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His India
V. SUDERSHAN
HANKIN-JANKLIN? If the name suggests a potpourri of this, that and the other, then its octogenarian author has certainly achieved what he's set out to do.
For British-born, but now resident of India, Nigel Hankin, it was a bewildered query by a friend on the strange nuances of Indian "hinglish" that set him on the quest to compile a ready reckoner of sorts. That was in 1962 when the first book made its way. Hankin is quick to point out that the book is "not a dictionary" but a guide for visitors to the country.
Hankin, who conducts tours for the British High Commission here, said that he was totally a part of India even though he did not know much Hindi. "My tours," said Hankin, "are meant to show visitors the real Delhi, the working man's Delhi."
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