Beginning Hindi; Jaipur, India; 2010

University of Alabama at Birmingham, undergraduate senior
BA in Economics

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I want to improve my household Hindi skills to a superior level to use professionally.

I plan to enroll for a M.A. in South Asian Studies at University of Texas at Austin. Afterwards, I want to enroll at Georgetown Law Center with the Global Law Scholars program to pursue a J.D. in international law. I aim to work for an IGO like the United Nations in a department focused on South Asia where I will use my Hindi skills as a legal advisor.

I use my target language at home with my family, friends and fellow CLS alumni.

I intend to use my Hindi skills when working for an IGO in a department focused on South Asia.

Participation in the CLS Program led to my interest in a MA in South Asian Studies and to learn other South Asian languages.

My favorite part of India was meeting children around the neighborhood. It was a casual opportunity for me to practice my Hindi and for them to practice their English. One group taught me how to play cricket.

I learned the necessity of a good pair of rain boots when trekking through monsoon rainstorms and flooded roads.

Three friends and I visited Bombay. We arrived at the train station to discover that we were only assigned two sleeping berths to share between four people for our return voyage. One of our traveling companions, towering at staggering 6’4”, was given his own berth. The remaining three of us, myself included, shared a single sleeping berth during the twelve-hour train ride back to our host city, Jaipur. Eventually the three of us contorted ourselves to fit in the 2’x6’ space for a faint sleep until morning. Along with back aches, neck cricks and swollen ankles, we returned to class with great stories to share.

“Bina guru ke gyaan nahi hota”
-There is no imparting of knowledge without the teacher.

I was born in the United Kingdom in the same county where Harry Potter lives with the Dursley’s (Surrey, England). I grew up in a north Indian family that speaks Hindi and Urdu. I’m an avid dancer and I’m part of a garba/raas dance troupe at my university. I also enjoy photography, foreign languages and playing the violin.