Indian Recipes – Matar Paneer Posted by Nitin Kumar on Dec 31, 2014
Matar Paneer (मटर पनीर), a refreshing combination of soft paneer (cottage cheese) and green peas in a spicy tomato based gravy, is a fine culinary treat from North India. This simple recipe is an authentic Indian recipe which is easy to make. Although there are various variation of this recipe, I will show you the…
Pair of Similar Words – II Posted by Nitin Kumar on Dec 29, 2014
Sometime you may encounter some similar sounding words in Hindi. These words are like English words “weak” and “week”. There are plenty of such words in Hindi. In continuation of the topic, let me show you more of such similar words in Hindi. Most of these similar words in Hindi are the products of different…
Emphasis in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Dec 28, 2014
Emphasis are the words which are placed after a word or phrase in a sentence and changes its meaning. In Hindi, Emphasis is called निपात (Nipaat). They are very important and yet difficult to understand by beginners. The emphasis in Hindi can have a particular meaning depending on the context. Some of the emphasis in…
Subordinate Conjunctions in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Dec 27, 2014
In Hindi, Conjunction is called समुच्चयबोधक (Samucchybodhak) which comes from two word, समुच्चय which mean combination and बोधक which means indicator. These are the words that shows the combination of given type in the given sentence. In Hindi, Conjunctions are of 2 types. These are समानाधिकरण समुच्चयबोधक (Samaanaadhikaran Samucchybodhak – Coordinate Conjunction) and व्यधिकरण समुच्चयबोधक (Vyadhikaran…
Coordinate Conjunctions in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Dec 25, 2014
In Hindi, Conjunction is called समुच्चयबोधक (Samucchybodhak) which comes from two words, समुच्चय which means combination and बोधक which means indicator. Conjunctions are the words which combine two clauses in a given sentence. In Hindi, Conjunctions are of 2 types. These are समानाधिकरण समुच्चयबोधक (Samaanaadhikaran Samucchybodhak – Coordinate Conjunction) and व्यधिकरण समुच्चयबोधक (Vyadhikaran Samucchybodhak – Subordinate…
Raam or Rama Posted by Nitin Kumar on Nov 30, 2014
Today, let me show you some common mistakes that a beginner could make. I am sure that you might have came across such word, so let me decipher them for you. 1. Usage “a” at the end of the word In English, many people tend to use “a” during the romanization. For example, the word…
Future of Language Policy in India Posted by Nitin Kumar on Nov 30, 2014
Recently, there has been a huge debate on the issue of languages in India. Present (वर्तमान – Vartmaan) government wants to make Sanskrit compulsory in the schools. Indian schools have many optional subjects which often include foreign languages and many of the school have already teaching foreign language such as French, German, Spanish etc to…