My First Book of Hindi Words is a beautifully illustrated book that introduces young children to Hindi language and Indian culture through everyday words. Organized as an ABC rhyming book, My First Book of Hindi Words incorporates common Hindi words into charming English-language rhymes, beginning with: "A is for akash. A sky so blue where little birds fly and big planes, too," and on through "Z is for zukhaam. Achoo! I sneeze. I must have a cold. Mama, hug me please!" Winsome, full-color pictures illustrate each word and allow even very young readers to make their first foray into India's official language. A helpful glossary at the end makes it easy for readers—including parents and teachers—to review what they've learned! With the help of this book, we hope more children (and adults) will soon be a part of the 300 million people worldwide that speak Hindi!
Are you struggling to learn the proper Hindi handwriting technique? Do you struggle to memorize the stroke order of the many Hindi alphabets? Do you need a trustworthy resource to teach your small children to trace the "beautiful script"? If so, let me tell you why this workbook is the perfect companion for your studies: In it, you'll find 69 handpicked alphabets with detailed stroke order instructions. These alphabets include the base vowels and consonants, and common conjunct and dotted letters. Clear large letters make it easy to recognize even the most detailed of the Hindi characters. Detailed stroke order instructions provide you with a strong foundation to build up your skills. Dedicated "Trace and Learn" sections are designed to imprint proper stroke technique unto your muscle memory. Font variations train your brain to recognize alternative character styles. As a bonus, for each character, you'll find an extra 8.5 x 11 inches page fully dedicated to the handwriting practice of that letter with and without guiding background light-gray letters. Feel free to photocopy these bonus pages as you wish to extend the lifetime value of your workbook. Special information: This workbook is a labor of love. Accordingly, if you are a teacher, a student of Hindi, or homeschooling your children, you can photocopy any part of this workbook for your own, or your students, personal use. Learning to write the beautiful Hindi script by heart has never been easier.
Hindi words for children from A to Z in English. Teaching words to children can be difficult particularly in the west where kids only listen to English or the language of the country they live in. This book contains Hindi words starting with the English letter A to Z in English with appropriate illustrations. Kids can start associating English letters with Hindi words. There are no Devanagari letters in the book to prevent confusion. The words used in the book are day to day words they can easily understand and learn. Why buy this book: Hindi in English from A to Z Easy day to day words Colourful attractive pages Appropriate easily identifiable illustrations Proven method Notes for parents: Please note that there are no Hindi words for the letter x hence a common word between Hindi and English such as x-Ray have been added for the sake of completeness. The letters v and w accurately matches the Devanagari letter व and is interchangeable and used as per convenience by the speaker. The speaker can use the व sound as v and w, as required. For instance, Diwali is also written and spoken as Divali. However, many experts believe that w is a better representation of व hence Wan (forest) on the w page. You will find some Persian/Urdu words like rang, kursi and zameen are used widely in India and is included in the book.
My First 100 Words in Hindi - A Simple and Easy to learn book of first 100 words for children's. It has bright and colored pictures to read and learn about. Comprised of more than 100 words and colored pictures, it comes with interesting topics like Colors, Animals, Things That Go, Body Parts, Fruits, School things, Toys, Outdoor things, Birthday and Home objects. It will help your child build essential vocabulary skills within hours of fun reading.
Hindi Varnamala - A language which is spoken worldwide. This book will help young kids/adults learn to write 36 Hindi consonants in engaging, intuitive, and fun way. Appropriate for all ages from small children, to teens, to college going and adult students. The book provides a step-by-step guided direction for writing each hindi letter and an extra page for each letter to practice writing them. Some highlights of the book are: * Covers 36 consonants of Hindi script. * Object name starts from each alphabet. * Teaches step-by-step to write each alphabet. * Plenty of extra pages to trace and practice each alphabet. This book is perfect choice for learning and writing Hindi alphabets. Enjoy more books from the How to Draw for Kids series by Sachin Sachdeva: Cats & Kittens, Horses & Ponies, Forest Animals, Farm Animals, and Cartoon Characters.
Vyangyam- The Satire: ‘Vyangya’ in Hindi means Satire, a word very close to my heart as I have been writing satires right from my college days first in Hindi and later in English. Often readers relate satire to humor but we as a satirist draw a line between the two. While humor is purely for laugh and entertainment, satire is a serious thought process sometimes laced with a touch of humor which makes the reader aware of the anomalies in the society, socially & politically. Going back in time during 70s & 80s, satires were published as filler or under humor section of any Hindi magazine without any regularity. To fill this void of a full-fledged satirical magazine in Hindi during those time, idea to start a magazine on satire was born. I along with my friends Ramesh Sharma ‘Nishikar’ & Mahesh Shukla with no financial backing and any experience in canvassing or marketing decided to go ahead with our plan because of our strong urge and passion. That was the time our country was undergoing a dark period of history called ‘Emergency’ in 1976. There was total censorship on media; right to express was oppressed, opposition leaders were either in jail or underground and those in power were crawling. Satire and humour was first casualty in emergency. Satirical and humorous English Magazine like ‘Shankar’s Weekly’ was forced to close down because it refused to kneel down. Under the clouds of emergency, our magazine was conceived and we brought out the first issue in January 1977 with 500 copies of the magazine called “Vyangyam” costing Rs.2/-.During its entire period of publication, we three friends were the editors, proof readers, layout designers, office boy, Chaiwallah, dispatchers and hawkers, all in one! During 77-78, eight issues of the quarterly magazine were regularly published. The magazine received good support from all the famous and not so famous writers by way of their free contribution of articles but in absence of sustained financial support from any quarter, the magazine started sign of fatigue and illness by the time we published its 10th issue. Despite its low cost, the magazine unfortunately could not pick up sales or subscription. To mobilize funds we also published two books and a novel but in vain and soon we were forced to discontinue the magazine in 1979.”Vyangyam” could not be revived again. In 2011, after 31 years I launched my own English blog, rededicating ‘Vyangyam’ by suffixing it to my blog title “Vyangyam- the Satire”. My first & only Hindi book titled “ Ek Bimar- Sau Anar” was published in 1985 and this first book in English, is a collection of English satires taken from my blog www.srayyangar.blogspot.com
On the Edge is a first-of-its-kind collection of short stories and extracts from novels centred on theme of same-sex desire, translated from the original Hindi. The sixteen beautiful and provocative stories featured here (published between 1927 and 2022) include classic works by Asha Sahay, Premchand, Ugra, Rajkamal Chaudhuri, Geetanjali Shree, Sara Rai and Rajendra Yadav, among others. An important anthology, On the Edge shifts the focus on stories and characters who have, for far too long, remained in the shadows and brings them (and us) into the light.
The popular Hindi film industry is the largest in India and the most conspicuous film industry in the non-Western world. This book analyses the pivotal visual and narrative conventions employed in popular Hindi films through the combined prism of film studies and classical Indian philosophy and ritualism. The book shows the films outside Western paradigms, as visual manifestations and outcomes of the evolution of classical Hindu notions and esthetic forms. These include notions associated with the Advaita-Vedānta philosophical school and early Buddhist thought, concepts and dynamism stemming from Hindu ritualism, rasa esthetic theories, as well as Brahmanic notions such as dharma (religion, law, order), and mokṣa (liberation). These are all highly abstract notions which the author defines as "the unseen": a cluster of diversified concepts denoting what subsists beyond the phenomenal, what prevails beyond the empirical world of saṁsāra and stands out of this world (alaukika), while simultaneously being embodied and transformed within visual filmic imagery, codes and semiotics that are teased out and analyzed. A culturally sensitive reading of popular Hindi films, the interpretations put forward are also applicable to the Western context. They enable a fuller understanding of religious phenomena outside the primary religious field, within the vernacular arenas of popular culture and mass communication. The book is of interest to scholars in the fields of Indology, modern Indian studies, film, media and cultural studies.
