from Miranda's first week in Delhi —
“I moved here speaking zero Hindi. This is what happened.”
168 episodes. One chaotic year in Delhi. Real Hindi, learned the only way that actually works — through living it.
- episodes — more to come
- 2
- curriculum
- A1
- focus words per episode
- 5–6
- grammar tables
- zero
“Ek chai dena.” I said it. It worked. I nearly cried on a plastic stool.
Miranda — Day 7, Connaught PlaceThe idea
Not a language course with a story attached. A story that teaches language.
Every grammar point, every vocabulary word, every cultural insight emerges organically from Miranda's life in Delhi. Her confusion is your curriculum. Her breakthroughs are yours too.
5–6 focus words per episode. 168 episodes planned. A1 through C2. The whole curriculum, told as a story you actually want to follow.
- 168
- episodes
- A1→C2
- curriculum
- ~15min
- per episode
Season 1
Miranda's first weeks
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Ep 01
Free sample
The Four Words I Knew
Miranda lands at 2am with four Hindi words to her name — and one immigration officer who is about to teach her a fifth.
- namaste · नमस्ते
- haan · हाँ
- dhanyavaad · धन्यवाद
- accha · अच्छा
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Ep 02
Members
An Auto, A Cow, and the Word "Kitna"
The first auto ride from the airport. Vikram teaches Miranda three Hindi words and counts to ten across a cow.
- kitna · कितना
- bahut zyaada · बहुत ज़्यादा
- theek hai · ठीक है
- ek-das · एक-दस
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Ep 03
Members
First Day, New Office
Miranda meets Priya and Vikram. Attempts to order lunch. Smiles and nods through all of it.
- khaana · खाना
- kya · क्या
- dost · दोस्त
- kaam · काम
from the Master Bible —
“Miranda only knows the Hindi she has been taught. Not a word more.”
The method
Play. Repeat. Reuse.
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The scene
Drop straight into the story — no intro, no warm-up. The Hindi is already happening. You hear it before you know what it means.
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The breakdown
The host pauses the scene and unpacks it. Exactly what was said. Exactly what Miranda understood. The 5–6 focus words, explained and repeated.
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Back in the story
The story continues. The words you just learned appear again naturally. By the end of the episode, they've started to stick.
The cast
People Miranda meets
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Our protagonist
Miranda O'Sullivan
28. Graphic designer. Dublin to Delhi. Arrived with a suitcase and absolute confidence that she'd be fine.
“Grand. How bad. C'mere — what does that even mean in Hindi?”
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Colleague & guide
Vikram Sharma
Delhi native. Studied in the UK. Impossibly patient. Introduced Miranda to chai at a stall in Episode 4.
“Brilliant. Right. So what you meant to say was…”
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Guest house owner
Kavita Aunty
Maternal. Traditional. Uses “beta” for everyone. Her Hindi is slower, warmer, and full of proverbs.
“Beta, you eat. Always you eat.”
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Office colleague
Priya
Gen-Z. Heavy Hinglish. Teaching Miranda how people actually talk — not how textbooks say they talk.
“Yaar, seriously? You said WHAT?”
Miranda's diary
She's posting from Delhi.
Some of it's public.
First-person entries. Free members get the public ones. Standard and Premium get everything — including the ones too chaotic to share widely.
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A new diary entry every other week
Field notes from Delhi — short, dated, written in the moment.
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Hindi she actually used
Every entry carries the phrases Miranda heard, stumbled on, and kept.
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Unfiltered for members
Standard and Premium unlock the entries too chaotic for the public feed.
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