Hindi–A Worldview

Hindi–A Worldview

Part I: Why learning Hindi can be a challenge for native English speakers Languages can be a window into the culture that speaks them. In this three-part blog, we will be exploring how Hindi is more than a language – it embodies a worldview that relates back to...
Love Rasa and Kālidāsa

Love Rasa and Kālidāsa

In this article Neha Tiwari looks at the theory of Rasas in Indian Arts in the context of Kālidāsa’slyric poem Meghadūt. Life is nought without emotions. The famous French philosopher Descartes famously said, “I think therefore I am”.  But after reading the...
The Origins of Hindi

The Origins of Hindi

A major modern South Asian language, Hindi is spoken and understood by more than half a billion people in India and in other parts of the world where the Indian diaspora has settled. The language is written in Devanagari, a script derived from the ancient Brahmi...