The Indian State of Kerala Posted by Nitin Kumar on Apr 20, 2015
India (भारत – Bharat) is a country (देश – Desh) located in southern Asia. With over 1.2 billion people, India is the most populous democracy (लोकतंत्र – Loktantra) in the world. It is a federal constitutional republic (गणतंत्र – Gantantra) governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 29 states and 7 union territories. Kerala (केरल…
Indian Festival – Shigmo Posted by Nitin Kumar on Mar 30, 2015
Let me take you too a interesting and colorful festival from India which is called Shigmo. Shigmo (शिगमो) is a spring (वसंत – Vasant) festival celebrated in the Indian state of Goa and the neighboring states. It is also known as Shigmotsav or the harvest festival (त्योहार – Tyohaar) and is celebrated annually (प्रतिवर्ष – Prativarsh)…
Indian Recipes – Chole Posted by Nitin Kumar on Mar 29, 2015
Chole (छोले), a refreshing vegetarian white chickpeas culinary treat from North India. This simple recipe is an authentic Indian recipe (विधि – Vidhi) which is easy to make. This dish is very popular in North and usually served with fried Indian bread called Bhatura (भटूरा) or cooked basmati rice. Let me show you how to make…
Consonants Joining in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Mar 29, 2015
In Hindi language, we combine and create new words quite often. In Hindi, Joining (संधि) or combination are of 3 major types. When a word is formed by a combination of two consonant or a consonant and a vowel then this combination or joining is called व्यंजन संधि (Vyanjan Sandhi – Consonants Joining) in Hindi…
Poem in Hindi – Gungaan Posted by Nitin Kumar on Mar 28, 2015
Today, there is a poem for all Hindi learners, a short and easy poem that you can try to comprehend it. The poet, Maithili Sharan Gupt, is a very popular poet of Hindi literature. In this poem, he is describing his feeling on the obstacles in finding God. He talk how there are many way…
Inflectional Suffix Joining in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Mar 27, 2015
In Hindi language, we combine and create new words quite often. In Hindi, Joining (संधि) or combination are of 3 major types. When a word is created from the combinations of inflectional suffix and consonant or vowel, then this combination or joining is called विसर्ग संधि (Visarg Sandi – inflectional Suffix Joining) In this post…
Cricket World Cup 2015 Posted by Nitin Kumar on Mar 26, 2015
As you may already know, Cricket game is like a religion (धर्म – Dharm) in India. It is followed by most of India. You can imagine their passion (उत्साह – Utsaah) for cricket by the fact that many Indian will even take holiday (अवकाश – Avakaash) if there is important match (खेल – Khel) of…