Breaking the Language Barrier with Pallavi Singh

​It was 12:30 p.m. on a hot, summer day in Delhi when we met Pallavi Singh at one of Delhi’s oldest coffee houses, close to Delhi University. She took us to the table where she usually gave Hindi lessons to her international classmates in the university while she was pursuing a degree in Engineering in 2011.
 
Pallavi started teaching Hindi purely as a hobby at the age of 20 and, through the course of time, the teaching profession ended up choosing her rather than her choosing the profession. 

'I teach Hindi’ usually translates to her being a teacher, associated with an education board, dressed in cotton khadi and carrying a jhola or wearing a big bindi.

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