The Routledge Intermediate Hindi Reader has been specially designed for intermediate and advanced learners of Hindi and comprises a broad selection of graded readings.
The materials have been carefully selected to ensure that students receive exposure to a wide variety of authentic Hindi texts, including news and magazine articles, extracts from social media websites, film dialogues and contemporary Hindi literature.
Each reading is fully supported by:
pre-reading activities notes on cultural references in the text a vocabulary list with English translation notes on key grammatical points arising from the text text-related comprehension questions and vocabulary-based exercises suggestions for writing and discussion activities based on the text a key to comprehension questions and vocabulary-based exercises online support which includes audio recordings and translations of texts, available at http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415601764/
Suitable for both class use and independent study, The Routledge Intermediate Hindi Reader is an essential tool for increasing language proficiency and enriching learners cultural knowledge.
Acknowledgements. Introduction. Hindi Punctuation. Perso-Arabic
loanwords. List of Abbreviations.
Chapters:
1. Talking about a holiday on a
social network site
2. In pictures Bargi Devis life
3. Hard Kaurs Desi
Dance (coming) soon
4. One bride, four grooms
5. Book reviews
6. A flourish
of proposals on the click of a computer
7. A lot of happiness and some
sorrow
8. Hinglish in official matters
9. Zindagi na milegi dobara (You don't
get to live life twice)
10. The mouse and me
11. Spicy snacks for foodies
12.
Naseerudin: I never managed to have my finger on the pulse of viewers &
Shabana Azmi, the social activist
13. Lifes steering wheel in your own hand
14. This Diwali is special
15. Autobiography of a Dalit
16. A fathers
letters
17. What I wanted to become in my life
18. Some charming memories of
Kutch
19. Mother India
20. A party for the boss. Key to Exercises. Appendices
(including: Common conjunct characters; The vocabulary of Hindi; Hindi
dictionary order; Prefixes and suffixes) General Glossary
Naresh Sharma is Senior Lector in Hindi and Urdu at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
Tej K Bhatia is Professor of Linguistics and Director of South Asian Languages at Syracuse University, USA.
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