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Short animated clips that bring Hindi idioms, phrases, and festivals to life. Screen time your child actually learns from.
“We could make the visuals flashier. We chose not to. When the illustrations are simple, there's nothing competing with the Hindi. The words, the sounds, the meaning — that's what fills the screen.”
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Quick Explainers
Animated snippets — idioms, letters, numbers, and festivals in 30 seconds
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
मुँह में पानी आना
Mouth-watering / to crave
When your mouth waters
~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
गिरह में बाँधना
Tie a knot in it — remember this well
Tie a knot — remember this
~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
राखी
Raksha Bandhan — Bond of Protection
The sacred bond of siblings
~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
चार चाँद लगाना
To add four moons — to enhance or add glory
To add glory and beauty
~60 sec
लोहा गरम है मार दो
Strike while the iron is hot
Strike while the iron is hot
~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
Stories
Longer video stories that bring Hindi to life
चाँद और दीया
The Moon and the Lamp
A Diwali story about light and love
~5 min
रंगों का त्योहार
The Festival of Colors
Ria discovers Holi in London
~5 min
दादी की चाय
Grandma's Tea
A warm story, one ingredient at a time
~5 min
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