Posts Tagged ‘Hindi’

Support for compulsory Hindi in Fiji primary schools

Friday, August 30th, 2013

Under the new constitution, all three main languages in Fiji, English, i-Taukei and Hindi, will be compulsory subjects in primary schools. The General Secretary of the Fijian Teachers Association, Masika Namudu, is reported as opposing the teaching of Hindi, but declined to be interviewed when approached by Radio Australia. Continue reading  

Bollywood makes Hindi-language musical about Jesus

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

In a first for one of the world’s largest movie-making centres, a Hindi-language musical about Jesus has been produced. The 6-hour Bollywood production will be screened as a series on Indian television. Christaayan was directed by a Society of the Divine Word priest, Father Geo George Kannanayil — an experienced moviemaker — but 80 per Read more