Basic Hindi Phrases & Advice on Visiting India - Wolters World
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Date: 2022-02-04
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Dawn
i have been to India twice in the past 14 years. The people, in general, are more heart-based than Americans. There is a devotional, innocent quality across most of the culture. The people there are more friendly than in the US. i was in South Kerala both times from September to January and i think those are the coolest months, going up to 90 degrees F. every day, at least. those are the coolest days. but the mornings, evenings and nights were almost perfect temps. But it does get hotter starting in March to June / July.
One thing i really dislike about Asian countries, even though India is the only one i've been to, are the wet bathrooms. i don't know who thought this plan up, but it is insane. The floor is constantly wet because the shower is just usually a shower head in the bathroom itself, plus you use the faucet and cup for the toilets. It makes the bathroom really smell bad all the time, because of the stuff accumulating in the drain and rotting. the drain is on the bathroom floor itself. Also, the hole in the ground for toilets is not the best design, especially for crippled and ill people with weak legs. i don't know how they deal with it. i just don't understand why many countries would adopt these ideas for many centuries or thousands of years without anyone questioning it or changing it. i hope it changes one day.
India is special because it has a very long history of Vedic spirituality. Many, many Indian Saints and enlightened beings have come from India over many thousands of years. Amma the hugging Saint is the most powerful and she is still on the Earth today, but is getting up there in years. Her energy is exquisite and totally pure, and many get transformed in her presence over time. Her website is amma. org. She is in Amritapuri, South Kerala. She also comes to Europe in October / November and to the US in the spring / summer, as well as traveling in India starting in January. Seeing Her and beings like her is th the REAL India, in my opinion. Until you have been around her, and some like her, you've just scratched the surface of India, and life. It is the pure Saintly beings of India, and many spritual seekers who chant, meditate and pray, that purify the atmoshphere. The space around awakened / enlightened Saints is the best, because of their pure energy / mind, which imparts a taste of God.
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i have been to India twice in the past 14 years. The people, in general, are more heart-based than Americans. There is a devotional, innocent quality across most of the culture. The people there are more friendly than in the US. i was in South Kerala both times from September to January and i think those are the coolest months, going up to 90 degrees F. every day, at least. those are the coolest days. but the mornings, evenings and nights were almost perfect temps. But it does get hotter starting in March to June / July.
One thing i really dislike about Asian countries, even though India is the only one i've been to, are the wet bathrooms. i don't know who thought this plan up, but it is insane. The floor is constantly wet because the shower is just usually a shower head in the bathroom itself, plus you use the faucet and cup for the toilets. It makes the bathroom really smell bad all the time, because of the stuff accumulating in the drain and rotting. the drain is on the bathroom floor itself. Also, the hole in the ground for toilets is not the best design, especially for crippled and ill people with weak legs. i don't know how they deal with it. i just don't understand why many countries would adopt these ideas for many centuries or thousands of years without anyone questioning it or changing it. i hope it changes one day.
India is special because it has a very long history of Vedic spirituality. Many, many Indian Saints and enlightened beings have come from India over many thousands of years. Amma the hugging Saint is the most powerful and she is still on the Earth today, but is getting up there in years. Her energy is exquisite and totally pure, and many get transformed in her presence over time. Her website is amma. org. She is in Amritapuri, South Kerala. She also comes to Europe in October / November and to the US in the spring / summer, as well as traveling in India starting in January. Seeing Her and beings like her is th the REAL India, in my opinion. Until you have been around her, and some like her, you've just scratched the surface of India, and life. It is the pure Saintly beings of India, and many spritual seekers who chant, meditate and pray, that purify the atmoshphere. The space around awakened / enlightened Saints is the best, because of their pure energy / mind, which imparts a taste of God.
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Timothy
Wow! Ok I know this girl Mira, she was raised in American and doesn't seem to be aware of the nuances in India. So Wolter, please get someone with actual travel experience in India. India is a huge, diverse and complicated country.
1. She got the bindi more or less correct. People give you religious or scientific reasons for wearing the bindi. But in reality it is just historical and cultural baggage. Why do most people in the west wear a t-shirt and not a kimono? You do what most people around you do. People in India, mostly women, wear a bindi for religious and cultural reasons. Christians wear a cross, some Hindu's wear a bindi. The sindoor is a symbolises of matrimony. In urban india bindis have taken the form of a fashion statement. Or many don't even wear a bindi.
2. Hinduism is polytheistic, monotheistic, non-theistic and atheistic all at the same time. Wrap your head around that! It is just an all encompassing collection of world views, that the outsiders couldn't wrap their head around, and so it was bunched up as Hinduism. On a day to day level, it is a religious and cultural ethos that shapes the beliefs for the majority of the population. The clear demarcation between secular and religious values is not present in India. It is simply a way of living.
3. Hindi is the most spoken language. But please, there are TONS of areas of India, including entire cities, where you cannot get by with Hindi. India is truly a multilingual nation, where people of different areas speak different languages. States in India are divided on a linguistic basis. In cities, due to the effects of commerce, maybe you can get by with cursory use of Hindi, that is a few words here and there. But Hindi is NOT spoken in vast parts of the south, east or High north of India. Importantly, English is pretty widely spoken in India. So you can very easily get by, especially in the cities, with English words.
4. Indian languages are very gender specific. So a lot of those sentences would change depending on the speaker and the subject. English is far more gender neutral.
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Wow! Ok I know this girl Mira, she was raised in American and doesn't seem to be aware of the nuances in India. So Wolter, please get someone with actual travel experience in India. India is a huge, diverse and complicated country.
1. She got the bindi more or less correct. People give you religious or scientific reasons for wearing the bindi. But in reality it is just historical and cultural baggage. Why do most people in the west wear a t-shirt and not a kimono? You do what most people around you do. People in India, mostly women, wear a bindi for religious and cultural reasons. Christians wear a cross, some Hindu's wear a bindi. The sindoor is a symbolises of matrimony. In urban india bindis have taken the form of a fashion statement. Or many don't even wear a bindi.
2. Hinduism is polytheistic, monotheistic, non-theistic and atheistic all at the same time. Wrap your head around that! It is just an all encompassing collection of world views, that the outsiders couldn't wrap their head around, and so it was bunched up as Hinduism. On a day to day level, it is a religious and cultural ethos that shapes the beliefs for the majority of the population. The clear demarcation between secular and religious values is not present in India. It is simply a way of living.
3. Hindi is the most spoken language. But please, there are TONS of areas of India, including entire cities, where you cannot get by with Hindi. India is truly a multilingual nation, where people of different areas speak different languages. States in India are divided on a linguistic basis. In cities, due to the effects of commerce, maybe you can get by with cursory use of Hindi, that is a few words here and there. But Hindi is NOT spoken in vast parts of the south, east or High north of India. Importantly, English is pretty widely spoken in India. So you can very easily get by, especially in the cities, with English words.
4. Indian languages are very gender specific. So a lot of those sentences would change depending on the speaker and the subject. English is far more gender neutral.
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Little
Well I think there are many things that need to be spoken about India if you are a female and you plan on going to India make sure you do not travel alone where I was they spoke Marathi and I think that it's also very important that you understand the temperament of the people and definitely don't drink the water there is much to know about India and Mark I hope that you will contact me as there's some things I think you need to be made aware of that the average person who goes to visit India is unaware of so I hope to hear from you soon I love your videos I think your family is wonderful your wife is a trooper for packing the way she did your children are beautiful and I think that on a personal note you seem to be such a wonderful human being very kind warm respectful and I'm trying to be respectful and not fear of the world I'm going to India so ask stated please contact me thanks very much and may you always travel safely
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Well I think there are many things that need to be spoken about India if you are a female and you plan on going to India make sure you do not travel alone where I was they spoke Marathi and I think that it's also very important that you understand the temperament of the people and definitely don't drink the water there is much to know about India and Mark I hope that you will contact me as there's some things I think you need to be made aware of that the average person who goes to visit India is unaware of so I hope to hear from you soon I love your videos I think your family is wonderful your wife is a trooper for packing the way she did your children are beautiful and I think that on a personal note you seem to be such a wonderful human being very kind warm respectful and I'm trying to be respectful and not fear of the world I'm going to India so ask stated please contact me thanks very much and may you always travel safely
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Prem
She is right for the most part. Toilets in india are really disgusting in most places like local restaurants or temples and all that. But we do have branded stores and shopping malls where you can find toilets of the so called international standards. Toilet papers are not unknown in this part of the world. Although its better if you use the handshowers provided( in the good toilets; dont even think of using the bad ones; and trust me; you can easily recognize the bad ones when you look at them) Handshowers are cleaner than paper. If gravy fell on your arm, you wouldn't just wipe it out. You'd go wash it clean, wouldn't you?
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She is right for the most part. Toilets in india are really disgusting in most places like local restaurants or temples and all that. But we do have branded stores and shopping malls where you can find toilets of the so called international standards. Toilet papers are not unknown in this part of the world. Although its better if you use the handshowers provided( in the good toilets; dont even think of using the bad ones; and trust me; you can easily recognize the bad ones when you look at them) Handshowers are cleaner than paper. If gravy fell on your arm, you wouldn't just wipe it out. You'd go wash it clean, wouldn't you?
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Alok
Don't want to criticize this girl anymore.
First of all most of the Indians, even in villages understand basic English.
Things like Yes, No, Sorry, Thank you, Excuse me, congratulations, good job, how much, and much more, people do understand. So don't worry about not knowing Hindi or any other Indian language.
Anyway, this video is almost 6 years old. So not going to complain anymore.
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Don't want to criticize this girl anymore.
First of all most of the Indians, even in villages understand basic English.
Things like Yes, No, Sorry, Thank you, Excuse me, congratulations, good job, how much, and much more, people do understand. So don't worry about not knowing Hindi or any other Indian language.
Anyway, this video is almost 6 years old. So not going to complain anymore.
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Raj
Swastika - Great Bear stars positions around the North Star in all four seasons combined as per our ancient sculptures, Bindi and Sindur have different purposes than mentioned, You can see many forms of gods with different animals and forms even trees, land, sky etc. Hindus worship nature given by god, Namaste - I bow down to you as you are our guest and guests are like God for us.
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Swastika - Great Bear stars positions around the North Star in all four seasons combined as per our ancient sculptures, Bindi and Sindur have different purposes than mentioned, You can see many forms of gods with different animals and forms even trees, land, sky etc. Hindus worship nature given by god, Namaste - I bow down to you as you are our guest and guests are like God for us.
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sai
OMG! You got the wrong person Mr. Wolter. Poor knowledge and very bad hindi pronunciation. Namaste is formal but it is used by almost all hindi speakers. She is one among few so called Filthy High Class Narrow Minded people who feel being an indian is their mistake.
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OMG! You got the wrong person Mr. Wolter. Poor knowledge and very bad hindi pronunciation. Namaste is formal but it is used by almost all hindi speakers. She is one among few so called Filthy High Class Narrow Minded people who feel being an indian is their mistake.
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Adnan
You would be better served by learning the polite formal way of saying things. For example, it might be considered
rude to say Aap English bolta ho. Better would be Aap English bolta hain?
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You would be better served by learning the polite formal way of saying things. For example, it might be considered
rude to say Aap English bolta ho. Better would be Aap English bolta hain?
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Heraclitus
Hinduism is not strictly a monotheistic religion like the abrahamic religions. There are hundreds of interpretations which quite Contradict one another yet coexist with one another
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Hinduism is not strictly a monotheistic religion like the abrahamic religions. There are hundreds of interpretations which quite Contradict one another yet coexist with one another
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DemTacs
woltersworld: XD Mark, ap kha mundae muhje hushe kartha. (Sorry, I'm half pakistani and haven't talked Urdu/Hindu in a while, so please correct me)
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woltersworld: XD Mark, ap kha mundae muhje hushe kartha. (Sorry, I'm half pakistani and haven't talked Urdu/Hindu in a while, so please correct me)
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