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<p>Wall Street Journal</p>
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<p>Namaste USA! Hindi Lessons a Hit Abroad</p>
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<p>Ryan Spencer, a Seattle-based middle school student, begins his Sunday mornings with an hour-long Skype call to India.</p>
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<p>The agenda? Mastering the Hindi alphabet.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>“India is an emerging powerhouse,” Mr. Spencer, 51, said. Hindi lessons will come in handy when Ryan grows up, added Mr. Spencer, a surgeon.</p>
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<p>Full story:<br>
<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/07/08/namaste-usa-hindi-lessons-a-hit-abroad/?google_editors_picks=true">http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/07/08/namaste-usa-hindi-lessons-a-hit-abroad/?google_editors_picks=true</a></p>
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