Thursday, March 09, 2006

Request for help from Sukhjinder Sidhu (a great sevadar)

Hi Guys



This is a request for help. It might sound a bit strange but it regards the categories of Ajit Weekly. Basically I've created a corpus of Ajit Weekly articles and I'm trying to categorise them based on Ajit Weekly's own categories. However, I'm not quite sure what they all mean. I've already had some help from Gurpartap and any additional help would be appreciated.



I'd prefer non-literal translations (so ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦਰਬਾਰ becomes "Politics" and not "Delhi Darbar") that give details of what's contained in the categories. The very iffy category names have question marks. If you want to check out their site, see http://www.ajitweekly.com/



Regards,

Sukh



ID
Punjabi
Transliteration
English

1
ਮੁੱਖ ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ
mukkh khabarāṁ
Main news

2
ਸੰਪਾਦਕੀ ਲੇਖ
saṃpādakī lēkha
Editorial articles

4
ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ
kahāṇī'āṁ
Stories

5
ਫ਼ਿਲਮੀ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ
filamī dunī'āṁ
Movies

6
ਜੱਟਾਂ ਦਾ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ
jaṭṭāṁ dā itihās
History of the Jatts

7
ਨਾਰੀ ਸੰਸਾਰ
nārī saṃsār
Women's world

8
ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਸਿਹਤ
tuhāḍī sihat
Health

9
ਖੇਡ ਸਮਾਚਾਰ
khēḍa samācār
Sports

12
ਸ਼ਾਹੀ ਅਫ਼ਸਾਨੇ
śāhī afasānē
Rich dreams

13
ਪੰਜਾਬ ਡਾਇਰੀ
paṃjāb ḍā'irī
Punjabi diary

14
ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦਰਬਾਰ
dillī darbār
Delhi Darbar (politics)

16
ਵਿਅੰਗ
vi'aṃg
Irony?

18
ਰਸੀਦੀ ਟਿਕਟ
rasīdī ṭikaṭ
Ticket with receipt

20
ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਮੁਰੰਮਤ
ḵẖabarāṁ dī muraṃmat
News corrections

21
ਧਰਮ ਤੇ ਫਲਸਫਾ
dharam tē phalasaphā
Religion and philosophy

22
ਰੂਹ ਦੀ ਖੁਰਾਕ
rūh dī khurāk
Soul's food

23
ਮੁੱਖ ਲੇਖ
mukkh lēkha
Main articles

24
ਸੰਪਾਦਕ ਦੀ ਡਾਕ
saṃpādak dī ḍāka
Letters to the editor

25
ਤਨ-ਮਨ ਬੀਤੀਆਂ
tan-man bītī'āṁ
?

26
ਦੁਨੀਆ ਪਰੇ-ਪਰੇ
dunī'ā parē-parē
Our world

27
ਰਸੋਈ ਘਰ
rasō'ī ghar
Kitchen and home

28
ਕਵਿਤਾ
kavitā
Poems

28
ਸਾਹਿਤਕੀ
sāhitakī
History?

29
ਨੰਗੀ ਧੁੱਪ
naṃgī dhuppa
Bare sunlight

31
ਝਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਦਰਦ
jhanāṁ dā darad
Jhanah's sorrow

35
ਸੈਕਸ, ਸਕਾਚ ਅਤੇ ਸਕਾਲਰਸ਼ਿੱਪ
saikas, sakāc atē sakālaraśipp
Sex, scar and scholarship

37
ਸਮਕਾਲੀ ਲਿਖਦੇ ਹਨ
samakālī likhadē han
You and I are writing?

39
ਦੇਸ਼-ਵਿਦੇਸ਼
dēśa-vidēś
Foreign News

40
ਚੋਲਾ ਟਾਕੀਆਂ ਵਾਲਾ
cōlā ṭākī'āṁ vālā
Chola with holes

44
ਮੇਰੀ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਫੇਰੀ
mērī kainēḍā phērī
My canadian journey

45
ਸੜਕਨਾਮਾ
saṛakanāmā
Letters from the road

46
ਯੋਰਪ ਦੀਆਂ ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ
yōrap dī'āṁ ḵẖabarāṁ
European news

47
ਭਗੌੜਾ
bhagauṛā
Fled?

48
ਯਾਦਾਂ (ਭੰਵਰ)
yādāṁ (bhaṃvara)
Memories (Bhanvar)

49
ਯਾਦਾਂ (ਸਿੱਧੂ)
yādāṁ (siddhū)
Memories (Sidhu)

50
ਅਪਰਾਧ ਕਥਾ
aparādh kathā
Crime stories

57
ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਦੀਆਂ ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ
amarīkā dī'āṁ ḵẖabarāṁ
American news

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Job/Work Posting for Sikhs in Punjab

If anyone's in punjab is interested in $100 web site design work please email me...I get these small jobs (most of them less than $500) quite a bit but have to turn them down due to other priorities. So if you live in Punjab and are Sikh and can do web work please let me know...there's more where this came from.

This particular job is for a tax person who just wants to create a better looking, functioning web site.

Thanks!

Ps...Project: Gurmukhi is still alive and kicking...just hang on...i promise there'll be a lot more action soon...

Friday, December 16, 2005

Using the Punjabi Learning Site

it's a bit hard to navigate but once you know where the bulk of the stuff is it's easier from there:

if you look at the "Projects Completed" on the top right corner...you want to click on the first link.

and then there's a top navigation bar in blue...white text...and when you rollover the text in the nav bar...you'll see a sub menu...

one of the really awesome things i found was this page:

http://www.advancedcentrepunjabi.org/animated_stories.html

it has 3 animated Punjabi fables...how can we forget the Kaa(n)/crow that wouldn't give up!

i can't wait to test it out on my daughter...:)

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Great News!!!!

Dr. Lehal has just informed us that

www.advancedcentrepunjabi.org

is up and running. Please visit if you have any desire of learning Gurmukhi.

i'm not feeling well right now...so didn't have the chance to actually pull up cool stuff like

AUDIO

This is soooooo GREAT!!!!! Thank you Dr. Lehal!

Thursday, November 10, 2005

How to type Gurmukhi in windows 2000/xp/ Mac, linux

This is from PCRC (Punjabi Computing Resource Center)'s web site...AWESOME!


http://guca.sourceforge.net/resources/gettingstarted

http://guca.sourceforge.net/resources/punjabisupport/

Thursday, November 03, 2005

logo for SikhoSikho Org.


This is a preliminary logo for SikhoSikho Org. a privately funded organization to promote Gurmukhi.




I'm not doing this alone. I have 125,000 with me, behind me, ahead of me, beside me.

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Free Books for learning Gurmukhi

as all of you know by now i'm going to the motherland (punjab) soon and i was going to buy a lot of books. but even before that i have 3 (i think) extra copies of beginner's/kids' punjabi alphabet books.

and if you'd like send me your address and i'll mail it to you. first come first serve. when you're done you can choose to send it back. and when i get back from punjab i'll list some more titles here for you to "take" free of charge of course!