Web Resources

Hindi Dictionaries

  • A Practical Hindi-English Dictionary – A comprehensive Hindi-English and English-Hindi dictionary that also includes numerous Hindi sayings, proverbs and idioms. Additionally, oblique forms of verbs used colloquially and mythological names have also been incorporated into this dictionary.

Hindi Newspapers and Magazines

  • BBC Hindi – Global news from BBC in Hindi. Covers political, sports, entertainment, and science related news. Also includes videos and blogs based on popular topics.
  • AajTak – A popular, weekly, news magazine covering current events in India and the world.
  • Hindustan
  • Navbharat Times

Hindi Classics and Entertainment

Language-Learning Resources

  • Hindi Page at UPenn
  • Multilingual Books – This website offers a wide range of materials ranging from online courses and exercises, dictionaries, podcasts, and articles relating to learning Hindi. It has something for everyone depending on your level of proficiency.
  • Rocket Languages
  • Duolingo – Free courses for people on the go. Memorize vocabulary, improve pronunciation and understand grammar. For beginners, intermediate and advanced levels. Uses fill in the blanks, typing, voice recording and images.
  • Loecsen – Method of rapid assimilation of the foreign languages that can be learnt over the internet or on other mobile devices. It is intended for people who want to manage in most situations of everyday life without having to go through a lengthy learning process.
  • Memrise – Learn from beginners to advanced, improve pronunciation and conversation flow.
  • 101 Languages – Includes links to different resources such as radio stations, vocabulary lessons and builder, keyboards, news, common words, translators, conjugators, flashcards, travel guides, pronunciation, phrases and vocabulary.
  • ie Languages – Learn basic phrases, vocabulary and grammar. Lists of vocabulary and verb conjugations are available. Some of the tutorials include audio files and interactive exercises and authentic visual examples of language use.
  • Goethe Verlag – Phrase book, vocabulary, download bilingual audios, download monolingual audios.  Includes 100 easy lessons (100 lessons are free). All dialogues and sentences are spoken by native speakers. No prior grammar knowledge is needed. You can start learning immediately. Improve your language skills for work, travel or as a hobby.
  • Games – Language learning games. Numbers, phrases, colors, days, months, fruits, animals, vocabulary, food, verbs, clothes, times and nouns.
  • Live Lingua Project – Learning materials that contain courses, ebooks and audios.
  • My Languages – Site which focuses on grammar and vocabulary. Lessons, grammar tips, vocabulary, phrases, language tools, and audio files to download.
  • Surface Languages – Thousands of phrases and hours of audio spoken by native speakers along with flashcard, multiple choice and language learning games. Learn colors, numbers, basic phrases, food words, basic conversation phrases and build your vocabulary.Improve your fluency and confidence through learning many different sentences in your target language.
  • Master Any Language – Learn playing games, take tests, audios, alphabets, numbers, greetings, food, months, days, native speakers and links to resources such as music, foods, apps, books and movies.
  • Unilang – Free courses, podcasts, videos, phrasebooks, games and exercises.
  • Open Culture – Links to various language learning sites.