yousafzai, whose name means "grief stricken,” witness her town being destroyed by an Islamic fundamentalist group. Yousafzai’s hometown was a popular destination in the summer for its festivities in her early childhood till the Taliban showed interest in the town. The Taliban is an Islamic militant fundamentalist group that enforced Sharia law. They also denied education to females and forced strict rules of behavior…

conscious way of speaking, Norwegian amongst young people with and without immigrant background in the multilingual urban spaces of Oslo. The term was first coined in 1995, then as a designation of slang from other languages, including Arabic, Spanish, Urdu, and Berber to mention a few, combined with the dominant standard Norwegian dialect. Language varieties as these are purposeful as “they index, or point to a speaker’s…

“men who dress and act like women… [These men] wear women’s jewelry and brightly adorned saris.” True Hijra’s typically repudiate sexual practices by participating in being reborn as a Hijra by undergoing castration. Hijra is derived from the word “Urdu,” which means “impotent one,” and within their native countries Hijra’s are viewed as social pariahs both presently and in the past. Hijra’s have suffered persecution such as the alienation of being shunned from their society as well as families,…

expressed in English. So, although English is not an indigenous language, it remains as an ‘Associate Language’ in India, alongside Hindi, the ‘Official Language of the Union of India’ and eighteen 'National Languages', such as Bengali, Gujurati and Urdu, that have a special status in certain individual…

impressed by the number of services offered by public schools to immigrant families; Polish children are offered Polish bilingual education, Latino kids – Spanish education, districts offer bilingual programs and books, hire teachers who speak Arabic, Urdu or Telugu to help children and ensure equal education. While other countries do not even see a fit for ELL students and children with special needs in general education schools, the U.S. offers an inclusive, free and equitable…

I am currently in the U.S.A., the Eastern side of Michigan. It is my second day in America, and my first day of 7th grade in a different country. I see faces, faces with many colors. Faces with many backgrounds. Faces with many emotions. I look at a woman–with blond hair and very tall stature–approaching me. While her hand is hovering in the air, the woman smiles at me as she says, “Hi,” which is one of the few words I can understand. I nervously try to interpret information around me, but as I…

Multicultural Work Force in Construction Organisation – Issues of Health, Safety & Environment Abstract Multicultural manpower dominates rising construction Organisation in now days international business settings and consists of teams from totally different nationalities with various cultural orientations and values. The study examined however problems like different age, sex, religion, ethnicity, physical ability, race, sexual orientation of workers have an effect on health, safety and…

A central notion is 'stratification', such that language is analysed in terms of four strata: Context, Semantics, Lexico-Grammar and Phonology-Graphology. Context concerns the Field (what is going on), Tenor (the social roles and relationships between the participants), and the Mode (aspects of the channel of communication, e.g., monologic/dialogic, spoken/written, +/- visual-contact, etc.). Systemic semantics includes what is usually called 'pragmatics'. Semantics is divided into three…

China-India: Differences Asia is home to two of the biggest countries in the world in regards to population. Those countries are no other than India and China. These two countries both have a population of 1.3 billion, and are often regarded as very similar countries. However, India has a population of 1.324 billion, while China has a population of 1.379 billion. They may be on the same continent, but they're both poles apart. China and India are two countries that appear to be similar, but in…

taught my siblings and I that we should begin every morning with scripture reading, and come together for family worship every evening. Our family worship included scripture reading, devotionals, singing of hymns in English and our native language – Urdu, and praying. The most formative experience in my spiritual journey with God has been shaped by my family’s worship and devotional practices. I…