Today, November 1, 2011, is the 56th Karnataka Rajyotsava, India became a Republic in the year 1950 and in same year linguistic provinces were formed. The state of Mysore is one such state in south India. The state of Mysore was created taking into fold various parts of the region, which were ruled by kings. […]
Indian Languages
Immortalizing Narayan Murthy: Should he create Murty Indic fonts?
Saturday editions of Mint are always special. Today’s article “Back to the future” caught my eye which mentioned Indic fonts (Indian language fonts). Even though I do read several newspapers (online/offline) I somehow missed the news in September about The Murty Classical Library of India (MCLI). The MCLI project was set up in 2010 with […]
IAMAI initiates a Working Group for Local Languages in India
From the newsletter (Sept 22, 2011) of IAMAI (Internet & Mobile Association of India): Focus on Local Language: Those tracking internet numbers in India are entering a mathematical roadblock soon. Internet user numbers are reaching 100 million soon and will get to 300 million by 2014/15 according to some. But there are only 110-120 odd […]
Will language support give the steroids for ecom growth in India?
Today’s article in Mint “Data indicates an e-commerce boom” talks about the good growth of ecom in India. The study was conducted by India’s leading market research firm JuxtConsult. Some notable points from the article are,
Column: Only Indian Language content can bring majority of Indians online
I was invited by Bangalore’s leading newspaper Deccan Herald to write about the current status, successes, failures of Indian languages on the internet. Yesterday (June 29, 2011) it was published with the title “Growth pangs of Indian languages” [PDF scan of print] Languages are like colors, it brings beauty and life to the Indian internet […]