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Raghuvir Sahay (1929–1990) was a versatile Hindi poet, translator, short-story writer and journalist. Nirmal Verma (1929–2005), one of the founders of the Nai Kahani literary movement. Kamleshwar (1932–2007), author of Kitne Pakistan. Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975), prominent Hindi poet and composer of ghazals.
Untranslatability is the property of text or speech for which no equivalent can be found when translated into another (given) language. A text that is considered to be untranslatable is considered a lacuna, or lexical gap. The term arises when describing the difficulty of achieving the so-called perfect translation.
The end of a sentence or half-verse may be marked with the "।" symbol (called a daṇḍa, meaning "bar", or called a pūrṇa virām, meaning "full stop/pause"). The end of a full verse may be marked with a double-daṇḍa, a "॥" symbol. A comma (called an alpa virām, meaning "short stop/pause") is used to denote a natural pause in speech.
It is a derogatory term for a woman who is considered to be a prostitute in the literal sense, but is usually applied as a term for women who are considered too promiscuous, flirtatious or who dress casually. In Hindi cinema and Urdu cinema, it usually refers to a woman with multiple sexual partners. Sometimes, it is used just as an insult ...
Settler leaders have said violence has no place in their movement and have called for offenders to be prosecuted. Most countries deem Jewish settlements built on land Israel captured in a 1967 war ...
A related term is linguicide, [1] the death of a language from natural or political causes, and, rarely, glottophagy, the absorption or replacement of a minor language by a major language. [ 2 ] Language death is a process in which the level of a speech community 's linguistic competence in their language variety decreases, eventually resulting ...
The holidays are happening and we all need a break. Why taking time off during Twixmas matters. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos ...
Don't rely on bloviating pundits to tell you who'll prevail on Hollywood's big night. The Huffington Post crunched the stats on every Oscar nominee of the past 30 years to produce a scientific metric for predicting the winners at the 2013 Academy Awards.