Haafiz--the one who protects
The trilateral root ‘ha-fi-za’ in Arabic means to protect, preserve, guard or...
Kamaal--the State of Perfection
Ka-ma-la, the Arabic trilateral root for ‘perfection’. Most Hindi/Urdu speakers are familiar...
Four Strategies for Building your Vocabulary in a Foreign Language
The task of learning, memorising, and eventually using new words in a...
The Origins of Hindi
A major modern South Asian language, Hindi is spoken and understood by more...
Indra: the universal fertiliser
Apart from bringing relief from summer’s toasting dry heat and filling...
Surya namaskar
सूर्य नमस्कार (sūrya namaskāra), lit. the performance of a bow, i.e....
The mental yoke
This is the first in a series of articles intended for all...
Sanskrit words for animals: haikus of first impressions
Sanskrit has many words for animals and trees that do nothing else...
Avatar: the one who has descended
The word avatar is certainly, and especially since the advent of 3D...