Commission Quote by Lalu Prasad Yadav

I was fascinated with Urdu ever since I was a child.

— Deepti Naval

I was exposed to a Muslim school, so I learnt Urdu. I was exposed to a Hindu school, so I learnt Hindi. I was…

— Saeed Jaffrey

“Along with explosive and tactical training, our training on small arms began. The NCO instructors conducted the weapons training but they were not comfortable…

— A. Qayyum Khan

My mother tongue is Punjabi, but my first language is Urdu, which was the case with the people in undivided Punjab.

— Gulzar

The Urdu or Hindustani language we use isn't popular in theatre these days. It was a language that was being used in cinema from…

— Pankaj Kapur

Whatever Language Pakistan understands India should teach in that language

— Narendra Modi

As my primary language was English, I had to work on my Hindi. I wasn't so comfortable with it.

— Mandira Bedi

I want to learn how to speak Urdu. I find it very interesting and soothing to ears. It is very poetic too.

— Sourabh Raj Jain

I can read and speak Hindi quite well now and that's quite an achievement considering I didn't know the language at all when I…

— Katrina Kaif

During the making of 'Abdullah' I asked the assistant director to teach me Hindi; he taught me to read the script too. He also…

— Bob Christo

I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian.

— Juan Cole

I was very nervous about speaking in Punjabi. I have learnt it by heart.

— Shabana Azmi