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Letterform Archive<p>Halah Khan, دُعا / Dua (Prayer), 8 × 8 in, Karachi, 2022.</p><p>This unique, tea-washed book features embroidery and crocheted flowers. On the cover is a “taweez” (talisman) surrounded with golden “zarri” thread and a floral header piece. Inside, the hand-stitched Urdu text is Khan’s “prayer for the possibility of home”.</p><p>Dua was selected by our Collections Team for the 10 × 10 for 10 exhibition. The show opens April 26. Learn more: <a href="https://letterformarchive.org/news/10-by-10-for-10-exhibition?utm_source=Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">letterformarchive.org/news/10-</span><span class="invisible">by-10-for-10-exhibition?utm_source=Mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/10x10for10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>10x10for10</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/ArtistsBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsBook</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Pakistani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pakistani</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a></p>
Chery (Great Australian Pods)<p>My First Job In Australia – میری پہلی نوکری </p><p>Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: <a href="https://www.greataustralianpods.com/my-first-job-in-australia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">greataustralianpods.com/my-fir</span><span class="invisible">st-job-in-australia/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/GreatAusPods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatAusPods</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPods</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasting</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasters</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Careers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Careers</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Identity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a></p>
DigiVoyager<p>میں آئینے میں اپنی شکل ڈھونڈ رہا تھا<br>مگر ہر بار اُس کا نام آتا رہا</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pakistan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urdu</span></a></p>
DigiVoyager<p>عاشق نہیں، محبت صحیح<br>آئینہ ٹوٹا، عکس نہیں</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urdu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pakistan</span></a></p>
DigiVoyager<p>خان کی قبر پر روز پھول سجتے ہیں<br> عاجز کی گھنٹی پانچ سال سے نہیں بجی۔</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pakistan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urdu</span></a></p>
DigiVoyager<p>ہمارے ہاسٹل کی دیواروں پہ، ناصر<br>ویلنٹائنز بال کھولے سو رہی ہے۔</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urdu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pakistan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peshawar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peshawar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/valentinesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>valentinesday</span></a></p>
The Arabic Language 🇵🇸🇸🇩<p>Personal Arabic story:</p><p>My family is Urdu, which I speak with a strong American accent and poor vocabulary.</p><p>Once, I heard my mom use the word maqsat (مقصت) and didn't know what it meant.</p><p>But I knew a related word in Arabic, maqsad (مقصد), meaning aim or purpose.</p><p>Changing the D (د) to T (ت), which I didn't realize until I typed out this message, and applying context, I realized maqsat meant "intention" :)</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Arabic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabic</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a></p>
DigiVoyager<p>وہ افسوس کرنے آیا<br>افسوس اس کو دیکھ کر خفا ہوا۔</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urdu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pakistan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
diarium ciaranense<p><a href="https://social.krebsco.de/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> the <a href="https://social.krebsco.de/tags/Hindi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hindi</span></a> / <a href="https://social.krebsco.de/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a> word को/کو (ko) meaning ‘in, to’ comes from the <a href="https://social.krebsco.de/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a> word कक्षे (kákṣe) ‘in the armpit’. Some examples:</p><p>रात को/رات کو (rāt ko)<br>broke: ‘at night’<br>woke: ‘in the night's armpit’</p><p>दिल्ली को/دلی کو (dillī ko)<br>broke: ‘to Delhi’<br>woke: ‘into Delhi's armpit’</p>
DigiVoyager<p>زندگی کیوں ہوتی ہے، زندگی کب ہوتی ہے<br>زندگی بنانے میں زندگی غائب ہوتی ہے</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urdu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pakistan</span></a></p>
Ronsboy67<p>Desi OSTs I love</p><p>Before I ever watched a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDrama</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDrama</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDrama</span></a> or <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TWDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TWDrama</span></a>, I'd watched around 400 films from India, more than 95% Hindi. </p><p>The "1 a day" thread on OSTs from East Asia showed me how much even a limited grasp of lyrics can affect the way songs stick, so I'm starting a very personal daily thread celebrating songs from the land of my fathers and of 10% of my DNA – a nice desimal fraction 😂 <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hindi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hindi</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Punjabi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Punjabi</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bollywood</span></a></p>
🪷 प्रियंका | Priyanka 🪷Beyond words... <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/installation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#installation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/metal?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metal</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Urdu?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Urdu</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/calligraphy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#calligraphy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/love?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#love</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gameofthrones?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gameofthrones</a>
Ms. Que Banh<p>In <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Hindi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hindi</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a>, the word <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> on this image celebrates those who fought for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndianIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianIndependence</span></a>.</p><p>(Image credit: Hanifa Abdul Hameed)</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/GlobalSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSouth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialResistance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/decolonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decolonial</span></a></p>
Ronsboy67<p>1/25 <br>Over on their bsky account <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@DaebakPodcast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DaebakPodcast</span></a></span> is doing an OST challenge: </p><p>Choose 25 songs from <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Kdrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kdrama</span></a> OSTs that you love. One per day for 25 days. </p><p>They're NOT limiting themselves to solely <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KDramas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDramas</span></a>, and I've decided to do the same.</p><p>Day 1 for me is from the only Asian Drama I've watched without subs, and the video is making me want to rewatch it <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/SouthAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAsia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX92Uo2mMzU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=RX92Uo2mMz</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p>
amanjeev | امن جیو | ਅਮਨਜੀਵ<p>What's your favorite <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> that is about death, loss and grief?</p><p>Can be in any of <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Punjabi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Punjabi</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Hindi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hindi</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a>.</p>
رہگزر<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuthor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MikeDunnAuthor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.nl/@mousebot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mousebot</span></a></span> his assassination inspired one of most heart wrenching, harrowing and at the same time rousing protest poems I know of: Sahir Ludhianvi's خون پھر خون ہے</p><p>This page has an English translation of the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urdu</span></a> poem <a href="https://bahaaristan.com/khoon-phir-khoon-hai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bahaaristan.com/khoon-phir-kho</span><span class="invisible">on-hai/</span></a></p>
Taylor Drew<p>Does anyone know what sounds dogs can make in Indonesian and in (miscellaneous--it's not clear from the text) Indian language? I've found 'guk guk' for Indonesian, but the transliteration I'm working with suggests a 'gon gon' pronunciation? For India, I've found that both Hindi and Urdu are 'bow bow', but again, my transliteration is 'bufu bufu' or 'buhu buhu', so I'm unconvinced I've found the right ones...</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/AmTranslating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmTranslating</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Hindi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hindi</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Indonesian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesian</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>In <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Hindi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hindi</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a>, the word is "Freedom" on this image celebrating those who fought for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indian</span></a> independence.<br>(Image credit: Hanifa Abdul Hameed)</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActivistArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistArt</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GlobalSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSouth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Liberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decolonization</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/POC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a></p>
Subhashish Panigrahi<p>Dear <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> fediverse, what are the terms for 'disability' and 'people with disabilities' in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hindi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hindi</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a>, as preferred by those with disabilities?</p><p>(NOTE: I'm aware of 'vikalang' - crippled limb, and 'divyang' - divine limb. Both are exonyms and deeply problematic.)</p>
Ronsboy67<p>TFW when your Dad's birthplace gets slagged off in a book you're reading:</p><p>"The problem as always is Meerut. Things are crazy there" 😂 </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a> Raza Mir's "Murder at the Mushaira" starring MIRZA GHALIB as a detective! So far, a fun mix of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a></p>