- Hindi
Authors
Hindi authors categorized under the Early Period, the Middle Period,
and the Modern Period. From Colorado State University Professor Yashwant
K. Malaiya
- India
and its People
- Indian Society, children, education, festivals, wedding
ceremonies and languages.
- Indian Food
- Food and almost everything related to food such as
recepies, table etiquettes, nutrition guide, etc.
- Dances
in India
- Indian
Festivals and Rituals
- More Indian Culture
Photos, essays and arts from India.
- Hindi
Literature
Hindi poets, authors and their masterpieces.
- Hindi
Songs
Hindi songs, music news and
movie reviews. RealPlayer required
- Hindi
Entertainment
Hindi songs, music news and movie reviews. RealPlayer 5 required to
open some files.
- Pakistani
Culture and Urdu
- Urdu
Poetry
Urdu ghazals with English translations.
- History
of Urdu Poetry
Brief summery of developments in Urdu literature.
- Teachionary
- Beneficial for the pronunciation of Hindi/Urdu,
Cantonese, Farsi, Turkish and many other languages.
UO-sponsored program through SIT that includes language and culture as areas of study. Contact OIP (330 Oregon Hall) or go to http://studyabroad.uoregon.edu for more information.
The American Institute of Indian Studies (a consortium of which UO is a member) has a program in Jaipur for intermediate-level students dedicated to improving their proficiency in Hindi. http://www.indiastudies.org/aiislang/AIIS.html
MSID (Minnesota Studies in International Development) has semester- and year-long study abroad programs that involve applied internships as well as classes. Hindi language is a part of program, but not primary focus. http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/programs/ASIA/index.html
Berkeley Urdu Language Program in Pakistan (BULPIP), through Center for South Asian Studies at University of California at Berkeley (temporarily not running) http://ias.berkeley.edu/southasia/bulpip.html
CCI (Center for Cultural Exchange) has an Independent Homestay Program. http://www.cci-exchange.com/homestay.htm
State University of New York (SUNY) has listings of a variety of international programs whose courses include language http://www.studyabroad.com/suny/
For UO-accredited internships; go to http://ie3global.orst.edu for more information. Examples are: a variety of internships available through AID organizations, including rural development, women’s issues, education and marketing; working with MAMTA (a healthcare organization for women and children); or ATREE (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment)
Child Family Health International gives $800 scholarships toward a four week program with NGO in India. http://www.internationalscholarships.com/detail.php?id=974
CFHI has programs, mostly for med and pre-med students listed at http://www.cfhi.org/search_result.php4
SASLI (South Asian Summer Language Institute) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has the best summer language program (eight weeks long) in the country as well as a year-long program in Varanasi. FLAS fellowships are available, and unlike many institutions, SASLI will grant them to students from non-FLAS administering schools as well. http://www.wisc.edu/southasia/sasli. (For Varanasi: http://www.studyabroad.wisc.edu)
The East-West Center of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa is a non-degree granting educational institution that focuses on the study of some 60 countries and territories in an area encompassing Pakistan eastward through Asia to Japan, and from Australia across the Pacific to the United States. http://www.eastwestcenter.org//edu-sp.asp.
EWC Graduate Fellowships are available to individuals interested in participating in the educational and research programs at the EWC while pursuing a master's or doctorate degree at the University of Hawaii. http://www.shaps.hawaii.edu/shaps/asia/aid_grad.shtml#pas
SARAI (South Asia Resource Access on the Internet) has an incredibly useful website in which you can do searches for all kinds of information by country, topic, organization, etc. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/
The American Institute of Pakistan Studies (of which UO is a member) may have information of use to students of Urdu. For more information, see Anita Weiss (UO international studies dept.) or visit http://www.pakistanstudies-aips.org
The University of Virginia’s Center for South Asian Studies’ semester in Jodhpur program has been suspended, but their website still may be of interest, as it has links to other programs and information on symposiums etc. http://www.virginia.edu/soasia/
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