A person who leaves one’s home, often due to a lack of resources, support or prospects there, uproots absolutely everything to go and re-establish a new home in a different country, is forced to negotiate loss. Through this journey I realized that several factors may have played a part in my desire to translate Urdu and facilitate others to do so too. I have been looking back recently, while being interviewed or making video content for children in the context of speaking about Urdu. I never set out to be an Urdu translator or to promote Urdu learning. I welcome you to the new website and to the prize! I am honoured to be the Urdu Spotlight curator and judge for the Stephen Spender Prize 2021. My name is Sascha Akhtar and I am a writer, translator and educator originally from Pakistan.
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