Santali to English:
ᱯᱷᱟᱛᱢᱟ ᱵᱮᱜᱚᱢ ᱠᱤᱪᱷᱤ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱫᱷᱩᱨᱭᱟᱹ ᱟᱨᱠ ᱞᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱨᱮ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱᱮ ᱠᱷᱟᱸᱰᱟᱣ ᱮᱫᱟ, ᱚᱱᱟᱛᱮ ᱡᱚᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱱᱩᱭ ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱛᱤᱭᱚ ᱪᱚᱞᱚᱛᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨᱨᱮᱱ ᱯᱳᱭᱞᱳ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ, ᱡᱟᱸᱦᱟᱭ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱤᱥᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨᱵᱷᱤᱭᱩ ᱵᱟᱭ ᱮᱢᱟ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ, ᱒᱐᱑᱓ ᱥᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱓ ᱢᱮ ᱨᱮ ᱤᱧ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱨᱚᱯᱚᱲᱮ ᱨᱮᱵᱮᱱ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ, ᱤᱧᱫᱚ ᱩᱥᱟᱹᱨᱟ ᱩᱱᱤᱴᱷᱮᱱ ᱢᱤᱫᱷᱟᱣ ᱤᱧ ᱥᱮᱱ ᱮᱱᱟᱼᱨᱤᱡᱷᱟᱹᱣᱟᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱱᱤᱛᱽᱫᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱱᱨᱟᱡ ᱢᱚᱦᱚᱞᱨᱮ ᱨᱟᱹᱯᱩᱫ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ, ᱡᱟᱸᱦᱟᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤᱫᱚ ᱟᱡᱽᱨᱮᱱ ᱠᱩᱲᱤ ᱡᱩᱵᱮᱭᱫᱟ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮᱭ ᱛᱟᱸᱦᱮᱱᱟ ᱾
Fatma Begum has lived a life away from the arc lights for several years now, so when this first lady of Indian cinema, who's never given a media interview, agreed to speak to me on 3 May 2013, I promptly made my way to her once-impressive but now crumbling residence in Dhanraj Mahal, where she lives with her daughter Zubeida.