Part I: Why learning Hindi can be a challenge for native English speakers Languages can be a window into the culture that speaks them. In this three-part blog, we will be exploring how Hindi is more than a language – it embodies a worldview that relates back to...
The task of learning, memorising, and eventually using new words in a foreign language can be daunting. Compared to the finite number of rules that govern grammar systems with its conjugations and declensions, the number of new words to learn in a foreign language...
In this article Neha Tiwari looks at the theory of Rasas in Indian Arts in the context of Kālidāsa’slyric poem Meghadūt. Life is nought without emotions. The famous French philosopher Descartes famously said, “I think therefore I am”. But after reading the...
Under the garb of a lawyer par excellence lies a heart that beats for the composite culture of India and its literary and cultural traditions. Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, is well known for his passion and knowledge of law, but few...
A major modern South Asian language, Hindi is spoken and understood by more than half a billion people in India and in other parts of the world where the Indian diaspora has settled. The language is written in Devanagari, a script derived from the ancient Brahmi...
“Without your love, I’m like a song without words, just like a nest without birds … I’m like a plane without wings, a violin with no strings.” You can almost hear Billie Holiday sing through the nostalgic pitter-patter...
