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One Word Substitution – II Posted by Nitin Kumar on Apr 8, 2012
In many languages, sometimes a word can be substituted for a group of words or phrase. These words not only concise a description but make it more interesting. In Hindi, we have many such words. Just like the first post, let me show you some more words in Hindi which are very common and used…
Corruption in India Posted by Nitin Kumar on Mar 25, 2012
It has been many months and the fight (लड़ाई – ladai) is still on. Yes, I am taking about the fight against corruption (भ्रष्टाचार – bharastachar) in India. I could not resist but to give you an overview (अवलोकन – avlokan) of such a mass campaign (अभियान – abhiyaan) that is gripping whole India for…
Unseen Passage – IV Posted by Nitin Kumar on Mar 24, 2012
It has been many day since we took some reading comprehension in Hindi. How about a interesting topic and some of the important vocabulary? Let’s practice, your Hindi comprehension in this post. An unseen passage is given in Hindi. For some help, I have give the extensive vocabulary. Hope you will have much fun at…
Festival of Colors: Holi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Mar 8, 2012
The month of march is eagerly awaited by every Indian and the reason is the festival of Holi! This year this festival was celebrated on 8th to 9th March. Let me tell you more about this incredible festival. होली (Holi), the festival of color is one of the most important festival of India. In fact, it…
Khajuraho Dance Festival Posted by Nitin Kumar on Feb 29, 2012
Khajuraho (खजुराहो) also known as “Kharjuravāhaka”), is derived from the Sanskrit words kharjura = date palm and vāhaka = “one who carries”. It is a town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh which is located about 620 kilometres southeast of New Delhi, the capital city of India. The location is very famous for the…
Climate of India Posted by Nitin Kumar on Feb 28, 2012
India is a vast country with diverse terrain from the plains of Ganges valley and high mountains like the Himalayas. Because of wide variety of terrain, the climatic condition also varies. The climate (मौसम – Mausam) could be extremely (अत्यंत – atiyant) warm (गर्म – garm) in one region to extremely cold (ठंडा – thanda) in another. The climate in…
Conversations in Hindi – Searching for an apartment Posted by Nitin Kumar on Feb 26, 2012
Many of you want to stay in India for a while or relocating because of your job assignment. For such a situation, you might want to search a decent apartment but don’t know how to proceed in that situation. In India, you can search for a vacant apartment through a real state agent (also known…