Our Changing World

It is now drawing closer towards the final month of my scholarship, so I want to make an effort to blog more regularly. I would like to give readers an insight into what life is like here, and the potential ways to strengthen ties between the UK and Pakistan in decades to come. A couple of days ago I was invited to visit the family of a friend, and I was simply overwhelmed by the welcome I received. I have found it so much easier to relate to people now that I can communicate with them on a deeper and more personal level. I often feel very encouraged when they told me the Urdu I speak sounds very ‘pure’ (I am sure they just wanted to tell me very gently that I sound old-fashioned). In truth, just liked English, Urdu is a whole mixture of different languages: Hindi, Farsi, Arabic and more recently, English. This shows real potential in the language, a willingness to change, and adapt according to the needs placed upon it. The world we live in is now changing faster than ever and thus our methods of communication must learn to keep up.