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Vowel Marks in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Sep 28, 2014
Hindi uses some vowel marks which are extensively used to form many Hindi words. They can be thought of vowels and diphthongs in English. Words like आम (Aam – Common), और (Aur – And), सूरज (Suraj – Sun), लोक (Lok – World. Region) use ौ, ू, े vowel marks respectively. In Hindi, there are 9…
Poem in Hindi – Bapu Posted by Nitin Kumar on Sep 27, 2014
Today, I will share a Hindi poem on Mahatma Gandhi (महात्मा गांधी). The poet is describing the personality of such inspiring people who have changed the world with their character and action. Mahatma Gandhi was commonly known as Bapu (endearment for “father”). Below is the poem in Devanagari fonts (Hindi) with the literal translation in…
Nasalized Vowels in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Sep 25, 2014
Nasalized vowels are very important in Hindi but these can also confuse many of the beginner in Hindi. Sure, the nasalized vowels are can be tricky but once you understood the concept behind them, you can understand and use them without any difficulty. Beside nouns, nasalized words are used extensively in the plural forms of…
Mysore Dasara Posted by Nitin Kumar on Sep 24, 2014
Let me take you to an exciting festival in South India. The festival is called Mysore Dasara (मैसूर दशहरा) and is a state festival in the state of Karnataka. This festival is celebrated to denote the victory of truth over evil. The celebration take place from usually from last week (सप्ताह – Saptah) to the…
Mangalyaan Posted by Nitin Kumar on Sep 23, 2014
India awaits the final phrase of its biggest space ambition (महत्वाकांक्षा – Mahatvaalansha) till date, Magalyaan from Mangal which means planet Mars and Yaan which means Spacecraft), the mission to Mars. The nation’s debut mission to Mars (मंगल ग्रह – Mangal Grah) was lunched on 5 November 2013 by her national space agency, the Indian…
Vocabulary in Hindi – Diseases Posted by Nitin Kumar on Aug 31, 2014
Let me show you some vocabulary of disease (रोग – Rog) in Hindi. The vocabulary on disease will come handy when you’ve to describe the health condition. To help you to learn the vocabulary for the same, I have made an extensive word list. English and their translation into Hindi (in Devanagari script) is given along…
Short Story in Hindi – The Rabbit and the Turtle Posted by Nitin Kumar on Aug 31, 2014
Let me present you a fable from a very famous series of animal fables from ancient India which is called Panchatantra (पञ्चतन्त्र – Five Principles) which were composed in 3 BCE and since then have been translated into many languages around the world. I have selected a very interesting story whose moral is: We should…