Month: August 2020

Urdu and Turkish and Arabic in Montreal

1: So you speak French?2: Mais oui!1: How'd you learn?2: I came to Montreal when I was 30. I'm 45 now. Time. [smile]1: Cool. A Turkish guy speaking French. Neat. Masha'Allah.2: We say that too.1: Yeah Read more [...]...
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Context is always missing…

Facebook comment: POST: As a non Indian, August 1947 is the destruction day of Punjab to establish two different countries Pakistan and India, hundreds of Sikh Gurdwaras and Mandirs were lost. Many Read more [...]...
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My grandparents and Partition

My father and mother both come from Pakistan. My father did not have to migrate (based in Lyallpur) but my mother's family did. My maternal grandparents are Kashmiris and lived in Amritsar. During the Read more [...]...
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Online Celebrations list – Not quite there

Didn't expect it. Eid ain't important. I'm so used to feeling invisible that it's normal. On Etsy and probably other places: Choose Celebration: Christmas Cinco De Mayo Easter Eid <== Invisible Read more [...]...
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