Database of Hindi-Urdu Sites
Here are links of some Hindi & Urdu sites, most of them are free. Some of them require you to pay an annual fee. Many of them can best be viewed by downloading the required font. These links are not evaluated.
Hindi Newspapers:
http://www.jagran.com/ One needs to download the font.
http://www.hindisamachar.com Reports from Indian media. No link for font. Might not work on Windows XP. Can be viewed only in Internet Explorer.
Also available in English and 7 other Indian languages.
http://www.naidunia.com/ Has a link for downloading the font, but page does not always require that.
http://thatshindi.com/ Calls itself "Net Newspaper". Also available in English and 13 other Indian languages. Page may not be the same for all the languages. Adapts itself to the audience of the particular language.
http://www.rajasthanpatrika.com/ Newspaper about Rajasthan, a state in India. Also offers regional news in Rajasthan such Jaipur, Chittorh etc.
http://www.hindimilap.com/contents.htm One needs to download the font.
http://www.amarujala.com/today/default.asp Download font link available.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/ Download font link available. Some links in Hindi.
http://www.prabhatkhabar.com/ Font help available.
http://203.200.89.66:8080/sahara/20020714/default.htm Some pages might not be viewed without downloading the font. But no font help. (?????!!!!!!)
Urdu Newspapers:
http://www.inquilab.com/ No need to download the font.
http://www.munsifdaily.com/ No need to download the font.
http://www.milap.com/index.html No need to download the font. Captions for pictures in English.
http://www.siasat.com/ No need to download the font.
Hindi Magazines:
http://www.mp.nic.in/panchayika/ One needs to download the font.
http://www.hamarashehar.com/bin/ppf/lid/3/pg.asp
Hindi Literary Magazine:
http://www.bharatdarshan.co.nz/ Asks for installing "Bitstream Webfont Player", one just needs to click on "Yes" and the page will appear in Hindi. Appears to be very good. The site offers a collection of short stories, poetry and some other resources in Hindi.
Issues of the magazine are also available. E.g.: http://www.bharatdarshan.co.nz/issue27/index.html
http://www.udgam.com/ Font link available.
Hindi magazine (general):
http://www.hindinest.com/index.htm Gives info about culture, places, religion, Indian cuisine, etc.
Hindi Weekly:
http://www.panchjanya.com/ One needs to download the font.
Hindi magazines about current affairs:
E.g.: http://hindi.india-today.com/datedir/20020130/prad.shtml
http://www.aajtak.com/ Plays audio and video news in Hindi, also has a link to Hindi India Today (the site quoted above)
Hindi Portals:
http://www.prabhasakshi.com/ Font help link.
http://www.niharonline.com/hindi/news/ Gives info about culture, business, sports, Indian cuisine, etc. Also offers the site in Telugu ( http://www.sarasam.com/ )
http://www.rediff.com/hindi/index.html
http://hindi.sify.com/kathadesh/
Religious Texts in Hindi (Mainly Bhagavad-Gita):
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/index-hindi.html
http://www.gitasupersite.org/ Bhagavad-Gita scripts commentary in Hindi or English, audio in Sanskrit.
World Bank in India:
http://www.vishwabank.org/ (few links in English)
Contact: sampada-mhatre@uiowa.edu