Visitors are learning Hindi at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Though they were a little shy initially, soon they opened up and crooned the famous Hindi song, 'Hum honge kamyab' in chorus with perfect intonations. 

Wondering, what is so special in singing a song, it's unusual because it was sung by Japanese students, who have been visiting India these days and were in Jaipur on Tuesday. 15 students of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies visited Chauki Dhani, Amber Fort and recorded their programme at Akashwani building. They also planned to watch a latest Hindi movie at Rajmandir Cinema. 11 girls and 4 boys, studying Hindi in the Tokyo University, were accompanied by their professor, Suresh Rituperna. He has taught Hindi at Hindu college, University of Delhi and now has been teaching in Tokyo varsity since 2002. 

He disclosed that in December 2008 Tokyo varsity completed 100 years of teaching Hindi and Urdu, which is a landmark. 

Akiko Matsunobu, a Japanese student said, “One of my neighbours in Japan is Indian and often tells me interesting stories about India. Indian culture fascinates me, so I decided to learn Hindi." On asking whether she found it easy to learn Hindi, she said, "No, it's very difficult but has its own softness.”

These students have watched Hindi movies like Devdaas and Bombay. Another amazing thing about them is that they know to cook Indian food. “We cooked Aalu ki sabzi, puri and mango pudding on our annual fest day," said, Reiko Yamagishi, adding they find Indian food delicious. 

All of them said that Indian people are very generous and what they like about Jaipur, they said in chorus, “Its colours.”

Ankur Paliwal/ DNA-Daily News & Analysis Source: 3D Syndication