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Ahmed Nisar

Edit Minds 13 Oct 2015
Ahmed Nisar spent more than twenty years in the field of education ... ” ... He edits on most wikis as Ahmed Nisar, and on the Urdu Wikipedia as Ahmadnisar ... In line with his linguistic pursuits, he favours an integrated plan for the promotion of Persian script-based Indic Wikipedias, such as those in Urdu, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Punjabi (Shahmukhi script), as well as the Dakhni Urdu Wikipedia, which he hopes will be launched in the near future ... ....

Punjabi in schools: Pro-Punjabi outfits in Pakistan threaten hunger strike

Edit The Times of India 04 Oct 2015
BATHINDA. Fight for getting Punjabi language its due is going on unabated in Pakistan's Punjab province, where the language is believed to have originated ... They have now threatened to hold a hunger strike before the provincial assembly if Punjabi is not adopted as a compulsory subject ... It has not taken any measures to teach Punjabi in schools ... Punjabi is written in Shahmukhi script in Pakistan whereas in India it is written in Gurmukhi ... ....

Patiala varsity centre develops spellchecker for Punjabi in Shahmukhi script

Edit The Times of India 07 May 2015
Even as security establishments of India and Pakistan never see eye to eye, here is as gesture offered by a small department of Punjabi University, Patiala to Pakistani Punjabis in the form of first of its kind spellchecker, which would enable millions of them to write the language without errors in Shahmukhi script on their computers....

Three girls and father of modern Punjabi prose

Edit The Times of India 26 Apr 2015
As Punjab remains oblivious to Gurbakhsh Singh Preetlari's 120th birthday today, three of his great granddaughters, all in their 20s, are thinking up new ways to keep his legacy alive in the 21st century ... Established in 1938 by Gurbakhsh Singh, Preet Nagar was the first planned rural socio-cultural township of Punjab ... "Basheera is where I met my grandfather for the first time ... "Later, we hope to make it available in Shahmukhi too ... ....

Rs 14 lakh Punjabi literary award for Canada-based writer

Edit The Times of India 24 Sep 2014
CHANDIGARH ... The Dhahan Prize honours annually one "best book in fiction" published in either of the two Punjabi scripts, Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi ... The two runners up are Ik Raat da Samunder (short stories) by Jasbir Bhullar (Gurmukhi script) and Kbooter, Bnairy te Galian (short stories) by Zubair Ahmed (Shahmukhi script) ... one to choose Shahmukhi books, one for Gurmukhi books, and one central jury that determines the winner." ... ....

Digitising memories

Edit The Hindu 02 Aug 2014
When I saw the Berlin Wall fall in 1989 on B&W television, I decided that someday I would go to the remains of the Wall and pray that relations between India and Pakistan eased up. Pray for the Wagah border post to cease being what it is. a symbol of the division of families. When I actually went there in 2010, the prayer did not rise to my lips ... The irony is that we have Shahmukhi texts here for which we don’t have readers....

India, Pakistan theatre groups to team-up after 6 years

Edit The Hindu 27 Apr 2014
After six years, Indian and Pakistani theatre groups are collaborating to produce a new play, which will open in July in Amritsar as part of a two-year theatre for peace project ... Ms ... She said the script was written in Shahmukhi, which is unusual since the Persian script for Punjabi was rarely in use. It had to be translated, however, for the others to read ... character’s longing to see her childhood home and friends. Ms ... Gauhar said....

Author, professor in war of words over Punjabi script converter

Edit The Times of India 01 Feb 2014
BATHINDA. A Canada-based author and a lecturer of Punjabi University, Patiala are locked in a tussle to take credit for developing a software that changes the script of Punjabi from Gurmukhi to Shahmukhi (Persian script used in Pakistan) and vice-versa, to enable readers to enjoy the literary creations of Punjabi writers of both India and Pakistan without having to learn new characters ... "I had developed the software in 2000 ... ....
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