This event is currently full, with waitlist, so if you can no longer make it, please change your RSVP so someone else can take your spot. 🙏
Join us for brunch at Masala Buffet in Teele Sq., and to discuss an Atlantic article about the problems with saying "thank you" in Hindi-Urdu. We'll also discuss a one-page excerpt from fiction writer Mannu Bhandari's autobiography, which elegantly illustrates the points made in the Atlantic article.
This Meetup will be conducted in Hindi, Urdu, Urdu-Hindi, Hinglish, and Urdlish. If you can have a basic literature discussion in any of those languages, without resorting to pure English (and with a little help as necessary), feel free to attend.
Once you RSVP, please direct message Maggie (the organizer) for the link to the Bhandari autobiography excerpt in both Hindi and Urdu. The Hindi version is from Rupert Snell's new Hindi reader, The Self and the World, and includes an English introduction to Bhandari by Snell, as well as Snell's glossary for the excerpt. Maggie did the Urdu transliteration of the Bhandari excerpt, minus the Hindi glossary. Please forgive any mistakes in the transliteration.
This meetup will be held at Masala Buffet, Teele Square (1127 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02144. Note that there are other local restaurants called Masala, so be sure you come to the right one). 🥗
