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Queen, the 2013 blockbuster starring Kangana Ranaut, is one of the movies that
lingered in my mind for a long time. And if I had to choose one scene from all the
brilliant sequences that the movie o ered, I'd say it was this -

Rani : 'Mummy, heeng ko English me kya kehte hain?'

Her mother : '... heeng ko English me heeng hi kehte hain, beta!' RIPNewshour.NowOnlyArnabTVCanSave
TheNation

I'm sure you'll agree that at some point of time or other, we all have had some JNUVCWillGoMissing
HimselfIfHeTriesTo
challenging language translation moments in our lives. Although Google FindNajeeb,Says
KejriwalAtJNU
Translate is just a click away, we often tend to forget that those words are
Long-DistanceTrains&
actually not untranslatable. However, when it comes to explaining the oh-so- MumbaiLocalsWillGet
FreeWi-FiInTwoYears
commonIndian spices, fruits and vegetables in English, the situation often
becomes embarrassing. Here are some common food-related terms that you
probably know by their Hindi names only:
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Altaaf Ansari Mumbra

Sitaphal is called Custard Apple.
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Saurabh Rastogi Shepherd at The visual yatra

Janta maaf nhi karegi.
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Neha Sharma University of Mumbai

Are you NOT AWARE that according to scoopwhoop, the right way
is the "American way"? Cretin.
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Nandini Gupta Sawhney New Delhi, India

Custard apple is a sweet fruit not sitaphal
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Kavi Tha
Asafoetida
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R.C. Natarajan Director at IRMA Anand

Pronounced "asa fee ti da"
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Priyanka Sampley Operations Manager at Banana Republic

Bhaskar Your new name is Sapodilla.
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Jitendra Choudhary St. Xavier's College, Kolkata

Everest
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Iram Rizvi Udaipur, Rajasthan

Jo bhi h I stay away from gourd family.
Custard apple -sugar apple
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Aastha Maini Assistant Marketing Manager and French Trainer at Frehindi

Education Pvt Ltd
Rishabh Vij Vishwas Maini
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Ravina Chaudhari Dr. Vasantrao Pawar Medical College, Nashik

Priyanka Rajwani
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Mayur Raval BKM High School, Chowpatty, Mumbai

what...where's pani-puri here??
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Mayank Parihar SRM University

I would rather make maggi instead.... Coz I will forgett the names the
moment I exit fb!
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Pradnya Kawade Pune, India

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