About DesiDialect
An audio-first Hindi course
built around a story worth following.
Most language apps drill you in isolation. DesiDialect drops you into a serialised story — Miranda's move from Dublin to Delhi — and teaches Hindi through the conversations she actually has along the way.
The product
Story first. Drill second.
Every episode is a short audio scene from Miranda's life in Delhi, written by native speakers, voiced by real people, and anchored by phrases she actually uses. Around each episode sits a small kit of study tools — flashcards, transcripts, phrase drills — so you can hear it, understand it, and say it back.
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Audio-first
Listening comes before reading. Every phrase arrives in a voice — not a paragraph.
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Anchored in story
Miranda's year in Delhi is the spine. You learn the Hindi she learns, in the order she learns it.
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Phrase-level, not word-level
We teach the units that actually come out of mouths: greetings, asks, apologies, jokes — not isolated vocab lists.
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Made to stick
Spaced-repetition flashcards plus an unfiltered diary keep the story — and the language — alive between episodes.
The team
Small team, long hours, a lot of chai.
DesiDialect is made by two people working across Oslo and Delhi. Writers, translators and voice actors join per season.
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Founder
Ronny
Built the course around the story he wishes had existed when he was learning Hindi the hard way. Runs product, writes the scripts, keeps the chai strong.
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Language lead
Ramish
Native Hindi & Urdu speaker, Delhi-based. Handles translation, phrasing and voice direction. Makes sure Miranda's lines sound like something a real person would actually say.
Why we give 10%
10% of profits go to Dharma International.
Dharma International runs community education work in the same neighbourhoods where Miranda's story is set. Every subscription — free tier aside — contributes to that work. No marketing spin: a tenth of what's left after costs, every month, transferred and logged.
We publish the number each quarter so the commitment stays honest rather than aspirational.
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