For a child growing up in Maharashtra, the Marathi alphabet — commonly called the barakhadi or varnamala — is often the very first script they learn to recognise, well before they start writing full words. It’s the foundation for reading storybooks, school textbooks, and eventually every piece of written Marathi they’ll encounter. This guide walks… continue reading

Every child’s Hindi reading journey starts in the same place: learning to recognise the alphabet, one letter at a time. In Hindi, this first chart is commonly called the barakhadi or varnamala, and it’s the foundation everything else – words, matras, and full sentences – is built on. Here’s the complete chart with pictures, and… continue reading