Deep Impressions

                    इन्दोरी - मराठी Despite ruling Indore for over 200 years, Hokars never imposed their language (Marathi) on Indore. However, as a part of cultural exchange among commoners, the lingua franca of Indore, the Indori Hindi, on its own adopted Marathi words. An interesting research on such words and phrases. ( On the occasion of Gudipadwa ( 2016) , this article has also been published in leading Hindi newspaper "Naidunia" ( now part of Jagaran group )   http://naiduniaepaper.jagran.com/Article_detail.aspx?id=27505&boxid=17378&ed_date=2016-4-08&ed_code=74&ed_page=20  and it has also been published in leading Hindi web portal Webdunia http://hindi.webdunia.com/madhya-pradesh/indore-indori-marathi-indore-city-marathi-language-116040700097_1.html ) देश के पिछले 1000 साल के इतिहास में ब्रिटिश राज  और मुगल राज  के अलावा अगर "साम्राज्य " श...

Sanskrit   Version 2 : Open Source or Proprietary Are the  propounders of Sanskrit ready to open the floodgates and accept words like selfie, internet, bandwidth or will they coin new Sanskrit words for every such term. The critics, as expected, have taken diametrically opposite positions on the recent attempts by Govt of India in spreading the knowledge and use of Sanskrit. The Chroniclers of India History, however, have a third view. They are recording this event as “The Biggest ever Irony in the History of India”. During the first millennium, when the masses of this country wanted to learn Sanskrit they were deprived of this privilege by those in power. The Brahmins then felt that the spread of knowledge of Sanskrit would dent their competitive advantage, as all the knowledge of astrology, ayurveda etc would be known to many. AND now those in power want to spread the knowledge of Sanskrit when masses have no interest in learning. You can call ...