Dear Indology Colleagues<br /><br />Would you kindly circulate this to all your Hindi teaching colleagues?<br /><br />Apologies for any cross-posting<br /><br />With thanks in advance and best wishes for the holiday season<br /><br />McComas<br /><br />========<br /><br />Dear Colleagues, <div><br /></div><div>It would be appreciated if you 
could kindly circulate this update to your Hindi students regarding an 
extension to the upload deadline for the Australian National 
University's Hindi Short Film Competition. </div>
<div><br /></div><div>With the festive season in full swing, we have decided to extend the deadline by one month to the  <b>31st of January, 2012</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I
 encourage you all to use this opportunity as a fun platform in which 
your students and departments can showcase their Hindi skills and 
creativity to the rest of the South Asian academic departments around 
the world. This is an opportunity for us to come closer together in a 
celebration of our shared passion of Hindi.</div>
<div><br /></div><div>Please remind all of the potential entrants that apart from guaranteed global fame, there is a first (and only) prize of <b>aud$500</b> up for grabs.</div><div><br /></div><div>The rules are quite simple:</div>
<div><br /></div><div><ul><li>5 minute maximum duration</li><li>Current non-native pg / ug students of Hindi are eligible</li><li>Content should be fun, informative, creative and in Hindi</li></ul></div><div><br /></div>
<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>-- <br />All the best,<br /><br />Patrick McCartney  <br />skype - psdmccartney<br />Canberra<br />Australia<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfpCc8G_cUw&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfpCc8G_cUw&amp;feature=related</a><br /><br />--<br signature="separator" /><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px; font-weight: bold;" /><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">McComas Taylor</span><br style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;" /><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;">Head, South Asia Program</span><br style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;" /><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;">ANU College of Asia and the Pacific</span><br style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;" /><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tel: </span>+61 2 6125 3179</span><br style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;" /><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Location:</span> Baldessin Precinct Building, 4.24</span><br style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;" /><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Website: </span><a href="http://arktos.anu.edu.au/chill/index.php/mct" style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;">McComas Taylor</a></font><hr size="2" style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial; height: 2px;" width="100%" /><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Courses: </span>Learn about some of my courses:  </span><a href="http://www.screenr.com/NSBs" style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;">Sanskrit 1</a><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;">  |  </span><a href="http://screenr.com/uUBs" style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Arial;">Indian Epics</a></font>