Archive for 'Hindi Language'
Valentine’s Day in India Posted by Nitin Kumar on Feb 14, 2012
India might be considered the most open nation when considered historically. History provides ample evidence, which may include “Kamasutra”, the art of love making or the erotic depictions of love making at Khajuraho Temples but Valentine’s day in India is a recent phenomenon. The previous generations have never witnessed such a celebration in the Indian…
Short Story in Hindi – Crow’s Struggle Posted by Nitin Kumar on Feb 9, 2012
Let me share a quite popular short motivational story in Hindi. This story is being taught in elementary school in India. It talk about a crow and his struggle to save his life. Read it and try to comprehend it. I have provided a literal translation at the end of story so maybe it can…
Sabzi – Indian Cooked Vegetables Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jan 30, 2012
When you imagine, you might imagine that north Indian cuisine is limited to Curry based dishes that you might have seen on TV or in an Indian restaurant. But this is a myth, we love to cook many vegetables dry than with the curry. सब्जी (Cooked Vegetables) is that every Indian cook in their home…
Word Pairs – II Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jan 29, 2012
As discussed a year ago, there are words in Hindi that go in pair. These word pairs can be from a same word, two different words, opposite words, meaningful & meaningless and two meaningless words. We love to use these pair words in daily conversation and do it now and then. So, lets revise the…
Poems in Hindi – Gulabi Chodiyan Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jan 28, 2012
Let me present you a very lovely poem in Hindi. I think, poems are very powerful tool to express one’s feeling, be it’s sweet or bitter. Fortunately, in Hindi literature, we have so many great poets who had and still influencing the masses. I have translated this poem for you to read, understand and know…
Homonyms in Hindi – II Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jan 27, 2012
We have seen some of the Homonyms (समश्रुति भिन्नार्थक शब्द) in Hindi in our first post. Lets revise the topic once again with some more Homonyms. Pay attention variation in vowels and consonants in the given Homonyms words (समश्रुति भिन्नार्थक शब्द). Romanized spelling are provided in first brackets and English meanings in second. Common Homonyms or…
Correction of Incorrect Sentences – II Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jan 26, 2012
As you might be learning Hindi, it is quite obvious that you will make few or many mistakes in the beginning. Many of you might have even pondered over the question – Okay, I have a mistake but can I group them? I want to be careful to these particular grammatical mistakes in the future…