10/03/2026
Bas ki dushvār hai har kām kā āsāñ honā,
Ādmī ko bhī mayassar nahīñ insāñ honā 🙏
One of the most important parts of who I am today came from studying Urdu at The University of Texas at Austin in undergrad. Urdu gave me Ghalib, Faiz, and so many others, and it taught me to sit with ambiguity, to listen for what is not being said, and to understand that words can carry entire worlds of history, suffering, love, and hope. Those lessons have stayed with me in medicine, in my work in Nepal, and in how I try to understand people. I am grateful to the Hindi Urdu Flagship program and especially mentor and professor Akbar Hyder for giving me something that continues to shape my life nearly two decades later. I was happy to share my reflection the on South Asia Institute’s recent newsletter. Beena Sarwar Global Southasia अंदाज़-ए-ग़ालिब™©🇮🇳 Darmiyaañ | Tanvir Ali Saiyad Words in Urdu Medical_Story_Nepal🇳🇵🔵(=50k) Medico Nepal