Hamida Banu
My mission is to promote Urdu language and literature all around the world and to serve this beautiful langauge and its culture. Enjoy the “sher-e-shab” each time you come to the home page! We encourage you to memorize them so you can recall poetic couplets at opportune times in your life!
جو سیکھو کسی کو سکھاتے چلو – دِیے سے دِیے کو جلاتے چلو
What you learn, teach to others — Light a flame, one from another
~ Khush Mohammed ~
What We Offer
آیا نہ ایک بار عیادت کو مسیح
سو بار میں فریب سے بیمار ہو چکا
आया न एक बार अयादत को मसीह
सौ बार मैं फ़रेब से बीमार हो चुका
aaya na aik baar Ayadat ko maseeh
so baar maiN faraib sai beemar ho chuka
~ Ameer Meenai ~
Hamida Banu Chopra is passionate about Urdu language and literature and has been teaching it for over 30 years. She has been a lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley and taught at various places around the San Francisco Bay Area including at the India Community Center in Milpitas. Most recently, she has been a visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Gandhinagar in Gujrat, India.
