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spin wizard 
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 Topic: Foreign languagesPosted: 24 August 2011 at 8:18pm |
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Sam, aap kay pas kitnii cricket balla hai?
 aap ka cricket bat konsa pasandeeda hai Zuhair bhai?
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In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage.
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vote4peace
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Posted: 20 June 2011 at 2:26pm |
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Wow lots of invitations being thrown around I see . Not one to be left far behind I too would like to cordially invite anyone willing to come to Kochi or somewhere close by. And Kiranki thanks for the gesture. I would surely let you know incase I come to Bangalore which could very well happen sooner than later bokha vishesha
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I distrust a camel.. and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
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spin wizard
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Posted: 18 June 2011 at 3:37pm |
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I think the rules have changed in regards to citizenship of babies born in America from foreign nationals. If they at the time wasn't a citizen of America, then it would take the nationality of the mother. Can't fully remember but there were some changes to these stuff not too long ago.
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spin wizard
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Posted: 18 June 2011 at 3:36pm |
Probably the truest thing you have ever said on this forum bhai.
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sam_ahmed
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Posted: 18 June 2011 at 10:50am |
 well I doubt if they have any plans of returning permanently to India or Pakistan, so the baby might well be an American! |
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God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you!
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Mikey
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Posted: 18 June 2011 at 9:02am |
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A citizen of "British India"?
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zuhair_abbasi
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Posted: 18 June 2011 at 8:38am |
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sam_ahmed
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Posted: 17 June 2011 at 5:24pm |
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Wrong Spinny, I know a very famous Indian Tennis star from my home town and a very famous Pakistani cricketer who are not just glad to meet each other but are happily married to each other!
well I don't think normal indians and pakistanis have anything against each other, in fact my friend who is in US since last 4-5 years tells me that in the US, the Indians, the Pakistanis and the Bangladeshis actually feel very happy to be in each others company and they refer to each other as "Desi" rather than by nationality. My relative who is in US since a very long time now married a Pakistani boy just a couple of years ago and I don't know what is the nationality of their baby, Indian or Pakistani? Edited by sam_ahmed - 17 June 2011 at 5:26pm |
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kirankri
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Posted: 17 June 2011 at 2:51pm |
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It would be my pleasure too to meet you Zuhair. Let me know when you have plans to visit Bangalore. And thanks for the invitation to visit you.
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zuhair_abbasi
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Posted: 17 June 2011 at 7:43am |
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It has mostly been a pleasure meeting Indians - you are generally welcome there. And it is not only about Sam, i would have been as glad to meet any of the Indian members be it Kiran. Dips or Raj. Rather, Raj is one guy whom I want to meet more badly.
Needless to say, anyone of you guys ever plan to visit any part of Pakistan - I am just a message away - you will be taken good care of. Although, I know that is not going to happen anytime soon :(
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spin wizard
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Posted: 17 June 2011 at 2:12am |
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Who would have thought that a Pakistani and Indian would be glad to meet up? Sam maybe Indian by blood but he is Pakistani by heart!
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sam_ahmed
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Posted: 14 June 2011 at 6:40pm |
oh! My wife will also be in Delhi at the end of this month and she actually wanted me to come but unfortunately I'm not able to go because of my hectic work schedule otherwise I could have come Zuhair!
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sam_ahmed
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Posted: 14 June 2011 at 6:27pm |
You can google Ali Ahmed Jaleeli / Dr. Ali Ahmed Jaleeli, I'm sure you'll find many results zuhair.
Edited by sam_ahmed - 14 June 2011 at 6:35pm |
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zuhair_abbasi
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Posted: 14 June 2011 at 2:29pm |
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As the general rule of ethics - I have heard a visitor should not take more than two pegs. So you can offer Sledge too Spinny
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spin wizard
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Posted: 14 June 2011 at 1:53pm |
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If any of you guys ever come to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, i'll just recommend where to visit. No beers would be on me. Putting that offer to someone like Sledger might just send me broke!!
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Mikey
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Posted: 14 June 2011 at 10:25am |
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If any of you guys ever hit up Perth, then chuck us a personal message and the beer/coffee is on me~!
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zuhair_abbasi
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Posted: 14 June 2011 at 7:16am |
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Any of you fellows live in Delhi? I will be in Delhi at the end of this month - would be great to meet a CW memeber
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kirankri
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Posted: 14 June 2011 at 6:29am |
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Good try V4P. It should be Enu Vishesha Kiran? meaning "What's special Kiran?".
Enu Vishesha illla V4P
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Do you visit Bengaluru anytime? If so, call me when you are here next time. May be, meet over a cup of coffee would be great.
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vote4peace
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Posted: 13 June 2011 at 2:51pm |
Yane vishesha kiranki. I'd worked in Bangalore for close to two years after my Engineering, picked up on a little bit of kannada, very little though. People told me that most words similar in all four Dravidian languages. True that but I still found it a little tough to cope initially. Guess Kannada more liken to Telugu and Tamil to Malayalam. And very true most people down south do not converse all that well in Hindi. Bangalore and Hyderbad being the exceptions. Least spoken in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. |
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I distrust a camel.. and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
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zuhair_abbasi
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Posted: 13 June 2011 at 8:15am |
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That's cool Sam - what was his name - I am a huge poetry fan
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sam_ahmed
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Posted: 11 June 2011 at 7:21pm |
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There are many people in my state who cannot understand or speak Hindi, yes Hyderabad is an exception, in fact I think Hyderabad also has the most number of Urdu speaking people as well, my grand father was a renowned Urdu poet who has received awards even from the president of India (back in the 90's). Most people in south India are not very good in Hindi, but if you go north you cannot survive without Hindi.
Mumbai is a beautiful place where in you'll find people speaking all types of languages. |
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spin wizard
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Posted: 11 June 2011 at 2:48pm |
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Ok. I had my urdu on break for a while as I had exams. Will be back in session from now on.
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zuhair_abbasi
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Posted: 11 June 2011 at 12:18pm |
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Not exactly Spinny - but still a good try. Pakistan mayN mausam kesa hay Zuhair bhai is the more appropriate way of saying how is there weather in Pakistan Zuhair
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spin wizard
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Posted: 10 June 2011 at 4:38pm |
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Pakistan mosam bhai zuhair kaisay hun?
Did I get that right zuhair?
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zuhair_abbasi
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Posted: 10 June 2011 at 10:30am |
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The public schools still use Urdu as the medium of instruction - but all other schools use English - I would say around 80 percent.
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Mikey
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Posted: 10 June 2011 at 10:21am |
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That's amazing. Then again, English seems to be more of a lingua franca in India. Everyone with reasonable education levels speaks it as a 2nd language, so you can use it when speaking to those from different states.
How often do they use English as a language of instruction in Indian and Pakistan schools? I know they are both official languages in both nations. |
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zuhair_abbasi
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Posted: 10 June 2011 at 10:16am |
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Woof - just ONCE!! then again, India is huge
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kirankri
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Posted: 10 June 2011 at 9:47am |
Yes Mikey. Would be a bit difficult when I visit northern India. However, I have been to North only once in 37 years.
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kirankri
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Posted: 10 June 2011 at 9:41am |
No Zuhair. I can only understand some very very basic words.
Not many people in the 4 states of South India (which constitutes almost 30 crores) knows Hindi (specially our generation). Hyderabad is one exception in AP I guess. the current younger generation is exposed more to Hindi channels, so slightly better than us.
The advantage of that though is that, people here generally speak better English since we speak in English with people from other states. Even among the Indian cricketers you would have seen. Dravid/Kumble/Srinath/Laxman speak better English than Sehwag/RP Singh/Harbhajan and co. People from Mumbai (west) speak both the languages reasonably well.
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Mikey
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Posted: 10 June 2011 at 8:10am |
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Can't imagine you could get very far in India without knowing Hindi. Even your Pakistani neighbours would do more than fine conversing in Urdu with their Indian counterparts.
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