This book appealed to me due to my seemingly never ending quest to speak passable Hindi. Admittedly, I haven't been all that disciplined.
Rich goes to India on a midlife quest to master Hindi. She does, by the end of the book, reach passable Hindi. I was rather confused by this book as she seems to wander around with stories that don't seem to have much to do with her quest for the language. She also seems apathetic about the whole thing by the end of the book and admits in the post script to not using it often again, leaving me to wonder what the point of her trip was all together. Rich doesn't have any profound revelations (that she shares) about her time in India. What she does share in depth is much of the etymology of learning Hindi and how language experts view acquiring a new language.
Verdict: Meh. It was an interesting read, but don't look for any humorous anecdotes or revelations about life in India. Learning any new language is challenging - with or without expert opinions.
Rich goes to India on a midlife quest to master Hindi. She does, by the end of the book, reach passable Hindi. I was rather confused by this book as she seems to wander around with stories that don't seem to have much to do with her quest for the language. She also seems apathetic about the whole thing by the end of the book and admits in the post script to not using it often again, leaving me to wonder what the point of her trip was all together. Rich doesn't have any profound revelations (that she shares) about her time in India. What she does share in depth is much of the etymology of learning Hindi and how language experts view acquiring a new language.
Verdict: Meh. It was an interesting read, but don't look for any humorous anecdotes or revelations about life in India. Learning any new language is challenging - with or without expert opinions.
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