I have just received my first Hindi language lessons and I am very excited to be already able to understand and speak at least a few words and phrases in Hindi. The next time I meet someone from India they are going to be very surprised when I say hello and how are you in their native tongue.

I have to admit I was a little nervous when my first Hindi lesson was starting, but the fact that it is only me interacting with recorded voices on my computer makes it feel comfortable very quickly. The people on the lesson seemed quite real, though, and their voices sounded friendly.

As the lesson progressed, not only did I learn how to greet a man or a woman in Hindi but also there was a more advanced conversation taking place in a shop. What I appreciated was the fact that the words and phrases I was learning are completely modern and up to date. I am not learning something out of an old book that was obsolete years ago. These new, modern Hindi language classes are as modern as the 21st century.

Some people do not realize it, but although India has a very ancient history, dating back many millennia, it is also one of the most contemporary countries in the world. This is why India is often called a nation of contrasts. I remember driving along a freeway near Delhi and seeing a Japanese luxury auto dealership that was more architecturally stylish than the ones back in my home town.

Not only does India have its Bollywood motion picture headquarters in Mumbai (Bombay) that rivals Hollywood in the quantity and quality of the movies that are produced there, but the enormous south Asian sub continent also has its own version of silicon valley in the form of the city of Bangalore. This is the IT or information technology capital of India, being the computer hardware and software center.

Wherever you travel in India you are going to meet people who are very fluent in English, and I have made two trips to India before starting to learn Hindi by taking this new language course. But now that I am confident I will be able to not only speak but also to read and understand Hindi, my return trip is surely going to be much more fulfilling and useful to me.

In some of my future Hindi language lessons I will be learning about conversations concerning food and drink, traveling, asking for directions, along with the proper grammar and pronunciation sounds. I am not sure whether I will be able actually to speak Hindi like a native when all of the language lessons have been completed, but that is going to be my goal to be striving for.

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