I once arrived late in the evening at the guest house of the University of Madras. I wanted something to eat, but the Tamil cook on duty did not know a word of Hindi or English. My gestures and some silly miming went in vain, and finally, I had to go out for a meal.
Amritsar, February 7
Anisur Rehman, a senior adviser to the Rekhta Foundation, writer and translator, who was formerly professor and head of English at Jamia Millia Islamia University, in an online s