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      Kavita Datla: Hyderabad
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      Abul Naghmi: Malihabadi
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      Harish Trivedi: Translation
    • hindi-glossaries-alive

      An innovative series combining drills, conversation, and reading to introduce essential Hindi.

      Glossaries Alive
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      A series of lively, unscripted Hindi-medium conversations about groups of words of related meaning.

      Spoken Thesaurus
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      Practice your real-world comprehension skills with this library of occasionally hilarious voicemail messages.

      Hindi Urdu Voicemail
    • LanguageforHealth

      A HUF-produced website targeted specifically at teaching Hindi-Urdu for the healthcare profession.

      Language for Health
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      Materials for independent study or to supplement the Complete Hindi/Teach Yourself Hindi series.

      Hindi Worksheets
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      A video collection featuring native-speakers modeling common Hindi-Urdu conversational strategies.

      Hamari Boli
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      Informative & entertaining Hindi teaching presentations with a focus on authentic language sources.

      Presenting Hindi
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      A guided tour of unique moments in Hindi poetry. Featuring interactive discussions of Tulsi, Sur, even Dev Anand!

      Kavyarth
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      A free online version of "Hindi and Urdu Since 1800: A Common Reader".

      Hindi-Urdu Reader
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      A multimedia introduction to Braj Bhasha, an important ancestor of modern Hindi.

      Braj in Brief
    • Braj Reader

      A free, online edition of the classic, standard reader for students of medieval Hindi.

      Braj Bhasha Reader
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      Translations of a Hindi poet by HUF director Rupert Snell and HUF student Aruna Kharod

      Sur Sorahi
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      A practical guide to transliterating Hindi into roman script with consistency and accuracy.

      Transliterating Devanagari
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      Complete PDF versions of some introductory Hindi textbooks.

      First-Year Hindi Textbooks
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      HUF spearheads a number of efforts to increase and enhance Hindi Urdu K-12 programs in the US.

      K-12 Hindi-Urdu
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      Rajesh Kumar
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      Mannu Bhandari
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      Ramanika Gupta
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      Raji Seth
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      Nasira Sharma
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      Mridula Garg
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      Chitra Mudgal
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      Geetanjali Shree
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      Krishna Sobti
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      Meera Sikri
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      Susham Bedi: Avsaan
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      Susham Bedi: Sarak ki laye

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