Hindi...still a unfinished chapter in my book

it was some years even i could say decades ago i used to read some hindi letters and lost track as i started growing up and focus more on sports and studies and as ususal teenage romance and so on...
when i a realised that i am out of college and need to go out and get some job the only option that came to my mind was chennai and hopes payed off and i got through a company. IT was the palce where i wanted to land and it worked the same way
but.....when i met ppl outside my place the mode of communication was mostly the national language hindi.. i managed to learn couple of words soon and those were the words which put a start to my learning curve. i still use those words but now adays in the right place and in right sense..(wah kya badth hai.. and kana kaliya) these were the words i was refering to.
i met many friends and most used to think that i know hindi and start right away in hindi but i used to smile to most of the things which they say as i dont know what to react rather couldnt understand what is being communicated.
Now i am out of a place where my mother tounge will be termed as NOT UNDERSTOOD... now only option is to start learning hindi or the local language.. its actually very tough for me to speak in other language when iam in consious..
started learning both hindi and local language with the help of friends and movies.. strategy used say some dialogue in english and get the exact representation in hindi and kananda that way and also delibrately speaking to ppl in hindi and kananda i tried to increase my knowledge..

it was a very tough ride for ppl who heard me beacuse i have done hundreds of mistakes and it was a pleasure ride for me as i was always happy adding one more word to my known list.

now i stand here to understand and manage in hindi and kannada(still a long way to go for kannada) ...
with long long way to go i still have confidence i would one day understand even the songs which ia m not able to and be confident and speak in any language even when i am consious.