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Fiji Indians – Girmit and Girmitiyas Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on May 31, 2021
History of the Fiji Indians In the 18th century 18 वीं शताब्दी the British were busy dominating पर हावी the world, making colonies and, bringing with them, their brand ब्रांड of tea चाय, sugar चीनी, and the English language भाषा. The demand मांग for sugar was increasing worldwide दुनिया भर and the ability to cultivate विकसित…
What is the Bundeli Dialect? Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on May 26, 2021
Movies and Dialects I recently watchedदेखा a delightful Hindi Bollywood movieचलचित्र on Netflix. The movie, Motichoor Chaknachoor, was filmed फिल्माया गया था in the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. My current favorite वर्तमान पसंदीदा Bollywood actor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui was the main actor मुख्य अभिनेता, in this comedy. Nawazuddin is a character actor चरित्र अभिनेता who…
Afghans Among Us – Pathans Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on May 25, 2021
The Pathans are Afghan tribal communities आदिवासी समुदाय that originally come from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and north Baluchistan. They are one of the largestसबसे बड़ा tribal communities in the world. According to oral traditionमौखिक परंपरा of history, they believe they are the descendantsवंश of the biblical King Saul. History of the Pathans The Pathansपठानों…
Afghans Among Us – Kabuliwallas Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on May 23, 2021
Afghans Among Us I recently created बनाया a children’s workbook based on a favorite childhood बचपन story called Kabuliwalla. Rabindranath Tagore wrote this story कहानी in the year 1892. The story is about an Afghan who used to sell dried fruit सूखे फल बेचना and nuts on the streets of Calcutta. Natives of Calcutta or…
Anatomy and Non-Verbal Communication Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on Apr 22, 2021
As with any country, India has her own cultural expectations सांस्कृतिक अपेक्षाएं. Although it is a little more complicated जटिल with so many cultures residing रहने वाले under one country. Indians master the art of maneuvering पैंतरेबाज़ी easily between cultures संस्कृतियों from an early age. Besides the various dialects that Indians speak, there are some…
Social Media Influencers And Code Switching Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on Apr 11, 2021
In our last blog post, we mentioned the Tapori language spoken by the lower classes of Mumbai. In this blog, we will turn our attention to a sophisticated form of Hindi spoken by the upper classes. It is a mixture of English and Hindi. Social media influencers have taken लिया है to YouTube in droves…
Bandra Hindi Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on Apr 2, 2021
Bandra Hindi What is Bandra Hindi? Bandraites, the residents of Bandra speak a combination मिश्रण of Hindi and English with colloquial phrases. This language is a mixture of Hindi words that are anglicized or butchered, slang, and Marathi words. Where did Bandra Hindi come from? Bandra Hindi evolved विकसित from Marathi, Konkani, and English which…