Devanagari Script

Using Bodo idioms to versify many struggles and journeys

Edit The Times of India 21 Jul 2016

Chennai. For Bodo poet Mangal Singh Hazowary, life is a journey to popularise his language and literature. And this 62-year-old poet started his journey five decades ago, and he now feels there is a lot more to cover ... "Many universities and colleges have included Bodo as a language in their curriculum ... But Bodo never had a script ... In the late 1960s, Bodo language had taken the Devanagari script. It was a turning point," said Hazowary....

A need for balance

Edit The Hindu 21 Jul 2016

As expected, a conversation with Kalki Koechlin begins on a wholesome note. As soon as we sit down for a meal together, she says, “I don’t look like it, but I eat a lot.” The flexibility she shows in her choice of roles reflects in her choice of cuisines as well ... Like Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara i ntroduced me to Spanish food ... “I have put it in Devanagari on my Twitter account but it doesn’t help.” ... work....

A rich assortment

Edit The Hindu 20 Jul 2016

“I don’t look like, but I eat a lot.” As expected, the conversation with Kalki Koechlin begins on a wholesome note. The flexibility she shows in her choice of roles reflects in her choice of cuisines as well ... Here she opts for West Asian cuisine with mezze sampler ... “I have put it in Devanagari on my Twitter account but it doesn’t help.” Meanwhile, heroines have become the flavour of the season....

Ancient Trails – Issue IV

Edit Darjeeling Times 13 Jul 2016

[Excerpt from Samar Sinha & Tapasya Thapa. in press. With Us or With Them ... With the establishment of the Gorkha rule at the Kathmandu valley in 1769, the political, cultural, and religious hegemony of the Gorkha rulers brought large number of dissident nationalities into the Darjeeling Hills, and beyond ... 121) ... viii). By Capt ... The Sikkimese coins engraved in Nepali (Devanagari) were in circulation in the 19th century (Bhattacharya 1980)....

The locus stands of Darjeeling District

Edit Darjeeling Times 13 Jul 2016

Sub ... As it was the prerogative of the Govt ... Committee two facts ...  . . TABLE - CENSUS 1931 ... CENSUS 1941 ... It is pertinent to refer here Nepali/Gorkhali derived from Sanskrit language and using the Devanagari script as the Indian script registered in the United Nations ... proposing the Devanagari as the then kingdom of Nepal’s script, it submitted the Newari script as Nepal’s script which was ultimately registered in 1955 ... ....

Looted Tipu riches as global exhibits

Edit Deccan Herald 11 Jul 2016

The most significant of Tipu's memories lie at the Scottish National War Museum in the Edinburgh Castle ... The soldiers and commanders too fought valiantly for this great warrior king, the only monarch to have died on the battlefield fighting the British ... A finger ring with the word Ram engraved in Devanagari script, recovered from Tipu’s body, was exhibited in the British museum ... It continues to be in the museum now ... ....

Of spoken languages, written word and pronunciations

Edit Deccan Herald 07 Jul 2016

That sign language is as grammatical and powerful a system of communication as say French or Hindi is generally but not appreciated; similarly, all that the people do with the Roman or Devanagari writing systems can equally accurately be done by the six dots of the Braille system of writing ... Most teachers believe that the Devanagari system of writing is phonetically accurate as opposed to say, the Roman writing system ... ....

First Look

Edit The Hindu 04 Jul 2016

Sunshine Lanes. A Poetic Journey; Prasoon Joshi, Rupa, Rs. 495. A rare glimpse into the mind of one of the nations best loved poet-lyricists ... A collection of some of his best songs in Devanagari, English transliteration and translation with a thought-provoking perspective on what goes into the making of a song by the lyricist, this book is a must- have for anyone who loves poetry and songs ... Sonar Gaaon; Nilendu Sen, Fusion Books, Rs.150 ... ....

India’s big experiment with referendum: When Goa did not go with Bombay

Edit The Times of India 02 Jul 2016

On January 20, 1967, the Times of India (ToI) reported on how in the village of Loutolim in central Goa, most men had worn a rather fuzzy look for the past few days ... "The bitter feelings of the past few days had been wiped out." ... Others too had doubts ... "We didn't know how we would manage with Marathi written in Devanagari, when we were used to Roman script for Konkani," says Annie Kapoor, who remembers the excitement of the campaign....

The India that is Bharat

Edit The Hindu 25 Jun 2016

Translation is an enterprise fraught with politics. I thought I knew that but there are two kinds of knowing. there is the knowing in the mind and there is the knowing in the body ... I do not remember the answer I gave ... Will I ever be brave enough to answer that way? I don’t know ... Here it is ... unity in diversity ... Our English is not your English ... No, let me be clear, there is only one other script besides the Roman, and that is Devanagari....

Third language props positions of students

Edit The Times of India 19 Jun 2016

Mangaluru. Students who have opted for Konkani and Tulu as their third optional language have a lot to smile about ... The case in point is the result of 25 students who opted for Tulu as their third optional language in the academic year 2015-16 in their SSLC examination ... These included 69 students of nine schools who wrote the examination in Kannada script and eight students from three schools in Devanagari ... RELATED. From around the web....

Sahitya Academy popularising Konkani among students

Edit The Times of India 18 Jun 2016

UDUPI. Though Konkani was introduced as an optional third language in schools in 2007, Udupi district has very few students opting for it ... However, the number of students opting Konkani as third language in SSLC is less ... Konkani was being taught in either Devanagari or Kannada script in schools ... In 2015-16, 69 students from nine schools wrote the exam in Kannada script and eight students from three schools wrote the exam in Devanagari....

What the kings read

Edit The Hindu 15 Jun 2016

The walls of this centuries-old library resonate with stories. As you walk through it, every corner seems to come alive with the hues and aesthetics of the past. Built during the reign of the Nayaks of Thanjavur (1535-1675), an intriguing quietude and the scent of sepia-tinted publications envelopes its many rooms ... The scripts used in palm leaves are Grantha, Devanagari, Nandinagari, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Oriya ... Keywords....

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