Last Saturday the South Asia Center was pleased to host “Adabi Nashist: An Urdu Literary Session.  – complete with chai and samosas. Organized by Jameel Ahmad and Jennifer Dubrow (UW Department of Asian Language & Literature), the event brought together students of Urdu and Hindi from elementary to advanced levels of study, the local South Asian

  It isn’t  easy for an American to travel to and spend time in Pakistan these days. And given Western media coverage of the region, not many people prioritize it as a destination. Despite the obstacles and the common misconceptions of the country, South Asia MAIS candidate Kelsey Utne was intent on getting there anyway. A

My time in India as a Boren Fellow enabled me to significantly improve my Urdu and Hindi language skills. The AIIS’s Urdu program has incredible instruction. Working as a research and writing fellow for [community organization] no man’s land in Delhi gave me the opportunity to meet a number of scholars, artists, and activists involved