There have been many goings-on to which the trees have been a witness। For example, the gatherings around a tree at the village crossroads (Chaupal- Hindi) germinated many a twist in the local language. Women being the keepers of this heritage of proverbs and sayings, almost developed a vibrant code language which symbolized a lot in a few words!
They are the vibrant rural women to whom this book "stories about sayings" is dedicated to. Written in Hindi- "Kahavaton ki Kahanian', The author, Mr. Radhakant Bharati researched stories that detailed instances in an anecdotal mode to bring alive the true meaning of the proverbs and sayings.
An earthy flavour was added to this book launch by the Cabinet Minster for Rural Development, India, Prof. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, on the evening of 24th April 2007, Tuesday. Prof. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh been a Professor of Mathematics presented a very lived , connected-to-the roots account of the proverbs and sayings popular in day-to-day village life.
Dr. GauriShanker Rajhans, who has represented the people in the parliament and the state as ambassador to other cultures, summarized the impact in key words that essentially underlined the necessity to evolve a fine expression by being in touch with the grassroots.
This effort at collating the stories behind the sayings in everyday conversations , is just a beginning. It was observed that whoever opened the book was immediately imersed in its content only to re-surface with some gems of sayings of their own experience and mother tongue! If only all that too could be documented...
In this spirit , an open invitation is extended to you to share your own treasure of sayings... translations may not be easy but it is sure going to be a lot of fun reading, every now and then, from your pool of sayings!! Your ideas can be published directly by witing to this e-mail address:
laughingtree.budhha@blogger.com ; alternately it may be posted through the "comments" link on this blogsite http://the-laughingtree.blogspot.com/... see you soon there!
They are the vibrant rural women to whom this book "stories about sayings" is dedicated to. Written in Hindi- "Kahavaton ki Kahanian', The author, Mr. Radhakant Bharati researched stories that detailed instances in an anecdotal mode to bring alive the true meaning of the proverbs and sayings.
An earthy flavour was added to this book launch by the Cabinet Minster for Rural Development, India, Prof. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, on the evening of 24th April 2007, Tuesday. Prof. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh been a Professor of Mathematics presented a very lived , connected-to-the roots account of the proverbs and sayings popular in day-to-day village life.
Dr. GauriShanker Rajhans, who has represented the people in the parliament and the state as ambassador to other cultures, summarized the impact in key words that essentially underlined the necessity to evolve a fine expression by being in touch with the grassroots.
This effort at collating the stories behind the sayings in everyday conversations , is just a beginning. It was observed that whoever opened the book was immediately imersed in its content only to re-surface with some gems of sayings of their own experience and mother tongue! If only all that too could be documented...
In this spirit , an open invitation is extended to you to share your own treasure of sayings... translations may not be easy but it is sure going to be a lot of fun reading, every now and then, from your pool of sayings!! Your ideas can be published directly by witing to this e-mail address:
laughingtree.budhha@blogger.com ; alternately it may be posted through the "comments" link on this blogsite http://the-laughingtree.blogspot.com/... see you soon there!
For Reference: Bharati, Radhakant, (2007), Kahavaton Ki KAhanian, New Delhi: Granth Academi
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