FIFTY YEARS OF LANGUAGE PLANNING FOR MODERN HINDI The Official Language of India 1. ABSTRACT Hindi - according to the 1991 Census of India‚ is the mother tongue of 233‚432‚285 persons (22% of the entire Indian population)‚ and is spoken as a language (which includes 47 or so mother tongues cobbled up under it) by 337‚272‚114 persons (42.22% of the entire Indian population). It is also used as a second language by another 6.16% of the population‚ and as a third language by yet another 2.60% by
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The main source of information on Mir’s life is his autobiography Zikr-e-Mir‚ which covers the period from his childhood to the beginnings of his sojourn in Lucknow.[2] However‚ it is said to conceal more than it reveals‚[3] with material that is undated or presented in no chronological sequence. Therefore‚ many of the ’true details’ of Mir’s life remain a matter of speculation. Mir was born in Agra‚ India (then called Akbarabad and ruled by the Mughals) ca. August or September 1723 in a family
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Appendix I INDIAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (YEAR-12) EXAMINATION MARCH 2013 LIST OF PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOKS 13. Youth and the Tasks Ahead: Dr. Karan Singh ENGLISH (Compulsory) Paper 1. Language 14. My Struggle for Booker T. Washington No specific book is being recommended for background reading. 15. The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role: Nani Palkhivala Paper 2. Prescribed Texts (For Classes XI & XII) The following stories are to be studied: 1. The Portrait of a Lady:
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Different Lifestyles followed by the States of India A Project Report by Siddhant Sharma (St. Thomas School) s/o Dr. Chanchal Kumar Sharma India is a country of twenty eight states and seven union territories. Lifestyle means the way of life of the people. This includes their language‚ religion‚ dance‚ dresses and food. Different states of India follow different lifestyles. This project is about lifestyle of ten major states of India. 1. Haryana
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Monstrous Debt Pakistan’s chief problem is a monstrous debt. Without monetary resources with which to fight the numerous problems of the nation‚ Pakistan remains overpopulated and poor. | Sources of debt | Large military spending | Long‚ costly war with India | | | Trade imbalance | Imports exceed exports | | | Power/Fossil fuel issues | | | Debt controls budget | Loans total 25% of revenues | | Loan repayments equal 50% of expenditures | | | Social‚ economic‚ and
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During the last decade‚ cell phone has diffused rapidly through Indian society. While this cell phone boom has provided ample opportunities for the Indian businessmen to propagate development communication messages‚ there has also been some concern regarding the impact of cell phone‚ especially blackberry advertising‚ on traditional cultural. The purpose of the present paper is to examine Indian cell phone advertising‚ focusing on the influence of cultural on cell phone advertising. A brief prescription
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Shadhubhasha (সাধুভাষা). He had little respect for the proletarian language‚ Choltibhasha (চলতিভাষা ) or Cholitobhasha (চলিতভাষা)‚ which he regarded as being common in taste and scope. He avoided the use of words and expressions originating from Arabic‚ Urdu and Persian that are very common in modern Bengali (though not as common as in Hindi).
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their differences with the Hindus with regard to religions‚ social and language‚ rational and international identity and for this purpose he diverted attention of the Indian Muslims towards a new idea of “Two Nation” or “Two entities.” After Hindi-Urdu controversy Sir Syed felt that it was not possible for Hindus and Muslims to progress as a single nation. He said: “I am convinced now that Hindus and Muslims could never become one nation as their religion and way of life was quite distinct from each
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channel in Pakistan‚ Geo TV‚ crekistan’s liberal intelligentsia and femiated some controversy by telecasting nists chosen at this juncture to depict The popular Urdu novel‚ Umrao Jan Ada‚ was with much fanfare Mirza Hadi Ruswa’s recently made into a lavish serialized television the life-world of the prostitute and the early twentieth century Urdu novel‚ figure of the courtesan as metaphors play in Pakistan. It raises questions about how Umrao Jan Ada as its first serialized tel- popular television performances
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Kathak is the classical dance of north indian style that was characterized by rhythmic footwork danced under the weight of more than 100 ankle bells‚ spectacular spins‚ and a representation of themes from Persian and Urdu poetry alongside those of Hindu mythology. The word kathak means "to tell a story". It is derived from the dance dramas of ancient India. Kathak arose from the fusion of Hindu and Muslim cultures that took place during the Mughal period. More than any other South Asian dance form
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