Diwali Diwali (also spelt Divali in other countries) or Dīpāvali (Tamil: தீபாவளி‚ Gujarati: દિવાળી‚ Hindi: दिवाली‚ Kannada: ದೀಪಾವಳಿ‚ Konkani: धाकली दिवाळी‚ Malayalam: ദീപാവലി‚ Marathi: दिवाळी‚ Nepali: दिपावली‚ Oriya: ଦୀପାବଳୀ‚ Sanskrit: दीपावली‚ Telugu: దీపావళి‚ Urdu: دیوالی)‚ also popularly known as the Festival of Lights‚ is an important 5-day festival in Hinduism‚ Sikhism and Jainism‚ occurring between mid-October and mid-November. Diwali is an official holiday in India [1]‚ Guyana‚ Trinidad &
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Gutka- A Silent Killer By Anitha Varughese‚ LCSW Gutka‚ a form of smokeless tobacco‚ is a cocktail of tobacco‚ nicotine‚ and carcinogens that contains many unhealthy additives such as magnesium carbonate and phenyl ethyl alcohol‚ along with harmful perfumery compounds including musk ketones and other injurious fragrance compounds (which are known to be dangerous in toiletries). Gutka use is one of the major causes of oral cancer in India‚ is one of India.s most serious social problems‚ and is also
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Marathi: Big Newspapers Are Elephants By Robin Jeffrey To understand the Marathi press‚ one needs to appreciate two cities-Mumbai (Bombay) and Pune (Poona). Mumbai is the Manhattan of India-a buzzing‚ multi- lingual magnet of an island. As well as the industrial and commercial focus of India‚ it is the base for the advertising industry and for India’s two biggest newspaper chains‚ The Times of India and The Indian Express. Pune‚ on the other hand‚ is Maharashtra’s Boston (indeed‚ both have brahmins)
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Kannada or English. Earlier‚ the language was being used as medium of instruction in few Marathi medium schools in Tamil Nadu. It was in use as language of rituals along with Sanskrit. Most importantly‚ it was language of literature. However‚ as observed by native speakers‚ the use of Thanjavur Marathi has now shrunk to become a community language spoken only at home by the descendents of the Thanjavur Marathi people. Younger generations are denying the use of language even at the household. There
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freedom fighter‚ activist‚ linguistic activist‚ poet‚ author Language Konkani Ethnicity Konkani Ravindra Kelekar (March 25‚ 1925 – August 27‚ 2010) was a noted Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language‚ though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi.[3] A Gandhian activist‚ freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement‚ he is a well known Konkani scholar‚ linguist‚ and creative thinker. Kelkar was a participant in the Indian freedom movement‚ Goa’s liberation movement
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1650) was a prominent Marathi Sant and religious poet in the Hindutradition in India..Tukaram was born and lived most of his life in Dehu‚ a town close to Pune city in Mahārāshtra. Tukaram was initiated without any intermediaries as the other saints usually were. He dreamt that he was initiated by the Lord Hari himself dressed as a Brahman. Tukaram continuously sang the praises of the Lord‚ he sang it in the form of abhangs which he wrote. These were in his mother tongue Marathi. The abhangs express
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There are many things that shape our identities from society‚ and family to things we learn on our own like experiences. Many struggle to find their identity and struggle between two (or more) identities. Some are very secure with their identities whether it’s their own‚ a combination of society and theirs‚ or society’s alone. The question is which one plays a bigger role? I think when we’re young authority figures and society plays a bigger role in life‚ but as you grow older‚ and become a teenager
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Introduction Railways are of great use to us. They were introduced into India by the English. Description There is an engine at the head of the train. Behind it there are several carriages. The engine and the carriage together are called a train. The train runs over a pair of steel rails. The rails are parallel to each other. They are placed on thick planks of wood. The planks ar called ’sleepers’. There are three classes of railway lines. The widest is called the Broad Gauge‚ the second is the
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A newspaper is a periodical publication containing news regarding current events‚ informative articles‚ diverse features‚ editorials‚ and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive‚ low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007‚ there were 6‚580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a day. The worldwide recession of 2008‚ combined with the rapid growth of web-based alternatives‚ caused a serious decline in advertising and circulation‚ as many papers closed or sharply
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Ralegan Siddhi (Marathi: राळेगण सिद्धी) is a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar District‚ Maharashtra state in western India. It is located at a distance of 87 km from Pune. The village has an area of 982.31 ha (1991). It is considered a model of environmental conservation. The village has carried out programs like tree planting‚ terracing to reduce soil erosion and digging canals to retain rainwater. For energy‚ the village uses solar power‚ biogas (some generated from the community toilet)
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