US: Namaste USA! Hindi Lessons a Hit Abroad

[Francis Hult]

Wall Street Journal



Namaste USA! Hindi Lessons a Hit Abroad



Ryan Spencer, a Seattle-based middle school student, begins his Sunday mornings with an hour-long Skype call to India.



The agenda? Mastering the Hindi alphabet.



In April, after a family vacation to the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the 12-year-old’s father Richie Spencer hired a Varanasi-based Hindi professor to teach Ryan the basics of the language via Skype.



“India is an emerging powerhouse,” Mr. Spencer, 51, said. Hindi lessons will come in handy when Ryan grows up, added Mr. Spencer, a surgeon.



Full story:
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/07/08/namaste-usa-hindi-lessons-a-hit-abroad/?google_editors_picks=true
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