Diary of a White Indian Housewife
Thoughts and Experiences of an Expat Living in India
From the category archives:
I recently read a book called Dreaming in Hindi by Katherine Russell Rich. It’s a memoir about a middle aged woman’s year long tryst learning Hindi in Udaipur. I found it quite interesting, as I’ve been learning Hindi for around four years now, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, from books and anyone who cares to chat to me. Lately though, I seem to have hit a wall. I just don’t want to learn Hindi anymore, or even speak it much….
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Some of the readers of this blog have mentioned that they’d like to have discussions in Hindi, or about Hindi, to help them learn. It’s a great idea, so I’ve created this post especially and moved the relevant comments here….
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One of the things I’ve found most amusing, and what I struggled with initially, is English words written in the Hindi script. Just like it’s common these days for Indians to throw in English words while speaking in Hindi, they do the same when writing in Hindi….
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After living in Mumbai for a year and a half now and constantly taking auto rickshaws to get around, I thought I’d pretty much perfected my Hindi communications with the city’s taxi and auto wallas. However, my view changed after I was in an auto rickshaw with my husband the other day….
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One of the frustrating things about shopping in India is that in most places, you can’t walk in and browse the shelves like in the West. Here, the shop keeper stands behind the counter and you have to ask for what you want. I guess it had to happen some time then. My first frustrating encounter with the language barrier in Mumbai….
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