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Hello Anna,

I have a friend who is the editor of "better photography" in India.  From what I hear from him, there should be quite a few opportunities for you to get a job there (I don't think he personally is hiring, but there should be freelance jobs available elsewhere) -- or if you want to travel on your own and take shots, of course India is colorful

I would suggest that you ask around on this forum for people who have friends and contacts in India who can make your journey there easier.  India is pretty cheap and it is safe -- my wife has Polish friends (ladies) who have traveled in India alone and found it quite nice.  I wouldn't advise that, but I tend to be overly cautious!

I think the University of Krakow has Hindi (or is it Sanskrit) classes and there are a couple of books available Polish-Hindi, by Danuta Stasik.  Remember though that while Hindi is the national language (along with English), it's only really well known in the north -- by 40% of the population who will speak it and of course in the cities.  But English can serve you pretty well in most cities too.

In other states, especially in the south there are other languages spoken and people may not know Hindi at all, but may know some English or neither.  There are about 23 other official languages and I'd guess another 100 more that have less than 2 million speakers, so its impossible to learn them all!

Learning Hindi for a Pole shouldn't be too difficult -- there are a few sounds that are not there in Polish like धा etc which are sounds at the back of the throat, but the script may have a steep learning curve.