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 …
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“Party animals dressed to the nines painted the town red”
I’d forgotten how much I love Indian English 🙂 This little gem (below) is in the gossip column of this morning’s paper and it cheers my heart, after 2 long …
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. …
“Is this in Latin?”
The Indian Supreme Court has taken exception to the incomprehensible language used by the Himachal Pradesh High Court. The Supreme Court was so bemused by a 2017 judgement from the …
Rowdies beware!
Over the last few days I have shared with you 2 delicious stories about wonderful south Indian names – remember the political brothers and the photographic brothers? And just yesterday …
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 …