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In India, the English media, English writers, bloggers, PR agencies have the habit of referring to Indian languages as vernacular languages. Way back when I was a scientist at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, my colleague pointed me at the origin and etymology of the word vernacular....
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January 15, 2017 U B Pavanaja
English, General
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A brief about Tulu language Tulu is one of the Dravidian languages spoken mainly in the south coastal districts of Karnataka state and Kasaragod district of Kerala state. There are many Tulu speaking people who have migrated outside these geographical areas and settled in places like Mumbai,...
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December 8, 2016 U B Pavanaja
English, Tech related
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People have been using computers for typing and printing Kannada text for more than 25 years. Majority of the usage of Kannada on computers was limited in the DTP arena. People made use of packages like PageMaker (Version 6.5 or 7) to type and compose the pages. Even...
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October 23, 2016 U B Pavanaja
English, Tech related
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Recently I wrote a blog about the stub article length of Wikipedia articles. I mentioned the difference in actual number of characters and number of bytes used to define stub articles between English and Indian language Wikipedias. One can open any language Wikipedia, type Special:ShortPages in the search...
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October 21, 2016 U B Pavanaja
English, Tech related
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One of the activities conducted as part of Wiki Conference India 2016 was the Punjab Editathon. It was about adding articles related to Punjab to Indian language Wikipedias and English Wikipedia. There was also an announcement made about some award for highest contribution. This lead to continued discussions...
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October 19, 2016 U B Pavanaja
English, Tech related
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FUELling Indic computing It has become a fashion to talk about the digital divide in India. These talks are going on for more than 2 decades now. Nevertheless there is no doubt about the need of taking the benefits of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for common man. The...
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October 4, 2016 U B Pavanaja
English, Tech related
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I will be participating in Microsoft TechEd India 2012. The official web-site has the details about programs and other associated events. I a very happy to announce that my idea got selected for Windows 8 Camp (Hackathon) which will be conducted along with TechEd. So dev folks, who...
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March 17, 2012 U B Pavanaja
English, Tech related
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Windows Phone is the latest mobile phone operating system from Microsoft. It has caught the attention of developers. This is due to the fact that the learning curve to start Windows Phone developments is minimal for those who are already familiar with .NET developments. People who master the...
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March 6, 2012 admin
English, Tech related
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Wikipedia 10th anniversary at Mysore
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January 14, 2011 U B Pavanaja
English, Tech related
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We had a fantastic Community Techday at JSS Center for Management Studies, SJCE Campus, Mysore on Feb 20, 2010. The program was scheduled to begin at 9:30am. People were already present by 9:45am. Pooran Prasad whose scheduled talk about ASP.NET 3.5 and WCF, called me previous night that...
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February 28, 2010 U B Pavanaja
English, Tech related
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