Hindi Literature & News Corpus

Hindi Literature & News Article Blog Corpus

Language

Hindi (हिन्दी) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-European language family and the most widely spoken language in India. It is the official language of the Government of India and holds official status across numerous Indian states including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand. Hindi is spoken by hundreds of millions of speakers across South Asia and among large diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, Mauritius, Fiji, and the Gulf region. According to Glottolog, it belongs to the Central Indo-Aryan group. Hindi shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Urdu and is written in the Devanagari script. Most speakers are bilingual in English or a regional language depending on their state and level of education.

Script

Devanagari Script

अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ, ं, ः, ँ

Domains of the Text

• Literature: Creative and narrative writing including short stories, prose, reflective essays, and cultural commentary by established Hindi authors.
• Article Blog: Informal blog-style articles covering current affairs, social commentary, humour, and everyday observations written for a broad Hindi-speaking audience.

Dataset Structure

The dataset is organized by author, each containing domain-specific sub-collections:

Hindi Literature & News Article Blog Corpus/
│
├── Anu Sakti Singh/
│   └── Literature/
│       ├── 01-Hindi Literature Collection.txt
│       └── ...
│
├── Anup Shukla/
│   └── Article Blog/
│       ├── 01-Hindi Article Blog Collection.txt
│       └── ...
│
├── Arun Kumar Sharma/
│   └── Literature/
│       ├── 01-Hindi Literature Collection.txt
│       └── ...
│
├── Bhumika Dwivedi Ask/
│   └── Literature/
│       ├── 01-Hindi Literature Collection.txt
│       └── ...
│
├── Pratap Sehgal/
│   └── Literature/
│       ├── 01-Hindi Literature Collection.txt
│       └── ...
│
├── Purnima Burman/
│   └── Literature/
│       ├── 01-Hindi Literature Collection.txt
│       └── ...
│
└── Vijay Pandit/
    └── Literature/
        ├── 01-Hindi Literature Collection.txt
        └── ...

Authors & Collections

• Anu Sakti Singh — Literature
• Anup Shukla — Article Blog
• Arun Kumar Sharma — Literature
• Bhumika Dwivedi Ask — Literature
• Pratap Sehgal — Literature
• Purnima Burman — Literature
• Vijay Pandit — Literature

Metadata

File Format

• Format: Plain Text (.txt)

Sample Text

• इस बार की चिटठा चर्चा कुश की कलम से.. नमस्कार, मैं कुश आपका प्रिय न्यूज़ रीडर स्वागत करता हूँ आपका चिट्ठा चर्चा में।
• पिछले दिनों हमने आपको बताया था की किस प्रकार एक ब्लॉगर ने टिप्पणियों के अभाव में दम तोड़ा।
• हमारे जयपुर के संवाददाता ने बताया की ब्लॉग जगत का एक लोक प्रिय किरदार 'सुदामा' अब अभिषेक जी के कार्टून में भी देखा गया।
• टिप्पणियों का सूचकांक कल शाम 11217.50 तक रहा। समीर जी के शहर में ना होने की वजह से इसमें 3 फीसदी गिरावट आई है।
• चलते चलते अहमद फ़राज़ साहब को चिट्ठा चर्चा की और से हार्दिक श्रद्धांजलि।