Church Quote by Saeed Jaffrey

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

— Deepti Naval

I learned Punjabi before I learned English in spite of the fact that I was born in Canada.

— Jinder Mahal

In the UK, most of the nasheeds that I did were in my native language, Urdu. Youngsters who could not understand the language came…

— Junaid Jamshed

I learnt English later in life.

— Raza Murad

I have a funny relationship to language. When I came to California when I was three I spoke Urdu fluently and I didn't speak…

— Mohsin Hamid

I was from a Tamil-medium school, and my peers were English speakers, so it was intimidating. But I was aware that English skills were…

— Chef Damu

In fact, I learnt Hindi over a period of time after I started doing TV shows.

— Madhura Naik

That was my real education in the world - I learned politics, the social and cultural life of India, Hindu tradition and religion, and…

— Satish Kumar

I am a Punjabi at heart, but I've been born & brought up in Mumbai and even did my schooling & graduation from Mumbai itself.

— Sunny Singh

I learned English second, as a secondary language.

— Paul Raci

Though I was born a Muslim, my father's job as a medical officer meant that we travelled a great deal and I went to…

— Saeed Jaffrey

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

— Juan Cole