While I am verbose here and with friends, I am quite shy in new social situations. I never am quite sure what to say and so I fade in to the woodwork if left to my habits. In 2011, determined … Continue reading Getting Over The Wall
Almost one year ago a reader asked me why I was learning Hindi. I wrote an answer here. Since then, lots of things have happened. Just after I wrote that entry back in late 2017, I remember sitting with Sage … Continue reading What Learning Hindi Has Taught Me
आज मैं तुमको एक बहुत ज़रूरी बात अपने दिल से कहना चाहता हूँ कि यह साल कुछ मुश्किलों से भरा था लेकिन मुझे ख़ुशी है कि हम साथ थे | जब भी हम उदास या चिंतित थे हमने एक दूसरे … Continue reading नये साल के मौके पर
क्या क्या चाहिए एक कप गेहूं का आटा एक कप गुड़ डेढ़ कप पानी एक छोटा चम्मच खाने का सोडा एक कप तेल (तलने के लिये) चलिए बनाते है बर्तन में पानी डालकर स्टोव पर गरम करें | उस … Continue reading छत्तीसगढ़ी गुलगुला
Tonight I brave the cold to visit Old East York, former home of actor John Candy, eat mouth watering Bengali food and find my creative side. Continue reading Old East York Neighbourhood: S. Walter Stewart Library
मेरे शब्दों में प्यार,
जैसे उड़ती रंगबिरंगी तितलियाँ ,
मेरा दिल का तेजी से धड़कना ,
और मेरा लम्बी यात्रा शुरू करना | Continue reading मेरे शब्दों में “प्यार” (Love in my own words – Including my first poem)
On a cold, drizzly day I find a bright and friendly library in the small neighbourhood of Lawrence Manor and then dash across the city for all the Gujarati food I can eat. Continue reading Lawrence Manor Neighbourhood: Barbara Frum Library
मैं बहुत उत्साहित हूँ क्योंकि आज मेरा ब्लॉग हिंदी भाषा में है | आज मैं अपने जीवन के बारे में हिंदी में लिखूंगा | जंगल में एक आधुनिक झोपड़ी (तम्बू ) में रहते हुए गर्म रहना नित्य एक युद्ध लड़ने … Continue reading Yurt Years: Staying Warm (हिंदी में)
I decided to go to the basement where you can find the newspaper reading room. In addition to most of the local papers, there are newspapers in many languages from around the world. I found one with Hindi script to practice my reading and see how much I could understand and started reading.
I looked throughout the front page and understood a handful of very simple words. It was as if I had completely forgotten everything I knew. Continue reading Give Yourself a Break
My teacher, Mitali, has done a fantastic job of keeping my Hindi classes interesting and fun and lately one of our regular activities is for me to learn muhavare – idioms. In any language, these are really fun for me as they are, in a sense, word play and that is something I love. And they also make me think about my world a little differently. Continue reading Wasted Effort
