Welcome To Penchant

American born Indians like myself are a very unique and special ethnic group. But as the acronym goes, ABCDs (American Born Confused Desi's) do tend to be a little confused. For most of us, when we're young and in school, we identify ourselves as American only. However, as we get married and grow older, many decide they want to develop their Indian side more and connect with native Indians. That's how I feel now and that's why I made this site, to document my learning path so others can become more Indian too. If you find yourself in the same boat as me, then this site is just for you.

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Skill Development

Learning Patterns

While learning about Indian culture can be a simple matter of knowledge transfer, Cooking and speaking Hindi are skills that take time and practice to learn. Therefore, I took special care to simplify Cooking and Hindi into patterns to help you quickly elevate your understanding.

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Things I've Learned

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sachireally?
mutalabmeaning?
theek haialright
kya baat haiwow
shabashwell done
hanna?right?
bilkulabsolutely
pata nahidon’t know
saheeright
koee baat nahi, koee nahino problem
mujhe samajhi understand
khuch bheeanything
voh bheethat too

tohso
lekin, magarbut
aurand
ki, kaof
ruby ki kitchenkitchen of ruby
onpar
sirf sony paronly on sony
haiis
sirf sony parfrom
hum sefrom us
sab sefrom all
ke liefor
mein
bistar mein bed
kyoon kibecause
sirfonly
hameshaalways

namaskaarhello with respect
krpyaplease
shukriyathank you
aapka svaagat haiyour welcome
bhaisaabaddress a male stranger

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