Tenses in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jul 28, 2011
Today, I will show you the tenses in Hindi. Each of tenses are further divided into their sub-types. For better understanding, the examples are provided in Hindi and their translations are given in English. भूतकाल (Past Tense) In Hindi, past tenses are of 6 types: 1. सामान्य भूत (Past Indefinite Tense) The past indefinite tense…
Indian Breakfast Posted by kunthra on Jul 28, 2011
Breakfast in India varies from place to place. For example in Kerala and Tamil Nadu there is a popular breakfast dish called Puttu. Puttu is made by adding water to ground rice and adding spices like cumin. Then it is steamed with layers of grated coconut. The puttu is steamed in a special steaming apparatus…
Joining in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jul 26, 2011
How to join consonants, vowels etc to make a new word in Hindi might be a question for any Hindi learner.In many languages, it is quite common to draw inspiration from two words to make a new word which not only sounds interesting, appropriate, save space but also shows the creative side of any language…
Shopping (Fruits & Vegetables) Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jul 25, 2011
Lets me show you the shopping culture of native Hindi speakers, their shopping & bargaining habits and most important of them all, some of the common vocabulary related to fruits and vegetables in Hindi. In the following scene, Rita goes to a Sabzi Mandi (सब्जी मंडी) (a wholesale vegetable and fruit market). She wants a stock of…
Indian Railways of the Past Posted by kunthra on Jul 24, 2011
One of the great ways to journey through various parts of India is to do it through the many railways in India. For example the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a wonderful way to see the outdoors and get a feel for the local communities that the railway is a part of. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway…
Indian Fruits Posted by kunthra on Jul 22, 2011
If you ever go to India, you’ll find that there are so many different kinds of fruits used in Indian cuisine. One of these fruits is the mango (आम), which is the national fruit of India. In some countries the mango is an exotic fruit that is expensive and rare to find, but in India…
London Indian Film Festival Posted by kunthra on Jul 16, 2011
This year the London Indian Film Festival was held on July 12th. The London Indian Film Festival highlights the very best of independent Indian films. There were lots of good independent films featured this year. One of them was Delhi Belly, with started Imran Khan. This movie is really only appropriate for adults. There is…