My Hindi word of the day: Kartavya
On a day when one of Delhi’s most iconic roads – if not THE most iconic road – was hastily renamed Kartavyapath, there could be no other word of the …
Category: Hindi
Hindi word of the day : “mahapaapi”
Yesterday the Chief Minister of Bihar, Mr. Nitesh Kumar, said the following on the subject of drinking alcohol (he spoke in Hindi, but here’s the English translation). According to Mr. …
Your Hindi word of the day: mawali
Politicians are very useful people. Especially for people like me, who still have so much Hindi vocab to learn. Yesterday, our esteemed Minister of State in the Ministry of External …
What’s the Hindi word for “shape-shifter”?
Thanks to the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Modi, I know the answer. The PM was recently talking about the virus mutating. “This virus is famous for changing itself through …
Your Hindi word of the day: “jadibooti”
As I mentioned a couple of days ago, here in India we have a prime Minister who gives lots of speeches and launches lots of slogans. Mr. Modi’s eloquence is …
Your Hindi words of the day – “tika utsav”
Before we start, and by way of introduction, I’d like to explain something to all my non-Indian/non-India based readers. We have a Prime Minister who launches a lot of campaigns, …