My name is Madhavi, I am from Allepey
I speak Malayalam But I am just like you
My name is Natwar, I am from Srinagar
I speak Kashmiri But I am just like you
My name is Shubrata, I am from Kolkatta
I speak Bengali But I am just like you
My name is Vasundhara, I am from Vadodara
I speak Gujarati But I am just like you
My name is Shamsher, I am from Ajmer
I speak Urdu But I am just like you
My name is Arundhati, I am from Guwahati
I speak Assamese But I am just like you
My name is Benjamin, I am from Panjim
I speak Konkani But I am just like you
My name is Ranimai, I am from Chennai
I speak Tamil But I am just like you
My name is Jaswinder, I am from Chandigarh
I speak Punjabi But I am just like you
My name is Madhuri, I am from Ratnagiri
I speak Marathi But I am just like you
My name is Jamshetji, I am from Panchgani
I speak Parsi But I am just like you
My name is Bindiya, I am from India
I speak Hindi And I am just like you.
Please do check out the Neem Peepal Banyan song. It introduces the trees to the children, similar to the way My name is Madhavi introduces the diverse Indian languages and regions.
Inspired by My Name is Madhavi from Karadi Tales, my wife wrote the below poem for O +ve and B +ve, our twin daughters. We use this to introduce different regions and languages of the country to the girls, missed out in the original song.
My name is Hemu, I am from Jammu
I speak Kashmiri But I am just like you
My name is Bela, I am from Rourkela
I speak Odiya But I am just like you
My name is Rupali, I am from Manali
I speak Pahari But I am just like you
My name is Rameswar, I am from Bastar
I speak Gondi But I am just like you
My name is Jaswinder, I am from Amritsar
I speak Punjabi But I am just like you
My name is Kishore, I am from Indore
I speak Hindi But I am just like you
My name is Bansi Lal, I am from Karnal
I speak Haryanvi But I am just like you
My name is Sachi, I am from Khunti
I speak Santhali But I am just like you
My name is Aniket, I am from Ranikhet
I speak Kumaoni But I am just like you
My name is Kalicharan, I am from Champaran
I speak Bhojpuri But I am just like you
My name is Devashree, I am from Kashi
I speak Sanskrit But I am just like you
My name is Baichung, I am from Lachung
I speak Bhutia But I am just like you
My name is Shivani, I am from Pilani
I speak Marwari But I am just like you
My name is Subrota, I am from Malda
I speak Bengali But I am just like you
My name is Vasundhara, I am from Vadodara
I speak Gujarati But I am just like you
My name is Bendang, I am from Tuensang
I speak English But I am just like you
My name is Mili, I am from Dilli
I speak Sindhi But I am just like you
My name is Somadeva, I am from Ambassa
I speak Tripuri But I am just like you
My name is Madhuri, I am from Ratnagiri
I speak Marathi But I am just like you
My name is Sharmila, I am from Lamka
I speak Meithei But I am just like you
My name is Benjamin, I am from Bambolim
I speak Konkani But I am just like you
My name is Butler, I am from Williamnagar
I speak Garo But I am just like you
My name is Jamshedji, I am from Panchgani
I speak Parsi But I am just like you
My name is Margaret, I am from Mamit
I speak Mizo But I am just like you
My name is Basavaraju, I am from Mangaluru
I speak Kannada But I am just like you
My name is Mamang, I am from Tawang
I speak Monpa But I am just like you
My name is Madhavi, I am from Alleppey
I speak Malayalam But I am just like you
My name is Mary, I am from Puducherry
I speak French But I am just like you
My name is Ranimai, I am from Madurai
I speak Tamil But I am just like you
My name is Sultan, I am from Kiltan
I speak Mahl But I am just like you
My name is Xavier, I am from Nicobar
I speak Nicobarese But I am just like you
My name is Melissa, I am from Silvassa
I speak Portuguese But I am just like you
My name is Chamanthi, I am from Tirupati
I speak Telugu But I am just like you
My name is Arundhati, I am from Nalbari
I speak Assamese But I am just like you
My name is Asaad, I am from Nizamabad
I speak Urdu But I am just like you
My name is Manan, I am from Daman
I speak Warli But I am just like you
We are Arka Iha, we are from India
We speak multi-languages
But we are just like you
This is very nice! I would like to use this version of yours in my music class. And would like to credit you!! Can you please share the details?
Please proceed to use it in your music class. The more, the merrier. This version is, of course, meant for all children.
This is so nicely done 🙂 brings out the rich diversity of India. I also like the “multi language” in the last paragraph… it is a nice improvement!
Thank you very much for your encouragement.
bro you cant just name people hitler
Thank you for your feedback. I have changed the name now. Though it is an acceptable name in Meghalaya, you have a valid point about the sensitivities involved around the world with that name.
Simple and lovely…Made me smile…
That is just the reward – a smile, we look forward to. Thank you for your feedback.