Indian Friends Group

Hi
Anyone interested to know more about Indian culture, language, religion, cuisine, yoga, bollywood, sports and anything else about India? we are here to help you out :smile:

(INDIAN FRIENDS GROUP in short, IFG is a group of Indians and Indian wellwishers)

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IFG DASHBOARD :party:

Official membership :
Wanna be a Member? Just click on the link below and please kindly leave a message :
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/socs.php?do=join&socid=107

UPCOMING :birthday:

: Ms.PennyRoyalTea [B.Day :27th August]

IFG HINDI LIBRARY: Contributors: 1. hon. hic_et_ubique 2. hon. Abhishekrox, 3. hon. Crazy_Harsharn

Some basic useful Hindi Phrases :
1. Mein hindi seekhna chahta hoon (masc.)... /chahti hoon(femin.) - I would like to learn Hindi
2. Aap angrezi bolte hai? (pronounced - angrézi, bolté) - Can you speak English?
3. mujhé tsr pasand hai - I like tsr
4. Main tumse pyaar karta/karti hoon - I love you. (Abhishek's romantic love phrase :biggrin:

)
Bachao - Help. (CrazyHarsharn's bollystyle reply :smile:

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5. Chup raho - Keep quiet.
6. Aap ka naam kya hai? - What is your name? (xelprep's collection)
7. how are you --> tum kaise ho? (to frenz) aap kaise ho? (wid respect) (Anubis collection)
8. Mera naam Ram/Sita hai. - My name is Ram/Sita. (xelprep collection)
9. apne (short "a") - our (Anubis collection)
10. aapne (long 'a') then its 'did u?' like "aapne likha?" --> did u write? (Anubis collection)
(update 8Nov 2006)
11. yah ladka/ladki sundar hai - This boy/girl is handsome/pretty
12. yah naan hai - This is a bread (singular)
13. yé naan hain - These are breads (plural)
14. yah naan garam hai - This bread is hot (positive)
15. yah naan garam nahin hai - This bread is not hot (negation)
16. ye naan garam nahin hain - These breads are not hot (plural negation)
17. Raj:Aap Kaisi haiñ (How are you?)
Rani:main theek huñ, dhanyawad, aur aap kaisé haiñ ? - I am fine, thanks and how are you?
18. नव वर्श की अधिक बधाई!!!

Some Hindi Proverbs :
1. Ghar ki muragi, dal barabar - We do not value the the things that we already possess

Other Indian Languages :

Gujarati : [Collection by our famous Air :biggrin:

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(click on the label to view)

Basic Pronoun

Common Phrases

Oriya :
1. Tum-meh Kim-mi-tih uuh-chh - How Are You? (ZooBot's collection)
2. Mu Bul-ha uhh-chi - I am OK/Fine (ZooBot's)

Members List at the beginning
Our representatives from the following places :
01. Abhinaya- Paris(ISEP Engg school) Hyderabad [B.Day :12th MAY]
02. sumitk87 London(CASS Business school) New Delhi Right hand of IFG [B.Day :22nd MARCH]
03. Air London Gujarat IFG LOGO DESIGNER[B.Day :9th NOVEMBER]
04. chandni London Gujarat Dynamic IFG Law Rep. from Newcastle Uni[B.Day :16th March]
05. Xanthe London[B.Day :18th July]
06. dpali Dubai Gujarat(Rajkot) IFG Pole Star. LSE(Sep.2005) [B.Day :15th OCTOBER]
07. London_psyco London(south west London)
08. PennyRoyalTea Kent [B.Day :27th AUGUST]
09. Adil bhai Honorable Pakistani member
10. Janealams Honorable Pakistani member from Lahore.
11. Angel M London Punjab
12. Vishpatel London Gujarat
13. kokopops (in her own lil world) Punjab
14. henryt London Bombay
15. AtSnIaB-42 London Punjab
16. mysterious_grl Kashmir
17. Magnum Gujarat
18. WiZaRD Bombay Rajasthan
19. SACHINROCKS Birmingham Lucknow
20. r_raghav11 Honourable member from Anna Uni Chennai
21. Shumie British born Indian
22. guitar_guru Guildford Ranchi
23. VeerHS Gujarat
24. Serina M Derby, UK Gorndpur(Punjab) IFG's SWEET CHOCLATE GIRL 2006 [B.Day :25th DECEMBER]
25. Digitalparadox Leeds Dynamic lawyer of IFG
26. Sohinic London Kolkata LSE(Sep 2005)
27. Melia Sweden(Stockholm) Bangladesh
28. legal_mc Kashmir
29. englishstudent Vietnam
30. xxnizxx London Indian
31. Jazzy Greater London(surrey) Gujarat
32. xelprep Gujarat
33. hira89 Most Honoured Pakistani member from Saudi Arabia :smile:

34. ninetails London(southall) Gujarat
35. singh_87 Bedford Amritsar
36. Dizzy gal London Gujarat [B.Day :17th MAY]
37. chandni10 Essex Gujarat
38. Masta Killa Leeds India
39. Solicitor_1abee Honorable member from Brum(UK) [B.Day :6th OCTOBER]
40. vivek Patiala, Punjab(INDIA)
41. Crazy_Harsharn Kent [B.Day :17th July]
42. solInvicitus Dynamic IFG Law Rep. from University of Sheffield [B.Day :24th JULY]
43. S1712 London Chennai Rep. from LSE [B.Day :17th DECEMBER]
44. TakeshiFan Ilford
45. sim90 [B.Day :13th April]
46. Indu.Mitra Leeds
47. Shivani singhal Hampshire Rajasthan [B.Day :6th JANUARY]
48. Alyna Wimbledon, London India(Gujarat/Maharastra) [B.Day :25th NOVEMBER]
49. sohni canada Punjab[B.Day :1st Febraury]
50. Nysh London Bombay
51. linguist786 Blackburn Gujarat
52. np_desi Wembley, London
53. Charleney! London Mumbai/Kenya[B.Day :12th January]
54. Mithun [B.Day :18th February]
55. Singh1987 [B.Day :10th September]
56. Nisherz187 [B.Day :6th July]
57. aniguchisan [B.Day :26th March]
58. Mr.$andhu [B.Day :13th July]
59. Mr.ZooBiEzOO [B.Day :14th August]
60. Kolo5(Sanju) [B.Day :24th September]
61. sugar_cane [B.Day :11th May]

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Reply 1

KdySk8rGirl

Do tikka masalas count?

Reply 2

Abhinaya

KdySk8rGirl

Do tikka masalas count?

Yeah ofcourse :p:

did you try it anytime?

Reply 3

thefish_uk

Abhinaya

Hi
Anyone here interested to know more about Indian culture, religion, cuisine, yoga, bollywood and anything else about India? we can have some discussions in this thread :smile:

Hmmm... cuisine... does balti count?

Reply 4

gemgems89

Hmmm, does rogan josh count or however you spell it?

Reply 5

visesh

gemgems89

Hmmm, does rogan josh count or however you spell it?

I just made some :eek:

Reply 6

KizD

Wheres the best place to marry a fob ?

im an indian

Would anyone be aware of the janmasthami festival. Think it takes place at george harrisons home in watford. I was thinking of doing some voluntary work there.

Reply 9

Abhinaya

thefish_uk

Hmmm... cuisine... does balti count?

Balti has nothing to do with Baltimore or Baltinglass, but a great deal to do with Birmingham.... :wink:

Hehehe... Balti these days is rather a Brimingham Indian speciality. I'm waiting for someone to invite me to Brimigham to try some Balti :biggrin:

gemgems89

Hmmm, does rogan josh count or however you spell it?

http://www.route79.com/food/rogan-josh.htm

Here is some home made Rogan josh for you. :biggrin:

Omg ! Be careful with the spices. lol ! Maybe you can play with fire but don't play with Indian spices :p:

Reply 10

Abhinaya

London_psycho

Would anyone be aware of the janmasthami festival. Think it takes place at george harrisons home in watford. I was thinking of doing some voluntary work there.

Welcome Dosth :smile:

I really miss Indian community in UK. Haven't ever been there but, heard it's really great especially in London. Planning to visit there coming August. Hope i would be having great time. Are there any Punjabi Dhabas around?
Janmashtami is long way to go right? In August... Here in Paris we have a huge procession every year for about 10 kms. That's very funny lol ! watching all the french and many other Europeans dancing to Hare Krishna Bhajans :biggrin:

btw, where are you from in India?

Reply 11

gemgems89

Abhinaya

http://www.route79.com/food/rogan-josh.htm

Here is some home made Rogan josh for you. :biggrin:

Omg ! Be careful with the spices. lol ! Maybe you can play with fire but don't play with Indian spices :p:

Oh errrrrrrrrrrr right erm thanks but I dont like lamb and according to my religion I can't mix yoghurt and meat, sorry.

Reply 12

sumitk87

Namaste Fellow Desi's :cool:

Nice to see some gd representation

Abhinaya - Nice One :smile:

There should be a TSR INDIAN SOCIETY :tsr:

Reply 13

Abhinaya

gemgems89

Oh errrrrrrrrrrr right erm thanks but I dont like lamb and according to my religion I can't mix yoghurt and meat, sorry.

Ahh, then you have many Kosher Indian dishes. Anyways, I have plans to open one restaurant in the near future with a friend of mine in Israel :wink:

She's damn good in Management. lol ! But, I will be there at the cash counter. If any of your friends going to come there you can recommend them to search for GK Kosher Indian Restaurant :biggrin:

Reply 14

sumitk87

Do any of u guys watch indian fims (bollywood) ?
esp if yr not indian what do u think of them ?

india zindabad!!

sumitk87

Namaste Fellow Desi's :cool:

Nice to see some gd representation

Abhinaya - Nice One :smile:

There should be a TSR INDIAN SOCIETY :tsr:

Lol ! Thanks my friend. Where are you from in India?
I am from Hyderabad(Andhra Pradesh) in South India. Famous for Hyderabadi Dum Briyani. hmm... Also called twin cities because it's actually two cities Hyderabad and Secunderabad seperated by Hussain Sagar lake.Hyderabad is again divided into old city and the new city. You can find ancient monuments on one side and the Hi-tech city in the new city on the other side where you can find all MNCs like Oracle, Microsoft, Siebel and what not... It's almost a mini Silicon Valley. You can't just stay idle in this city. Always lively :smile:

Reply 17

Abhinaya

sumitk87

Do any of u guys watch indian fims (bollywood) ?
esp if yr not indian what do u think of them ?

Not recently :frown:

My last movie was SWADESH. Heard that BLACK movie is really great and it deserves an Oscar award. Is that true? lol !

Have you heard of Kollywood(Tamilnadu), Tollywood(telugu, AP), Lollywood(Karnataka)? lol ! That's soo funny. Now Hollywood is a lot worried seeing soo many WOODS from India :biggrin:

Reply 18

Abhinaya

Vishpatel

india zindabad!!

WELCOME VISH :smile:

MERA BHARAT MAHAN !!! :wink:

Reply 19

Vishpatel