म्हारे बारे मैं

My name is Avdhesh Tondak.
I was born in Khatauli, Muzaffarnagar, in Western Uttar Pradesh. I spent my early years there, later lived in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, and currently live in Delhi.

I work with voice and language for a living, and that closeness has only deepened my respect for everyday speech.

For a long time, I felt the need to stand by my mother tongue — Khadi Boli — not as something to be refined or defended, but as something already sufficient. To reach people online and document everyday usage honestly, I started Khadibolishabdkosh.com in 2019.

Although the website was officially launched on 5 November 2019, the work itself began much earlier. Since 2011, I have been collecting, organising, and sharing Khadi Boli words and observations on my personal blog, avdheshtondak.com.

This Shabdkosh exists to clear misconceptions and quietly affirm the lived language of Western Uttar Pradesh — a language that does not need permission to be spoken.

(चिंता ना मानियो, धुम्मा ठा देंगे 🙂 )