Quick Explainers
Animated snippets — idioms, letters, numbers, and festivals in 30 seconds
जुगाड़
Jugaad
A word study — one word, its whole meaning
~2 min
आँखों का तारा
Apple of one's eye
The star of the eyes
~60 sec
बूँद-बूँद से सागर भरता है
Drop by drop, the ocean fills — small efforts lead to big results
Drop by drop, the ocean fills
~60 sec
नाक में दम करना
To make someone's life miserable / to pester endlessly
When someone drives you crazy
~50 sec
दिल जीतना
To win someone's heart
To win someone's heart
~50 sec
जहाँ चाह वहाँ राह
Where there is a will, there is a way
Where there's a will, there's a way
~70 sec
हाथी के दाँत
The elephant's teeth for eating are different from showing
The elephant's two sets of teeth
~60 sec
बंदर क्या जाने अदरक का स्वाद
What does a monkey know of ginger's taste?
What does a monkey know of ginger?
~70 sec
ऊँट के मुँह में जीरा
Cumin in a camel's mouth — too little of something
Cumin in a camel's mouth
~70 sec
दिवाली
Diwali — Festival of Lights
The magic of Diwali night
~90 sec
होली
Holi — Festival of Colors
The most colorful festival
~90 sec
नौ दो ग्यारह होना
To vanish / run away in a flash
To vanish in a flash
~60 sec
दाल में कुछ काला है
Something fishy / something is not right
Something fishy is going on
~60 sec
घर की मुर्ग़ी दाल बराबर
Familiarity breeds contempt — the household hen is just lentils
We don't value what's ours
~60 sec
अंधों में काना राजा
Among the blind, the one-eyed is king
The one-eyed is king among the blind
~60 sec
नाच न जाने आँगन टेढ़ा
A bad workman blames his tools — can't dance, blames the courtyard
Can't dance? Blame the floor!
~60 sec
दूध का जला छाछ भी फूँक कर पीता है
Once bitten, twice shy — burned by milk, blows on buttermilk
Once bitten, twice shy
~60 sec
उल्टा चोर कोतवाल को डाँटे
The pot calling the kettle black — the thief scolds the cop
The thief scolds the cop
~60 sec
खोदा पहाड़ निकली चुहिया
Much ado about nothing — dug a mountain, found a mouse
Dug a mountain, found a mouse
~60 sec
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