Texts and glossaries
prepared by
Richard Delacy, Harvard University
Elementary Urdu readings
Most of these readings have been taken from Usha
Jain's Hindi
reader and transliterated into the Nastaliq script. You will find
extensive glossaries for them in the Jain Reader, except for the
words that have been changed to reflect a style that approximates
literary Urdu. The words that have been substituted appear in a
serialized glossary at the end of the text. The texts here that are
not included in the Jain Hindi Reader appear with their own
complete glossaries in Urdu.
*kuchh bharat ke bare men*
(text and supplementary glossary)
*panchtantra se: hoshyar 'aurat* (text
and supplementary glossary)
*panchtantra se: baGair dil aur kan vala
gadha* (text and supplementary glossary)
*"Kaki," by Siyaram Gupta* (text and
supplementary glossary)
*kuch shi'r o sha'iri* (text)
The "Lucknow Reader" set (Devanagari)
*an anthology of
descriptive and literary materials mostly about Lucknow*
*the glossary for the reader, part 1*;
*the glossary for the reader, part 2*
These are very large files; the
materials are carefully selected and arranged. It's for an intensive
intermediate Hindi course conducted during the summer in Lucknow many
years ago. A few pieces, such as the Manto story, don't pertain
particularly to Lucknow, but most do.
Intermediate Hindi and
Urdu materials, with glossaries
"Shatranj ke khilari," by
Premchand: *a Devanagari text*; *a Devanagari glossary*
"Motor ke chinte," by
Premchand: *an Urdu text*; *a Devanagari
glossary* by Sudha Joshi
"Toba Tek Singh," by Manto: *an
Urdu text*; *a Devanagari text*;
*a Devanagari glossary*
"Khol do," by Manto: *an Urdu text*;
*a Devanagari text*; *a Devanagari glossary* by Sudha Joshi
A Devanagari
text and serial glossary for the
film "Umrao Jan" (1981)
by Sudha Joshi, provided by Richard Delacy with
her generous permission
Sudha Joshi taught Hindi in Melbourne, Australia for many years
in
several universities. Over that period she produced numerous
resources for the teaching of Hindi and also translated some devotional
poetry for publication.
The classic 1981 film version of Umrao Jan: *a
Devanagari list of characters*
a Devanagari text of the film: *part
1*; *part 2*
a Devanagari glossary for the film: *part 1*; *part 2*
A Devanagari text and serial glossary for the
film
"Sholay" (1975)