Word: hindy
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...each other on opposite sides of a single strand of wire. Asian-style politesse prevails in the low-key propaganda war at Natu Pass. Indian loudspeakers kick off daily with news and propaganda in Mandarin Chinese at 5:30 a.m. The Chinese speakers reply in somewhat stilted classical Hindi, which most jawans do not understand, from 6:30 to 11. Then the Indians resume until 1:30 p.m., when both sides fall silent for the rest of the day. Neither side interrupts the other...
...Hindi word that derives from the Sanskrit irinam, meaning salty marsh...
...archconservative, urban-based organization. Over the years, the leadership turned more moderate and began wooing voters in the countryside and in non-Hindu states of the south. In an attempt to win over Indians of all language communities, the party even toned down its longtime demand that knowledge of Hindi be made a primary qualification for government jobs...
...decade ago with publication of The Affluent Society. Along with David Riesman's The Lonely Crowd, the book was one of the two most influential social critiques of the '50s, has been on reading lists at more than 100 American colleges, and in a dozen foreign languages?including Gujarati, Hindi and Tamil?continues to jangle 'cash registers around the world...
India's nutritionists have always found it far easier to develop protein supplements than to get Indians to eat them. The high-protein gruel, Balahar ("nutritious child's food" in Hindi), concocted of wheat, peanuts and powdered milk, has been widely distributed in drought-stricken Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh states. But mothers often withhold the protein-rich lentil dal from their babies because they believe it upsets young stomachs...