K Kannada: Nanu nimmege preti maditi idini Kapampangan: Kaluguran daka Kazakh: Men seny jaksy kuremyn Khmer:bong sralun on [male to female]on sralun bong [female to male] Kirundi: NdagukundaKiswahili: Nakupenda Klingon: qamuSHa*** Konkani: Tu magel moga cho...
It is highly advised not to neglect Suhur (the meal before starting the fast), even if one has had a date or drank water. A hadith states that Almighty Allah and His angels bless those who ask for forgiveness in the last hours of the night and eat food before starting their fast. It...
Many great poets like Surdas and Amir Khusrow have composed their works in Braj Bhasha. In fact, it was Amir Khusrow who coined the term 'Hindavi', or Hindustani (meaning – Hindi), later in 1283. Foreign Influence– India, as we know, has been ruled by several foreign invaders. The ...
Here, again, the symbolic meaning is that all obstacles in the way will be removed when Ganesha is accorded the place of honor. The journey of life is made smoother and happier by the grace of Ganesha. Vighneswara is also regarded as one endowed with the wisdom of the elephant. The ...
He had blamed me for not pointing out the flaws that were visible only to him. Now, it seems a little unfair to expect me to do that, but perhaps another of the concepts in the book can help me be a better manager. Ultimately, the intent of feedback is not to teach but to learn...
This limits language to mostly shed light on between-person differences rather than changes in behavior within-person. Here, we collected a novel dataset of daily surveys where participants were asked to describe their experienced well-being and report the number of alcoholic beverages they had ...
But there is much more to it, in these stories. It is about changing or saying something despite the knowledge that the present will remain the same if only because it lends a different meaning to the lives involved. Even if there is nothing that one can do to change the circumstance, ...
Sanskrit was spoken in an oral society and the writing was not introduced to India until after Sanskrit had evolved into the Prakrits. The regional scripts of the scribe influenced the choice of writing system. Devanagari has been considered as the effective writing system for Sanskrit since the...
I remember when I had to explain Kannada cousin-marriage and names for relationships to a North Indian. He was flabbergasted with the concept. In Hindi, your cousins are all brothers or sisters to you. How do South Indians distinguish between different categories of cousins, was the question ...
shaiva saints who came together under the banner of the new movment unfurled by Basava was followed suit and the result was the growth of similar vachana literature of the post Basava period.’ The vachanas are said to be like the Upanishadas in poetic fervour and profoundity of meaning. ...