Everyday Hindi- Easy Hindi Learning Course

It was a pleasurable experience for me to go through Everyday Hindi authored by Smt. Hema Ravi and Prof. T.P. Vanamamalai. Having taught Hindi for more than 25 years, I have always felt the lack of a good book on Hindi conversation, particularly to cater to the needs of those living south of the Vindhyas.

Everyday Hindi is somewhat small in size, but it is brimming with a lot of matter which is useful as well as interesting. Therefore it is an indispensable book for those who want to learn Hindi conversation within minimum time, but without tears.

Needless to say that Hindi Language has now taken deep roots in non-Hindi speaking states thanks to the spread of television and rapid progress in communication systems. The number of Hindi words making inroads into our daily life is steadily increasing.

But strangely, the non-Hindi people find it difficult to talk in Hindi fluently. They pronounce Hindi better and they write more grammatical Hindi than the north Indians. But, when it comes to speaking, they are tongue-tied. One reason may be the absence of any good book to guide one to build up one's communication skill in Hindi. Everyday Hindi fills this gap to a great extent and facilitates flow of information between people through the medium of Hindi.

Man is a speaking animal. But he cannot start talking all of a sudden in any language. It requires guidance and practice. Realizing this, the authors of Everyday Hindi have presented a series of lessons in an orderly manner.

After acquainting the readers with the Hindi alphabet, the authors start lessons beginning with small sentences. They have visualized various situations in which we conduct our daily activities which depend much on talking.

As each day dawns and advances, we renew our acquaintance with the neighbourhood, make new friends, take bath, dress, take food, go to work-place, do shopping, watch birds and animals, buy fruits and flowers, use various appliances. We also have to go to railway station, post office, hospital and bank very often. Then there are also functions like wedding to attend.

If we happen to live among the Hindi-speaking people or if we are transferred to a place where Hindi is the language of the majority, how can we communicate with others in the situations mentioned above? How to understand what others speak and how to make others understand us?

My simple advice is: Get a copy of Everyday Hindi and start practising the lessons with the people around. As a bonus, this book also gives grammar rules in a nutshell. The book is also enriched by an exhaustive classified vocabulary appropriate to the lessons.

Everyday Hindi builds a bridge, so to speak, between the people of the North and the South so that there will be a two way exchange of ideas leading to unity of minds.

**Contents and Sample Pages**