Word: hindy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Namaste, in Hindi, means "Greetings to you." It is the traditional Indian salutation, accompanied by a crossing of hands before the face, as if the speaker were offering a prayer...
They travel in gangs through the hills of the state of Madhya Pradesh, robbing wayfarers as did highwaymen of old. Villagers admire them, movies glorify their exploits. For eight centuries, India's dacoits (dakoo is the Hindi word for bandit) have been the buccaneering heroes of pulp-magazine adventures. But none is more compelling than the tale of Phoolan Devi, 27. Over the past four years she has become her country's most notorious dacoit. Once pursued by 2,000 police, she has been charged with 70 cases of banditry and is suspected of some 50 murders. Fanciful...
...later, Flossie produced a normal gaur calf of about 70 Ibs. (A normal Holstein calf would weigh up to 90 Ibs.) Zoo officials, who hope that it will be only the first of a number of gaurs that Flossie may bear, promptly named the shaggy brown calf Manhar, a Hindi word translated roughly as one who wins the world's heart...