Bush wishes for Diwali!
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Didn't even remember that it was Diwali :-) BTW, in Kerala, we call it Deepawali.
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Didn't even remember that it was Diwali :-) BTW, in Kerala, we call it Deepawali.
Regards, Nish
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blogNishant Sivakumar wrote:
BTW, in Kerala, we call it Deepawali.
Its Deepawali in Tamil Nadu also.
Tarakeshwar MCP, CCIE Q(R&S) Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. !sgub evah t'nseod margorp sihT ?sgub naem ayaddahW
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
BTW, in Kerala, we call it Deepawali.
Its Deepawali in Tamil Nadu also.
Tarakeshwar MCP, CCIE Q(R&S) Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. !sgub evah t'nseod margorp sihT ?sgub naem ayaddahW
AFAIK, Deepawali is the correct Sanskrit word (it means a line of lamps = deep in Hindi). Diwali is a Hindi aberration of the same. Both words are almost equally common in North India(with Diwali having a slight edge).
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Didn't even remember that it was Diwali :-) BTW, in Kerala, we call it Deepawali.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog -
AFAIK, Deepawali is the correct Sanskrit word (it means a line of lamps = deep in Hindi). Diwali is a Hindi aberration of the same. Both words are almost equally common in North India(with Diwali having a slight edge).
Oh hmm, one more of the words which have got transformed from its orginal spelling to something different. I hope the polticians dont spot it and run a law to use only Deepawali and not Diwali.
Tarakeshwar MCP, CCIE Q(R&S) Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. !sgub evah t'nseod margorp sihT ?sgub naem ayaddahW
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Oh hmm, one more of the words which have got transformed from its orginal spelling to something different. I hope the polticians dont spot it and run a law to use only Deepawali and not Diwali.
Tarakeshwar MCP, CCIE Q(R&S) Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. !sgub evah t'nseod margorp sihT ?sgub naem ayaddahW
I don't think that is easy, even for the politicians. There are way too many Sanskrit words which have a slightly modified spelling in Hindi, and this has nothing to do with how the British pronounced them. The reason why Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and Bangalore - Assam is next - got their names changed was because of their British connection. The sad thing though is that the illiterate politicians can't tell the difference, but do this anyways because they know nothing better. Q.: does anyone know the British spelling of Kanpur?
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I don't think that is easy, even for the politicians. There are way too many Sanskrit words which have a slightly modified spelling in Hindi, and this has nothing to do with how the British pronounced them. The reason why Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and Bangalore - Assam is next - got their names changed was because of their British connection. The sad thing though is that the illiterate politicians can't tell the difference, but do this anyways because they know nothing better. Q.: does anyone know the British spelling of Kanpur?
Anand Vivek Srivastava wrote:
Q.: does anyone know the British spelling of Kanpur?
Cawnpore...