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<p>Country&#39;s first-of-its-kind dictionary, which aims to bring uniformity in sign languages used by hearing and speech impaired people across the nation, was released today.</p>

<p>The Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary, which has been developed by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), comprises 3,000 Hindi and English words and their corresponding graphic representation of the signs which are used in daily life.</p>

<p>The dictionary is available both in print and video format.</p>

<p>&quot;The basic aim of developing the ISL Dictionary is to remove communication barriers between the deaf and hearing impaired communities as it is focused on providing more information in Indian sign language,&quot; Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot said at the release of the dictionary.</p>

<p>He said that soon many new words will be added in the dictionary and hoped that more and more people will use this dictionary and get the benefit of learning Indian Sign language.</p>

<p>The dictionary contains graphic representations of popular signs used by the hearing impaired and also includes regional variations.</p>

<p>&quot;It will also enable government officials, teachers, professionals, community leaders and the public at large to learn and use sign language,&quot; a senior ministry official said.</p>

<p>As per the census 2011, there are 50,71,007 deaf and 19,98,535 people with speech disability in India.</p>

<p>Around 300 dictionaries were distributed today. The DVD of the dictionary will also be uploaded on the ministry&#39;s website and people can procure it from ISLRTC too.</p>

<p>ISLRTC has been working on this ambitious project for the last one-and-half years.</p>

<p>The words in dictionary are divided into five five categories-- Everyday, Legal, Academic, Medical, and Technical terms, , the statement said.</p>

<p>Everyday terms category includes words that are used in everyday communication. Legal category includes videos for 237 legal terms and explains legal words like ?affidavit?, ?acquittal?, etc., that are used in various legal situations.</p>

<p>Academic terms help deaf children understand complex academic concepts and contains explanations for terms like &quot;nervous system&quot;, &quot;rotation&quot; and &quot;revolution&quot;, etc. The words are from various subjects like Physics, Geography,</p>

<p>Biology, Maths, among others. This category contains 229 videos for 212 terms.</p>

<p>Medical category includes 200 sign videos for 200 medical terms to help the deaf community understand the medical terminologies used in hospitals and in medical situations.</p>

<p>Technical category has 206 videos of signs and explanations for 204 technical terms that are used in vocational training or in computer courses.</p>


The Indian Sign Language dictionary, which has been developed by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre, comprises 3,000 Hindi and English words and their corresponding graphic representation of the signs which are used in daily life

Country's first-of-its-kind dictionary, which aims to bring uniformity in sign languages used by hearing and speech impaired people across the nation, was released today. The Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary, which has been developed by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), comprises 3,000 Hindi and English words and their corresponding graphic representation of the signs which are used in daily life. The dictionary is available both in print and video format. "The basic aim of developing the ISL Dictionary is to remove communication barriers between the deaf and hearing impaired communities as it is focused on providing more information in Indian sign language," Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot said at the release of the dictionary. He said that soon many new words will be added in the dictionary and hoped that more and more people will use this dictionary and get the benefit of learning Indian Sign language. The dictionary contains graphic representations of popular signs used by the hearing impaired and also includes regional variations. "It will also enable government officials, teachers, professionals, community leaders and the public at large to learn and use sign language," a senior ministry official said. As per the census 2011, there are 50,71,007 deaf and 19,98,535 people with speech disability in India. Around 300 dictionaries were distributed today. The DVD of the dictionary will also be uploaded on the ministry's website and people can procure it from ISLRTC too. ISLRTC has been working on this ambitious project for the last one-and-half years. The words in dictionary are divided into five five categories-- Everyday, Legal, Academic, Medical, and Technical terms, , the statement said. Everyday terms category includes words that are used in everyday communication. Legal category includes videos for 237 legal terms and explains legal words like ?affidavit?, ?acquittal?, etc., that are used in various legal situations. Academic terms help deaf children understand complex academic concepts and contains explanations for terms like "nervous system", "rotation" and "revolution", etc. The words are from various subjects like Physics, Geography, Biology, Maths, among others. This category contains 229 videos for 212 terms. Medical category includes 200 sign videos for 200 medical terms to help the deaf community understand the medical terminologies used in hospitals and in medical situations. Technical category has 206 videos of signs and explanations for 204 technical terms that are used in vocational training or in computer courses.

India's first sign language dictionary released

<p>Sir Muhammad Iqbal - Tere sheeshe mein ma&rsquo;i baaqi nahi hai, bataa kya tu mera saaqi nahi hai (Your wine-glass contains the life-giving wine no more. Tell me, are you not my sustainer?)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Ammi, apa, bitiya, bibi, ninni bibi, chanda-mama, babua, adaab.</p>

<p>Well, these are some of the first words that begin to echo when I enter the word &ldquo;mother tongue&rdquo; on the computer of my mind. A sweet, rosy scent wafts into my mind with some tenderness, some do&rsquo;s and don&rsquo;ts gently mixed with it. A sweet and melodious language indeed is my mother tongue &ndash; Urdu. Some of the words remain, hanging in there, but some are lost, or at least their meanings and resonances are lost to a fast-moving, polarised and unthinking, self-obsessed world. Those, that hang in there, do much to groom our personalities, perhaps even instill some poetry, along with style and elegance into us. But that does not go to say that you can&rsquo;t swear or abuse or crack vulgar jokes in Urdu. In fact, they lace the humour or the candidness of such exchanges with a sarcasm which could not otherwise be achieved in a short-cut type, unthoughtful or crude language.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Now, &ldquo;bitiya&rdquo; is a typical word for a girl, and can be used for both a little, as well as a grown-up girl, and must be familiar to the reader. But &ldquo;bibi&rdquo; is a word which is almost always confused with &ldquo;biwi&rdquo; now and I bite my nails anxiously when my father reciprocates my friends&rsquo; salaams or namaste with a &ldquo;khush raho bibi&rdquo; (meaning stay well and happy young lady), hoping that she understands that he is calling her &ldquo;bibi&rdquo; which means a decent or fair lady or young woman and so on. How can he not use the word &ldquo;bibi&rdquo; if he wants to retain the flavour of the speech he uses to attend young ladies? He can&rsquo;t possibly abandon its use just because it gets distorted or misunderstood.&nbsp;</p>

<p>I suppose that is the way to fight the battle against misreading or distortion of many of the words of Urdu language. You should just continue to use them, not with any vindictive agenda, but because you like to believe that correct usage will provide the healing touch to a beleaguered language.</p>

<p>Why do I call my mother tongue beleaguered? In a world of text messages and Instagram, any language may find itself beleaguered when it comes to short forms or acronyms, but the internet and the cell phone has added to the usage of words too. The world is yapping in Urdu too. There are words everywhere, playing hide and seek with language.&nbsp;</p>

<p>So what does Urdu suffer from? What are the challenges it faces today? &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>With the declaration of Hindi (which could be called a Sanskritised form of Urdu in the Nagri script) as the national language of India at the time of independence, the notion that Urdu could no longer provide jobs caught on very quickly and wrongly. As a result, there were no worthy takers of the language in the university departments. Same was the case with the Persian departments in Indian universities. Very soon, we began producing mediocre or even poor quality Urdu teachers who were themselves slightly embarrassed at having studied Urdu because the syllabi in the universities also suggested to some extent that Urdu was an outdated language whose days of glory were over. The moment of victory was already lost. These mediocre teachers produced even more mediocre Urdu intellectuals which in turn impoverished the Urdu scene.&nbsp;</p>

<p>So, while the Indian nation was never really averse to Urdu, the mentor, keepers, and the Urdu minds had started becoming sterile and polluted, almost as if, ashamed of their legacy of Urdu since they couldn&rsquo;t see beyond their noses.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Today, we have a huge dearth of good teachers and thinkers in Urdu. Indians, and prominently Hindus, want to learn the language, savour it, enjoy it, but they don&rsquo;t know where to go. This is a challenge that all, who love their mother tongue Urdu, have to rise to. By assigning Urdu language learning to the madrasas and not teaching it to our own children, we have handed Urdu to the poorest among the Muslims. More than 90% of those children go to madrasas who can afford no better education. This also leads to linking Urdu with religion, and alif for Allah, instead of maybe alif for amrud became a done thing.&nbsp;</p>

<p>My mother tongue tastes like the sweet spring of my mother&rsquo;s milk as she would lull me to sleep at her breast, melodiously singing &ldquo;ninni bi ninni bi aya karo, angan mein dhol bajaya karo&rdquo; (sweet-sounding lady of sleep, come to my courtyard, come and play the drums of sleep sic). You must have guessed by now that &ldquo;bi&rdquo; is a shortened and loving version of &ldquo;bibi&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This brings me to the question of corruption of language which has become a burning issue, particularly with Urdu. As an official kind of crude and unsympathetic, Hindi blares at us from the television sets and government files and other official sites. It seeps into Urdu, distorting better versions of the language existing there, ruining its elan, its mellifluousness.&nbsp;</p>

<p>I can give you umpteen examples &ndash; Sher jaag utha, instead of sher jaag gaya. Chai lijiye, instead of chai pijiye or chai nosh farmaiye, hum Benares se hain, instaed of hum Benares ke hain.</p>

<p>This has echoes of English, which probably got unwittingly translated into Hindi by the Hindi speakers and was then picked up by the Urdu speakers. Also, let us not import words from another language when we already have some in our own language. This runs the risk of bringing the original word into disuse someday in the future. A random list would go like this &ndash; towel, specs, table, kitchen, shoes, book, air, and the list goes on.&nbsp;</p>

<p>By the way, do you know the originals? &nbsp;</p>

<p>(Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are the personal views of the author and do not reflect the views of ZMCL)</p>


With the pervasion of Hindi and English words, Urdu seems to have lost its originality, purity and thus the importance.

Sir Muhammad Iqbal - Tere sheeshe mein ma’i baaqi nahi hai, bataa kya tu mera saaqi nahi hai (Your wine-glass contains the life-giving wine no more. Tell me, are you not my sustainer?) Ammi, apa, bitiya, bibi, ninni bibi, chanda-mama, babua, adaab. Well, these are some of the first words that begin to echo when I enter the word “mother tongue” on the computer of my mind. A sweet, rosy scent wafts into my mind with some tenderness, some do’s and don’ts gently mixed with it. A sweet and melodious language indeed is my mother tongue – Urdu. Some of the words remain, hanging in there, but some are lost, or at least their meanings and resonances are lost to a fast-moving, polarised and unthinking, self-obsessed world. Those, that hang in there, do much to groom our personalities, perhaps even instill some poetry, along with style and elegance into us. But that does not go to say that you can’t swear or abuse or crack vulgar jokes in Urdu. In fact, they lace the humour or the candidness of such exchanges with a sarcasm which could not otherwise be achieved in a short-cut type, unthoughtful or crude language. Now, “bitiya” is a typical word for a girl, and can be used for both a little, as well as a grown-up girl, and must be familiar to the reader. But “bibi” is a word which is almost always confused with “biwi” now and I bite my nails anxiously when my father reciprocates my friends’ salaams or namaste with a “khush raho bibi” (meaning stay well and happy young lady), hoping that she understands that he is calling her “bibi” which means a decent or fair lady or young woman and so on. How can he not use the word “bibi” if he wants to retain the flavour of the speech he uses to attend young ladies? He can’t possibly abandon its use just because it gets distorted or misunderstood. I suppose that is the way to fight the battle against misreading or distortion of many of the words of Urdu language. You should just continue to use them, not with any vindictive agenda, but because you like to believe that correct usage will provide the healing touch to a beleaguered language. Why do I call my mother tongue beleaguered? In a world of text messages and Instagram, any language may find itself beleaguered when it comes to short forms or acronyms, but the internet and the cell phone has added to the usage of words too. The world is yapping in Urdu too. There are words everywhere, playing hide and seek with language. So what does Urdu suffer from? What are the challenges it faces today? With the declaration of Hindi (which could be called a Sanskritised form of Urdu in the Nagri script) as the national language of India at the time of independence, the notion that Urdu could no longer provide jobs caught on very quickly and wrongly. As a result, there were no worthy takers of the language in the university departments. Same was the case with the Persian departments in Indian universities. Very soon, we began producing mediocre or even poor quality Urdu teachers who were themselves slightly embarrassed at having studied Urdu because the syllabi in the universities also suggested to some extent that Urdu was an outdated language whose days of glory were over. The moment of victory was already lost. These mediocre teachers produced even more mediocre Urdu intellectuals which in turn impoverished the Urdu scene. So, while the Indian nation was never really averse to Urdu, the mentor, keepers, and the Urdu minds had started becoming sterile and polluted, almost as if, ashamed of their legacy of Urdu since they couldn’t see beyond their noses. Today, we have a huge dearth of good teachers and thinkers in Urdu. Indians, and prominently Hindus, want to learn the language, savour it, enjoy it, but they don’t know where to go. This is a challenge that all, who love their mother tongue Urdu, have to rise to. By assigning Urdu language learning to the madrasas and not teaching it to our own children, we have handed Urdu to the poorest among the Muslims. More than 90% of those children go to madrasas who can afford no better education. This also leads to linking Urdu with religion, and alif for Allah, instead of maybe alif for amrud became a done thing. My mother tongue tastes like the sweet spring of my mother’s milk as she would lull me to sleep at her breast, melodiously singing “ninni bi ninni bi aya karo, angan mein dhol bajaya karo” (sweet-sounding lady of sleep, come to my courtyard, come and play the drums of sleep sic). You must have guessed by now that “bi” is a shortened and loving version of “bibi”. This brings me to the question of corruption of language which has become a burning issue, particularly with Urdu. As an official kind of crude and unsympathetic, Hindi blares at us from the television sets and government files and other official sites. It seeps into Urdu, distorting better versions of the language existing there, ruining its elan, its mellifluousness. I can give you umpteen examples – Sher jaag utha, instead of sher jaag gaya. Chai lijiye, instead of chai pijiye or chai nosh farmaiye, hum Benares se hain, instaed of hum Benares ke hain. This has echoes of English, which probably got unwittingly translated into Hindi by the Hindi speakers and was then picked up by the Urdu speakers. Also, let us not import words from another language when we already have some in our own language. This runs the risk of bringing the original word into disuse someday in the future. A random list would go like this – towel, specs, table, kitchen, shoes, book, air, and the list goes on. By the way, do you know the originals? (Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are the personal views of the author and do not reflect the views of ZMCL)

Opinion: Is Urdu language dying because of Hindi infiltration?

<p><em>Dusk Till Dawn</em> singer Zayn Malik was recently in news for his revelation about Shah Rukh Khan and his <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/entertainment-zayn-malik-made-gigi-hadid-watch-his-favourite-shah-rukh-khan-movie-31578" target="_blank">favourite movie</a> of the superstar.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In the same interview with an Indian magazine, the 25-year-old British heartthrob also shared news of his upcoming Hindi song for a Bollywood movie. He said,&nbsp;&quot;It&rsquo;s one of the first songs I&rsquo;ve sung in full Hindi, so it&rsquo;s going to be cool to see what the response to that is.&quot;</p>

<p>Zayn also spoke about his second album after <em>Mind of Mine</em> and said,&nbsp;&quot;There&rsquo;s definitely a lot of Urdu; some nice qawwali sounds. There might even be some bhangra vibes. I have worked with AR Rahman on one song.&quot;</p>

<p>The singer who has time and again won polls for most-good looking entertainer made his mark in the music industry after splitting from boy band One Direction.</p>

<p>He often makes headlines walking hand-in-hand with supermodel girlfriend <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/entertainment-gigi-and-bella-hadid-pose-naked-on-british-vogue-cover-face-harsh-criticism-31357" target="_blank">Gigi Hadid </a>who have been dating for quite some time now.&nbsp;</p>

<p>You can mush over some of the couple&#39;s photos here:&nbsp;</p>

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In an interview with an Indian magazine, Zayn revealed his 'love for Bollywood'

Dusk Till Dawn singer Zayn Malik was recently in news for his revelation about Shah Rukh Khan and his favourite movie of the superstar. In the same interview with an Indian magazine, the 25-year-old British heartthrob also shared news of his upcoming Hindi song for a Bollywood movie. He said, "It’s one of the first songs I’ve sung in full Hindi, so it’s going to be cool to see what the response to that is." Zayn also spoke about his second album after Mind of Mine and said, "There’s definitely a lot of Urdu; some nice qawwali sounds. There might even be some bhangra vibes. I have worked with AR Rahman on one song." The singer who has time and again won polls for most-good looking entertainer made his mark in the music industry after splitting from boy band One Direction. He often makes headlines walking hand-in-hand with supermodel girlfriend Gigi Hadid who have been dating for quite some time now. You can mush over some of the couple's photos here: A post shared by Zayn Malik (@zayn) on Sep 17, 2016 at 4:09pm PDT × A post shared by Zayn Malik (@zayn) on Oct 2, 2016 at 2:05pm PDT × A post shared by Zayn Malik (@zayn) on Jan 3, 2017 at 2:58pm PST ×

British star Zayn Malik records his first Hindi song for a Bollywood movie

<p>A discussion on language policy ensued in a meeting of School Education Department of Telangana when the DEOs (District Education Officers) and MEOs (Mandal Education Officers) were discussing how they were successful in increasing government school enrollment by changing the medium of instruction to English in several schools. While all present at the meeting were highly appreciative of the step, I was not.&nbsp;</p>

<p>I happened to be called to the meeting, among a host of other people from different organisations, as a representative of HSPA (Hyderabad Schools Parents&rsquo; Association).</p>

<p>If the objective is only to increase the government school enrollment then the step is indeed beneficial, I said. However, if the objective is to ensure good quality education to secure the future of the students and the state then the step could backfire for a lot of reasons.</p>

<p>English is not a native language of India and, hence, teaching and learning English is not and will not ever be easy for a huge majority of the population. Persisting with English as a medium has already been leading to a great number of our students being proficient neither in English nor in their mother tongue(s). Given the quality of teachers and the aids available for this new expansion of English, the video below will give you an idea of the problems associated with teaching English in India.</p>

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<p>Much worse than the mere lack of proficiency in any language, this forceful imposition of a foreign language has been scarring the psyche of students with an erroneous notion of native language inferiority and English language superiority. Thus, English medium education is in no way a means of building a state which is confident, prosperous and respectful, if not proud of its culture, language, religion and heritage.</p>

<p>So, is Telugu (native language) medium education the answer?</p>

<p>Not at all. Imparting education in Telugu medium, in the present circumstances, is even more detrimental than imparting education in English. For anyone studying in Telugu medium, or in any other native language for that matter, is permanently stamped as a dimwit, unsuitable for any higher position or a profession, private or government, by none other than the government itself.</p>

<p>Why else would the government not allow Telugu (native language) medium students to become engineers, doctors, scientists, lawyers in the High Court or Supreme Court, or even join its own ranks as an IAS, IPS, IFS or an IRS officers? The height of insanity is such that the government would not allow the native language students to even fight for the country as commissioned officers in the Armed Forces. Pray, what does fighting have to do with knowing English? Do we fight with a language or with arms and ammunition?</p>

<p>If you keep all these professions and opportunities out of the purview of students studying in their native language, why on earth should anyone study in their native language?</p>

<p>So, is English medium the devil and native language medium the deep sea between which we have to choose one?</p>

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<p>No! There is an alternative available that wades clear of both the devil and the deep sea and takes you close, in fact, to the garden of Eden.</p>

<p>This alternate route is of educating each child in the mother tongue or native language but ONLY AFTER first correcting the debilitating disadvantages that students of native language medium are saddled with by system, society and state.</p>

<p>Essential, however, to the dismantling of this system of discrimination nourished by the state is breaking the myth that English is essential for the progress and development of any person&nbsp;and by extension of the nation.</p>

<p>The myth persists only because people are not made aware of the actual facts. Some impeccable research and analysis have been done by Sankrant Sanu on this subject and I would really recommend all to watch this video&nbsp;for more.</p>

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<p>There should be very little doubt in your mind about the irrelevance of English to progress and development of a nation, once you watch the video.</p>

<p>Let&rsquo;s look at richest and poorest countries of the world (based on their per capita income) and how many of them use English as the official/business language. Only 4 of the richest 20 countries speak English and mind you the rising behemoth China uses no English.</p>

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<p>If we look at the list of the poorest 20 Countries based on GNP per capita.</p>

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<p>There are 6 countries that speak English and yet continue to be amongst the poorest of the poor countries.</p>

<p>There are factors, for sure, other than language that effect and determine the economic prosperity of the country. And while the above data does establish a very strong correlation between native language and prosperity, establishing a causal relationship may require more data and research. Nonetheless, the data, I hope you will agree, certainly points towards a very high probability of such a causal relationship existing.</p>

<p>With the Telugu state gearing up for the World Telugu Conference, it might be a good idea for the issues raised in the article to be raised with the respective governments. The conference might be a good opportunity to demand the end of this &ldquo;language apartheid&rdquo; in the Telugu states at least. Setting up of an IIT or an AIIMS in the Telugu medium may be a good way to begin with and a good announcement to be made at the World Telugu Conference.</p>

<p><em>(Disclaimer: The author writes here in a personal capacity).</em></p>


English is not a native language of India and, hence, teaching and learning English is not and will not ever be easy for a huge majority of the population

A discussion on language policy ensued in a meeting of School Education Department of Telangana when the DEOs (District Education Officers) and MEOs (Mandal Education Officers) were discussing how they were successful in increasing government school enrollment by changing the medium of instruction to English in several schools. While all present at the meeting were highly appreciative of the step, I was not. I happened to be called to the meeting, among a host of other people from different organisations, as a representative of HSPA (Hyderabad Schools Parents’ Association). If the objective is only to increase the government school enrollment then the step is indeed beneficial, I said. However, if the objective is to ensure good quality education to secure the future of the students and the state then the step could backfire for a lot of reasons. English is not a native language of India and, hence, teaching and learning English is not and will not ever be easy for a huge majority of the population. Persisting with English as a medium has already been leading to a great number of our students being proficient neither in English nor in their mother tongue(s). Given the quality of teachers and the aids available for this new expansion of English, the video below will give you an idea of the problems associated with teaching English in India. × Much worse than the mere lack of proficiency in any language, this forceful imposition of a foreign language has been scarring the psyche of students with an erroneous notion of native language inferiority and English language superiority. Thus, English medium education is in no way a means of building a state which is confident, prosperous and respectful, if not proud of its culture, language, religion and heritage. So, is Telugu (native language) medium education the answer? Not at all. Imparting education in Telugu medium, in the present circumstances, is even more detrimental than imparting education in English. For anyone studying in Telugu medium, or in any other native language for that matter, is permanently stamped as a dimwit, unsuitable for any higher position or a profession, private or government, by none other than the government itself. Why else would the government not allow Telugu (native language) medium students to become engineers, doctors, scientists, lawyers in the High Court or Supreme Court, or even join its own ranks as an IAS, IPS, IFS or an IRS officers? The height of insanity is such that the government would not allow the native language students to even fight for the country as commissioned officers in the Armed Forces. Pray, what does fighting have to do with knowing English? Do we fight with a language or with arms and ammunition? If you keep all these professions and opportunities out of the purview of students studying in their native language, why on earth should anyone study in their native language? So, is English medium the devil and native language medium the deep sea between which we have to choose one? There are factors, for sure, other than language that effect and determine the economic prosperity of the country. × No! There is an alternative available that wades clear of both the devil and the deep sea and takes you close, in fact, to the garden of Eden. This alternate route is of educating each child in the mother tongue or native language but ONLY AFTER first correcting the debilitating disadvantages that students of native language medium are saddled with by system, society and state. Essential, however, to the dismantling of this system of discrimination nourished by the state is breaking the myth that English is essential for the progress and development of any person and by extension of the nation. The myth persists only because people are not made aware of the actual facts. Some impeccable research and analysis have been done by Sankrant Sanu on this subject and I would really recommend all to watch this video for more. × There should be very little doubt in your mind about the irrelevance of English to progress and development of a nation, once you watch the video. Let’s look at richest and poorest countries of the world (based on their per capita income) and how many of them use English as the official/business language. Only 4 of the richest 20 countries speak English and mind you the rising behemoth China uses no English. 20 richest countries based on GNP Per Capita (Others) × If we look at the list of the poorest 20 Countries based on GNP per capita. 20 poorest countries based on GNP Per Capita (Others) × There are 6 countries that speak English and yet continue to be amongst the poorest of the poor countries. There are factors, for sure, other than language that effect and determine the economic prosperity of the country. And while the above data does establish a very strong correlation between native language and prosperity, establishing a causal relationship may require more data and research. Nonetheless, the data, I hope you will agree, certainly points towards a very high probability of such a causal relationship existing. With the Telugu state gearing up for the World Telugu Conference, it might be a good idea for the issues raised in the article to be raised with the respective governments. The conference might be a good opportunity to demand the end of this “language apartheid” in the Telugu states at least. Setting up of an IIT or an AIIMS in the Telugu medium may be a good way to begin with and a good announcement to be made at the World Telugu Conference. (Disclaimer: The author writes here in a personal capacity).

Opinion: Do you really love your mother tongue?

<p>A Bihar student, who got just 2 marks in Hindi subject as per the results declared by the&nbsp;Bihar School Examination Board(BSEB) in June 2017, has actually secured 79 marks.The student, disappointed with the results applied for the rechecking but was told that he only got 2 marks. However, an RTI application revealed that he actually scored 79.</p>

<p>The Bihar School Examination Board(BSEB) failed Dhananjay Kumar in class X finals this year. His mark sheet showed 02 marks out of 100 in Hindi.</p>

<p>Dhananjay said that he wanted to become an IITian but contemplated suicide after seeing the results. However, he said, his&nbsp;parents supported him.</p>

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<p>&quot;We have been running to authorities since past six months. He is not able to study properly&quot; said Dhananjay&#39;s brother.</p>

<p>The Rohtas Boy applied for rechecking but his marks didn&#39;t improve.</p>

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<p>Disconcerted, he filed an RTI application through which he got a photocopy of his Hindi answer-sheet on November 1, that showed his marks as 79.</p>


Class 10th student Dhananjay Kumar declared failed by Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) with 2 marks in Hindi; on the contrary, RTI revealed he scored 79

A Bihar student, who got just 2 marks in Hindi subject as per the results declared by the Bihar School Examination Board(BSEB) in June 2017, has actually secured 79 marks.The student, disappointed with the results applied for the rechecking but was told that he only got 2 marks. However, an RTI application revealed that he actually scored 79. The Bihar School Examination Board(BSEB) failed Dhananjay Kumar in class X finals this year. His mark sheet showed 02 marks out of 100 in Hindi. Dhananjay said that he wanted to become an IITian but contemplated suicide after seeing the results. However, he said, his parents supported him. I wanted to become an IITian. My dreams are shattered now. I wanted to commit suicide but my family helped me: BSEB Class 10th student Dhananjay Kumar pic.twitter.com/USzvlTnL6Z — ANI (@ANI) November 18, 2017 × "We have been running to authorities since past six months. He is not able to study properly" said Dhananjay's brother. The Rohtas Boy applied for rechecking but his marks didn't improve. As per RTI, my brother scored 84.2%, 421 marks out of 500. Earlier, they gave him 2 numbers in Hindi instead of 79, reducing total marks to 344. He is declared failed. We have been running to authorities since past six months. He is not able to study properly: Dhananjay’s brother pic.twitter.com/evd1hgTrvW — ANI (@ANI) November 18, 2017 × Disconcerted, he filed an RTI application through which he got a photocopy of his Hindi answer-sheet on November 1, that showed his marks as 79.

Bihar student scored 2 marks as per results; RTI reveals he got 79

<p>The word &quot;jugaad&quot; has made it into the Oxford dictionary.</p>

<p>The inclusion, ANI reported, was made in the dictionary&#39;s latest update.&nbsp;</p>

<p>While it would be fair to say most (if not all) of India understands what the word means, the Oxford dictionary defined &quot;jugaad&quot; as &quot;A flexible approach to problem-solving that uses limited resources in an innovative way&quot;.</p>

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<p>The online version of the dictionary used the word in an example sentence as:&nbsp;</p>

<p>&lsquo;countries around the world are beginning to adopt jugaad in order to maximize resources&rsquo;</p>

<p>And gave the origin of the word as Hindi.&nbsp;</p>


The dictionary defines 'jugaad' as 'A flexible approach to problem-solving that uses limited resources in an innovative way'

The word "jugaad" has made it into the Oxford dictionary. The inclusion, ANI reported, was made in the dictionary's latest update. While it would be fair to say most (if not all) of India understands what the word means, the Oxford dictionary defined "jugaad" as "A flexible approach to problem-solving that uses limited resources in an innovative way". The online version of the Oxford dictionary used the word in an example sentence as ‘countries around the world are beginning to adopt jugaad in order to maximize resources'. (WION Web Team) × The online version of the dictionary used the word in an example sentence as: ‘countries around the world are beginning to adopt jugaad in order to maximize resources’ And gave the origin of the word as Hindi.

Latest word in Oxford dictionary? 'Jugaad'

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