Tag: Punjabi

  • Rediscovering a Forgotten Partition-Era Letter

    Rediscovering a Forgotten Partition-Era Letter

    In a recent trip to our family home, my mom rediscovered an old postcard addressed to my great-grandfather, Mohammad Ali Mirza. The letter was sent to him on October 17, 1947 in the aftermath of the partition of British India by his Hindu friend Diwan C. Khanna, who had to flee from Lahore to Delhi.…

  • A Comprehensive Keyboard Layout for Urdu

    A Comprehensive Keyboard Layout for Urdu

    Many Urdu speakers first learn how to type in English, and therefore have trouble adjusting to the standard Urdu keyboard layout. The same applies to many of the speakers of languages that use variations of the Arabic script. Some people adjust to the standard layout of the language, but others may prefer an alternative that is…