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1. Hindi
   Hindi is the national language of India. Although 90% Indians can speak and understand Hindi, surprisingly over 70% can't read or write in Hindi. These include many college graduates from non-Hindi regions of India. BharatVani has been teaching Hindi using resources of the internet since 1996. Over 4000 students have so far completed this course either online or off-line through our Hindi Teacher on CD-R . The medium of instructions is English and the courses have been designed to meet needs of Indians and non-Indians of all age groups.
2. Hindi -- Modern Hindi
   Hindi is the fourth most widely spoken language in the world, intelligible in North India and Pakistan and in the many South Asian diaspora communities around the world. Although many English-speakers from the West can get by in South Asia without knowledge of Hindi that knowledge provides direct access to the everyday lives of millions of people. For some South Asian people English may be a medium for commerce or bureaucratic function; it is not the language of their feelings. Hindi, on the other hand, is the language the rickshaw-wallah uses on the street, the mother uses for lullabies to her infant, and the Bombay film star uses to banter with her beloved. Hindi expresses eight hundred years of links to nature and culture in South Asia-through the poetry of Kabir, the devotional songs of Sur Das, the activist fiction of Premchand, the spiritual modernity of Nirala. Hindi is the language for those who want to dip their hands in the life which flows through North India.
3. Hindi -- Indias
   India’s constitution recognizes 18 different Indian languages, but Hindi and English are considered to be the official national languages. The central government allows each state to choose its own official language.... Within India, native speakers of Hindi are concentrated in the states of Bihār, Madhya Pradesh, Rājasthān, and Uttar Pradesh in northern and central India.
4. Hindi -- Writing
   *The palatal affricates of Hindi do not have as much a sharp frictional release as in English. They have more of a plosive component. It is not very clear whether they are clearly palatal or postalveolar (as in English). Tiwari ([1966] 2004) classifies them as palatal, and certainly as affricates and not pure plosives, that Sanskrit used to have. He has ... called the sibilant श as a voiceless palatal fricative , rather than postalveolar. However, Hock (1991) prefers to say that this particular sibilant is phonetically the same, whether articulated from the postalveolar region or from the palatal region.
5. Hindi -- Languages
   The origin of the word Hindi can be traced back to Sanskrit word Sindhu (Sanskrit: सिन्धु). Zoroastrians who were India's immediate neighbors pronounced "Sindhu" as "Hindu" in their Avestan language. Using the word "Hindu" for "Sindhu", they referred to the people who lived near or across the Sindhu River as "Hindu" and their home as "Hindustan". The Sanskrit word Sindhu in its Avestan form Hindu (for believers of Hindu faith), Hind (for Indian country) and Hindi (for Indian language) passed on to later Iranian languages like Pahlavi and Persian.
6. Khaled -- Songs
   Khaled became very popular in Brazil in 1999 with his song "El Arbi", released 7 years before. The song was included in the soundtrack for the novela "Vila Madalena" (Globo TV Network).
7. Asha Bhosle -- Songs
   Asha Bhosle's first big success was B R Chopra's Naya Daur ("The New Age", 1957). Her duets with Rafi like Maang ke saath tumhara, Saathi haath badhana and Uden jab jab zulfein teri, penned by Sahir Ludhianvi and composed by O P Nayyar, gave her recognition. Asha and O P Nayyar had worked earlier as well. But it was the first time that she had got to sing all the songs for the lead actress. B R Chopra, the producer of Naya Daur recognized her talent and got her to sing in many of his later films including Waqt and Gumraah, Humraaz, Aadmi Aur Insaan, Dhund etc.
8. Bollywood -- Indian English
   Bollywood is commonly referred to as Hindi cinema, even though "Hindustani", understood as the colloquial base common to both Hindi and Urdu, might be more accurate. Bollywood consists of the languages of Hindi, Urdu and English. The use of poetic Urdu words is fairly common. Some Bollywood films such as Mughal-E-Azam are entirely in Urdu. There has been a growing presence of Indian English in dialogue and songs as well. It is not uncommon to see films that feature dialogue with English words and phrases, even whole sentences.
9. Dilip Kumar -- Kishore Kumar
   Abhas Kumar Ganguly, better known as Kishore Kumar was born on August 4, 1929 in Kandwa. Following the footsteps of his elder brother Ashok Kumar he too ventured into movies. But he soon realised that his heart was in singing. Under the patronage of RD Burman he soon flourished. He would at times compose and write songs himself. Sadly he passed away in October,1987.
10. Indian Music -- Bollywood Movie
    Through the wireless company's relationship with Saavn, the industry leader in digital distribution of South Asian content and packages, Verizon Wireless customers can access hit music from the Indian film industry (known as "Bollywood") directly on their mobile phones. Bollywood's most anticipated theatrical release of the year, "Om Shanti Om," opens on Friday, Nov. 9, and Verizon Wireless customers can get Ringtones and Ringback tones from the film today. All the best classics and latest Bollywood Ringtones and Ringback tones are currently available, including songs from recent hit films such as "Heyy Babyy," "Kya Love Story Hai," and "Don," plus past hit albums such as "Dil Chahta Hai," "Aksar," and "Chalte Chalte."

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