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    Passionate professor loved, propagated Indian languages

    Jan 27, 2021 2 minutes
    CHARLENE SOMDUTH charlene.somduth@inl.co.za

    PROFESSOR Ushaben Desai, the first female president of the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha South Africa, was passionate about languages. Desai, 75, of Durban, died in hospital on January 13 after contracting Covid-19.

    She was born in India and immigrated to South Africa with her parents when she was five years old. Her sister, Vidhu Vedalankar,

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