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Language Barrier

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  In class jam packed with Sindhi students at a university, the young   Urdu speaking teacher was lecturing them about modern engineering, suddenly she found that a student had   reappeared after a month and pointing towards him, she asked: “Yes, gentleman where were you for whole baldy month?” The student who was unable to speak proper Urdu or English, and   trying to give her a valid reason said humbly: “Mam Gaon mein Humary   lohray kay indaar Aag laga tha…” (Mam at village fence of my house caught fire). As soon as the young teacher heard such words, she started screaming at the poor student and made a complaint against him. When the management asked the student why he’d done so…. He told them what he said, the officers being Sindhi realized he didn’t mean to be offensive rather he’d stated a valid reason for his absence and told teacher: “Mam you got it wrong, he didn’t mean that lohra , he meant another lohra ….” The teacher left the office cursing the management o