by Zabaan | Aug 13, 2015 | Learning and Teaching
Learning, in acting as a basis for our personal choices, decisions and actions, determines the difference between what we become and do not become. It helps to shape the inarticulate hum of the universal consciousness, present in all that exists and in each of us,...
by Zabaan | Aug 6, 2015 | Learning and Teaching, Vocabulary
The Hindi word for dictionary, शब्दकोश (śabdkośa), literally means word-chest. Apart from accurately describing the function of a dictionary, the word also aptly illustrates the fundamental problem language students face upon first opening the dictionary of a new...
by Zabaan | Jul 31, 2015 | Ancient Greek, Classical languages, Sanskrit
Of all the Indo-European languages, ancient Greek and Sanskrit are undoubtedly the two which exhibit the clearest signs of originating from one common ancestral language. These signs were first observed in their shared basic lexicon containing, for example, identical...
by Zabaan | Jul 20, 2015 | Classical languages, Hindi, Sanskrit
“Without your love, I’m like a song without words, just like a nest without birds … I’m like a plane without wings, a violin with no strings.” You can almost hear Billie Holiday sing through the nostalgic pitter-patter...
by Zabaan | Jul 7, 2015 | Classical languages, Hindi, Sanskrit
Sanskrit and Hindi are both part of the Indo-European language family and share, if one looks closely enough, many of its distinctive features. In the case of Hindi, the language has been so tossed about in the seas of history, that many shared features have been torn...
