BoingBoing directs our attention to David Boyk’s sweet Bollywood site, “Bollywood for the Skeptical“. It includes 19 classic tracks and a good basic primer about Bollywood for newbies.
My favorite part of the site is David’s list of “Words that Show Up a Lot in Bollywood Songs” It’s like a Berlitz for Bollywood; once you learn these, you should be able to understand almost anything in a Bollywood song. That assumes, of course, that the song makes sense in the first place. [Thanks to ME-L for the link]
interesting site. very basic, great for beginners. i was happily surprised to see that i knew almost all the words in the wordslist, except those for month, year, evening, etc. a.’s task for the week: learn hindi vocabulary related to TIME.
and i will have to download those songs. i only know the newest ones…
thanks for the link!
Learn the words for time, but then remember that everything happens on IST anyway …
IST is changing with the end of the babus. Rampant privatization means many things run on time now. Even the government-run trains (Delhi-Chandigarh and the Bombay locals) ran on time, with minimal stops. I was shocked too.
However, you’ll be pleased to know that family goodbyes still take three hours and many cups of chai.