"When you’re in India, you pick up colloquialisms in a way that’s hard to without conversing on a day-to-day basis with people—you habituate to the language just thanks to daily use."
- AIIS Hindi language fellow Avital Datskovsky on how Hindi language training prepared her for full-time work at an education NGO in Rajasthan
Avital Datskovsky couldn’t get enough of India.
After participating in the 2013-14 academic year AIIS Hindi language program in Jaipur, she returned as an American India Foundation Clinton Fellow in 2016-17 to work with Gramin Shiksha Kendra, an education NGO based in Rajasthan.
Avital is now back in Rajasthan, working full time with GSK. In this interview, she reflects on her immersive engagement with Hindi and her passion for education and development.