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Fiji Indians – Fiji Hindi Baat Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on May 31, 2021
The Language and Dialects The Girmitiya brought the language भाषा and culture संस्कृति of their villages to Fiji. They spoke the dialects बोलियों and languages of their state but the majority spoke Hindi which is an Indo-Aryan language. This language differed from Fijian which is an Austronesian language. Fiji Hindi Baat Fiji Hindi is also…
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…