Archive for the year 2011
Indian Fruits Posted by kunthra on Jul 22, 2011
If you ever go to India, you’ll find that there are so many different kinds of fruits used in Indian cuisine. One of these fruits is the mango (आम), which is the national fruit of India. In some countries the mango is an exotic fruit that is expensive and rare to find, but in India…
London Indian Film Festival Posted by kunthra on Jul 16, 2011
This year the London Indian Film Festival was held on July 12th. The London Indian Film Festival highlights the very best of independent Indian films. There were lots of good independent films featured this year. One of them was Delhi Belly, with started Imran Khan. This movie is really only appropriate for adults. There is…
New Delhi Posted by kunthra on Jul 13, 2011
New Delhi (नई दिल्ली) is the capital city of India. New Delhi is a sprawling metropolis with many delightful places to visit. For example the Lotus Temple is a bright hub of light in the shape of a lotus flower. The ‘petals’ of the Lotus Temple is made of white marble imported from Greece. Especially…
Wealthiest Temples in India Posted by kunthra on Jul 4, 2011
Recently there was news about a vast storage of treasure that was discovered in the vaults of the Padmanabhaswamny Temple in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala. The treasure is reported to be around 500 billion to 1 trillion rupees (11.5 billion – 22.3 billion). This makes the Padmanabhaswamny Temple the richest…
Punctuation in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jun 30, 2011
Do you know what kind of Punctuation symbols or marks are commonly used in Hindi? Just like many other languages, the punctuation symbols are very important in Hindi. They help us to determine the structure and organisation of the written language as well as the intonation during reading. Let me show you some of the…
Synonyms in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jun 29, 2011
In this post, I wish to present something from vocabulary and grammar in Hindi. The topic is Synonyms in Hindi. Below, you will find some of the most common synonyms that are frequently used in Hindi. Interesting point is that, some of the noun and their synonyms are also used to name a girl (Nisha, Komal) or…
Hindi & Its Origin Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jun 28, 2011
Today, I will show you the origins of Hindi and other related languages of India. As you might already know that several languages are spoken in India and Hindi is one of them. All of the languages of India can be grouped into two major group that are 1) Indo-European languages that include Hindi, Punjabi…