Author Archives: BHUSHAN KUCHEWAR

Devanagari transliteration

Devanāgarī is an Indian script used for languages including Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and Sanskrit. There are several somewhat similar methods of transliteration from Devanāgarī to the Roman script (a process sometimes called romanisation), including the influential and lossless IAST notation. Contents   1IAST 2Hunterian system 3Alternative transliteration methods 3.1Schemes with diacritics 3.1.1National Library at Kolkata romanization 3.1.2ISO 15919 3.2ASCII schemes 3.2.1Harvard-Kyoto 3.2.2ITRANS scheme 3.2.3Velthuis 3.2.4SLP1 3.2.5Others 4Transliteration comparison 4.1Vowels 4.2Consonants 4.3Irregular consonant

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Devanagari Braille

Similar braille conventions are used for three languages of India and Nepal that in print are written in Devanagari script: Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali. These are part of a family of related braille alphabets known as Bharati Braille. There are apparently some differences between the Nepali braille alphabet of India and that of Nepal. Contents   1System 2Alphabet 2.1Codas 2.2Pointing 3Nepali punctuation

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Devaki Nandan Khatri

Devaki Nandan Khatri (18 June 1861 – 1 August 1913) was an Indian writer who belonged to the first generation of popular novelists in the modern Hindi language. He lived in Varanasi and wrote the historic fiction fantasy novel Chandrakanta. Works Chandrakanta Chandrakanta Santati Bhootnath Kajar ki Kothari Narendra-Mohini Kusum Kumari Birendra Veer GuptGodna

Constitution of South Africa

The Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa. It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the republic, it sets out the rights and duties of its citizens, and defines the structure of the Government. The current constitution, the country’s fifth, was drawn up by the Parliament elected in 1994 in the South African general election, 1994. It was promulgated by President Nelson Mandela on

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Compensatory lengthening

Compensatory lengthening in phonology and historical linguistics is the lengthening of a vowel sound that happens upon the loss of a following consonant, usually in the syllable coda, or of a vowel in an adjacent syllable. Lengthening triggered by consonant loss may be considered an extreme form of fusion (Crowley 1997:46). Both types may arise from speakers’ attempts to preserve a word’s moraic count. Contents   1Examples 1.1English 1.2Classical

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Chhayavaad

Chhayavad (Hindi: छायावाद) (approximated in English as “Romanticism”, literally “Shaded”) refers to the era of Neo-romanticism in Hindi literature, particularly Hindi poetry, 1922–1938, and was marked by an upsurge of romantic and humanist content. Chhayavad was marked by a renewed sense of the self and personal expression, visible in the writings of time. It is known for its leaning towards themes of love

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Chandrakanta (novel)

Chandrakanta is an epic fantasy Hindi novel by Devaki Nandan Khatri. Published in 1888, it was the first modern Hindi novel. It gained a cult following, and contributed to the popularity of the Hindi language. The copyright on the novel expired in 1964 and it is now in public domain, along with other titles by the author. It inspired Nirja

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Central Hindi Directorate

The Central Hindi Directorate (Hindi: केन्द्रीय हिन्दी निदेशालय), New Delhi is the directorate, under the Ministry of Education (India), responsible for promotion of Standard Hindi. It also regulates the use of Devanagari script and Hindi spelling in India. In keeping with the instructions of Article 351 of the Constitution of India, the Central Hindi Directorate of 1 March 1960 was established. There are four regional offices situated

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Caribbean Hindustani

Caribbean Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Indo-Caribbeans and the Indo-Caribbean diaspora. It is mainly based on Bhojpuri and Awadhi. These were spoken by indentured laborers who came as immigrants to the Caribbean from the Indian subcontinent. It is closely related to Fiji Hindi and the Hindustani spoken in Mauritius and South Africa. Because a majority of people came from the Bhojpur region in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, and the Awadh region in Uttar Pradesh, Caribbean Hindustani is most influenced by Bhojpuri, Awadhi and other Eastern

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Braj

Braj, also known as Brij or Brijbhoomi, is a region in India on both sides of the Yamuna river with its centre at Mathura-Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh state encompassing the area which also includes Palwal and Ballbhgarh in Haryana state, Bharatpur district in Rajasthan state and Morena District in Madhya Pradesh. Within Uttar Pradesh it is very well demarcated culturally, the area stretches from the Mathura, Aligarh, Agra, Hathras and Jaleshar districts up to the Farrukhabad, Mainpuri and Etah districts. This region is associated with Krishna, who according to Hindu legend

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