Patna, Aug 11 (PTI) Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Tuesday unveiled a book on crosswords in Hindi.

The book titled 'Cryptic Crossword- Hal Karne Ke Saral Tarike' has been authored by Alka Singh.

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Praising the author, Choudhary said that "crosswords was emerging as a popular mind game and generally played in its English version. To write a book on crosswords, explaining the techniques and tricks to solve them, in Hindi was no small achievement."

This is a unique milestone in the sense that it is the first book in a language other than English on crosswords, the Speaker said.

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Speaking on the occasion, Singh said that "crosswords did appear difficult in the beginning but once one got the hang of it, it can be a thrilling pastime."

Singh said that she wanted to write a book on crossword in Hindi so that children of vernacular medium from hinterland can also hone their skills in solving crosswords.

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