Dreaming in Hindi

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Magazine editor Katherine Russell Rich, wearying of her life in New York, decides to spend a year in India learning Hindi. Rich’s narration of her bizarre and exhilarating experiences makes for an inspiring story of how to find yourself through a new language and of how learning it can change you.

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