Prasoon Joshi’s poem against corruption

August 18, 2011

लो मशालों को जगा डाला किसी ने
भोले थे अब कर दिया भाला किसी ने
है शहर ये कोयलों का
ये मगर ना भूल जाना
लाल शोले भी इसी बस्ती में रहते है युगों से
रास्तो मे धूल है
कीचड़ भी है पर ये याद रखना
ये ज़मीं धुलती रही
संक्लप वाले आंसुओं से
मेरे आंगन को है धो डाला किसी ने
लो मशालों को जगा डाला किसी ने
भोले थे अब कर दिया भाला किसी ने
आग बेवजह कभी घर से निकलती ही नही है
टोलियां जत्थे बनाकर चीख यूं चलती नही है
रात को भी देखने दो आज तुम सुरज के जलवे
जब तपेगी ईट तब ही होश में आयेंगे तलवे
तोड़ डाला मौन का ताला किसी ने
लो मशालों को जगा डाला किसी ने
भोले थे अब कर दिया भाला किसी ने

– Prasoon Joshi

Reference Link: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/video/prasoon-joshi-poem-against-corruption/1/148420.html

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Indian Express: 10 Best Indian Language Writers

July 22, 2011

I was pleasantly surprised to see Indian Express Magazine “Eye” feature 10 writers in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali & Marathi. I hope this article inspires more people to express themselves in their own language.

HINDI (हिन्दी)
Selected by Ashok Vajpeyi – Poet & Critic

BENGALI (বাংলা)
Selected by Suchitra Bhattacharya – Novelist

  • Tilottama Majumdar
    Starting from Rii (1996), her debut novel, moving on to Basudhara and Jonakira, most of Majumdar’s works have topped bestseller lists and won her critical acclaim.
  • Sangita Bandopadhyay
    Her controversial novel Panty (2006) created a furore among uptight Bengali readers.

MARATHI(मराठी)
Selected by Shanta Gokhale – Writer and critic

  • Praveen Bandekar
    Two critically acclaimed collections of poetry – Yeru Mhane and Khelkhandobachya Navane.
  • Sachin Kundalkar
    Not just a novelist but also an acclaimed film maker. He won the National Award for his film Nirop.

TAMIL (தமிழ்)
Selected by Ambai – Author

  • S Thenmozhi
  • M Harikrishnan

MALAYALAM (മലയാളം)
Selected by K Satchidanandan – Poet & critic

  • K R Meera
    She won Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009 for her short-story – Ave Maria
  • Benny Benyamin
    Won the 2009 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and the 2008 Abu Dhabi Sakthi award for his novel – Aadujeevitham(Life as a Goat)

Link to the original article: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/best-young-writers/817825/

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Lipikaar Firefox Addon crosses 50,000 downloads

June 26, 2011

The Lipikaar addon for Firefox crossed 50,000 downloads today.
Team Lipikaar would like to thank all its users, supporters and well wishers for helping us reach this milestone.

About Lipikaar Firefox Addon:
This is an addon(plugin) to the Mozilla Firefox browser. This allows you to create e-mails, blogs, scraps, tweets, comments and search in your language on any website using Firefox browser.

Useful links:

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Translate a few lines and Win Prizes!

December 11, 2010

We are translating Lipikaar Help Pages and the 3 typing rules in all Indian languages and we could really use your help. This will empower users who are not fluent with English to use the Internet as effectively as all of us.

You can help us achieve this goal.

Just contribute translation for a few lines and win exciting prizes. All it takes is a few clicks.

Prizes:

  • All contributors who translate 10 or more lines for a single page get 1 free license of Lipikaar Desktop Software.
  • Top 2 contributors who translate the maximum number of lines across all pages will get 3 license pack of Desktop Version and 1 free T-shirt from Lipikaar. You will be contacted to get your T-shirt Size and address in India!
  • Once all translations are completed, your name will be featured on the Lipikaar blog.
  • Please make sure that your translation is readable and preserves the meaning of the original sentence.
  • Translations will be proof-read by our team and only correct translations will be counted for the prize.
 Gifts!

How do I contribute?

  1. Click on this Lipikaar Translation Dashboard link. You will see a page as shown in the picture below.

    See the box on the right side of the page, [highlighted in orange in the picture below]

  2. View all the pages currently under translation.
    Dubzer Translation Dashboard

  3. Based on the language you know, select the page to which you can contribute translations. For example, if you speak Hindi, select
    the page that says “To Hindi, from English“
  4. When you open the page, you will see a box with sentence by sentence view of the page. You can skip ahead to a sentence that has not been translated and type the correct translation for the sentence.
  5. Type the translation using Lipikaar. You can install Lipikaar Trial version or Lipikaar Firefox Addon to help you type. Or you can always use our Online Typing Editor.
  6. Click “Save and Next” to save the translation. Sign up if you don’t have an account. This will save the translation against your name.
  7. Please provide your correct email address during signup so we can contact you to give the prizes.

 

If you need help using the Translation Page please contact us at support@lipikaar.com and our team will help you out.
Quick Links:
Click on the link to start translating in the specified language.
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Top 5 languages used on Lipikaar (as of Oct 2010)

November 22, 2010

As of Oct 2010, the top 5 Indian languages on Lipikaar are:

  1. Hindi
  2. Arabic
  3. Punjabi
  4. Marathi
  5. Gujarati

The top applications are - Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Internet Explorer, Acrobat, Firefox, Chrome, Outlook, Notepad, PowerPoint, GoogleTalk and Yahoo Messenger.

To read more details, click here –  Lipikaar gets popular across languages and applications

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