Me and My Hindi Words

I was in college and due to my love for speaking and my affinity towards the Prayer Cell, I naturally took to delivering "The Word" at times. After one such meeting, Jaison from Bombay came up to me and said "Dan, waaa... full Hindi" I was wondering what he was going on about. Apparently, I'd dropped a "Chalta hai" (English: Don't care attitude) somewhere between my speaking. I then said, "That's normal, dude. I also know the word naam-ke-vasthey" (English: Name sake) My friend was fully taken aback - this was Dan, who doesn't know anything in Hindi apart from "Mujhe hindi maalum nahi" (English: I do not know Hindi). It then hit me like a lightening bolt out of the sky - my Dad uses these words in his messages and preaching. Dad studied his Bible college post-grad degree in Yavatmaal, Maharashtra. He picked up a pinch of Hindi from there and I just absorbed it without even him explaining it to me once. It became such a part and parcel of my life, that I didn't even realise I knew those Hindi words. Wow. Thanks, Dad.