Tuesday, October 11, 2005

do you podcast?

yahoo just started this site:

http://podcasts.yahoo.com/search?p=panjabi&c=b

listen to the number 4. it's pretty interesting...the guy is hindu punjabi!

i searched for "punjabi" "sikh" and "panjabi" and i only found a couple of podcasts. it's a really good idea.

but anyways...i'been working on some stuff for project: gurmukhi....the "surprise" is sooooo much more tedious than i thought was going to be...but it's coming along just fine and i think once i complete one of these...i think i can actually streamline the process. so gimme a bit more time.

but i have these Gurmukhi books that my dad just brought back from punjab. they are soooooo much better than the ones that my mom brought. i don't mean to be racist but these were my instructions to my dad "only buy the ones that are published/created/written by sikhs" and i guess i was right. i keep arguing with people on the net that Gurmukhi is most important to Sikhs and no other sect of people. Hindus or any other group of people have no vested interest in Gurmukhi.

anyways...i think i'm going to start selling them at cost (whatever is written on the book)...i don't want any excuses!!! i will make no profit at all from this...no, i won't be taking any money for my time either....this is just another way to promote Gurmukhi. BTW, my one year loves these books. and my wife is learning Gurmukhi along (with her).

These books are ONLY 15 rupees per book and the quality is so much better than what i've seen...

look for a web site for this project early next year (yes, i'm actually being realistic about this) :)...

16 Comments:

Blogger SikhsRus said...

Isingh,

What are the titles of these books that your dad brought? I may be interested in purchasing some of them? I have been trying to fill my bookcase with good punjabi/sikhs/Indian books so I can have a mini-library for the kids. I was watching NOVA last night on E=Mc2 equation of Einstein. One thing that was common in all of these great scientists was that they loved to read and explore.

12:07 PM  
Blogger ricky said...

manjit ji, i'm sorry. it's really hard to do anything and i mean ANYTHING extra on weekdays. i get home around 7:30 and then i give the little one a bath and a massage and then she's asleep by 8:30...and after that i just crash after eating...and sleep at 10...i'm actually blessed that i only have to go to work 4 days a week and this being the holiday season almost...i'm getting a lot of 3 day work weeks. so lot more time to spend on this project! :)

1:15 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gurinder,

just today I gave presentation on women and leadership. Looked at research trends to answer followng questions-
Can women be leaders?
Do Female and Male leaders Differ in their behavior and effectivness?
Why do so few women leaders reach the top?
I can't beleive it is 2005 and in US I am looking at research ( started in 1994) to answer these questions. Can imagin how it was for women almost 500 years back in Punjab.
I will post more on your comments next week. Also, everybody has different prespective and it is always good to know what other person is thinking ( I may not agree but nothing wrong in being aware of other person's opinion)

Thanks,
Simran

9:53 PM  
Blogger Prabhu Singh said...

I just wanted to make sure you saw the blog post that I created especially for you:
http://prabhukhalsa.blogspot.com/2005/10/this-picture-is-for-isingh.html
I hope you and your family are doing well.
Sat Siri Akal!

11:14 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

yayy!!
Project: Gurumukhi is BACK!!!

1:59 PM  
Blogger ricky said...

seek, it never left! :) actually i promised myself that i wouldn't post anything unitl i was done with the surprise.

prabhu, nice pics! and thank you...we're not there yet as far as the foliage goes. we're having an indian summer...as they say.

1:58 PM  
Blogger msingh said...

Wah ji wah! Nice to see project gurmukhi back.

if I may be so bold, any significance for the the colon after 'project' in you blog heading? (I think 'project girmukhi' without the colon sounds better).

Waheguru

8:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

..I happen to agree with MSingh...there is this adrenaline rush associated to the lack of colon there :)

Godo luck with the 'surprise' :Ds

11:45 PM  
Blogger ricky said...

fine! but there was a reason behind the colon i tell you! :)

10:14 PM  
Blogger msingh said...

Let me guess - project gurmukhi is really 2 projects in one, and each dot of the colon represents one of the projects....

On the other hand it could represent miri and piri..

Waheguru

10:41 AM  
Blogger ricky said...

ummm no! :)
it was supposed to read in the following manner:

PROJECT (emphasis on project) drumroll! DUM DUM DUM DUM GURMUKHI!!!! :)))

Project: Gurmukhi comprises of a lot of subprojects such as a dictionary, online library (actualy library where you can check books out on honor system donated by people who support this project, games, punjabi folk tales, and a surprise here and there :))

the library project is actually the newest addition to project gurmukhi. (inspired by your posts msingh ji on your blog) since it actually involves matter(scientific term).

the problem will be shipping...unless i can find someone cheap to scan all the books in punjab.

don't know...still in it's infancy stage.

A whole lot is depending on how my trip to punjab goes.

1:07 PM  
Blogger على محمد said...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تقدم شركة المثالى بروكر افضل خدمات التنظيف بالمنطقه الشرقيه

شركة تنظيف كنب بالاحساء
شركة تنظيف كنب بالجبيل
شركة تنظيف كنب بالدمام
شركة تنظيف كنب بالخبر
شركة تنظيف موكيت بالخبر
شركة تنظيف بالدمام
شركة تنظيف بالخبر
شركة تنظيف بالجبيل
شركة تنظيف بالاحساء
شركة تنظيف بالقطيف

1:18 PM  
Blogger menna said...

سما الخليج
شركة تنظيف موكيت في عجمان
شركة تنظيف كنب في عجمان
شركة تنظيف فلل في عجمان
شركة تنظيف في عجمان

4:34 PM  
Blogger Mai said...

المتميز
شركات تنظيف منازل فى العين
شركة تنظيف شقق فى العين
خدمات العين

12:23 PM  
Blogger menna said...

القمة
شركة تنظيف مطابخ وإزالة الدهون في راس الخيمة
شركة تنظيف فلل براس الخيمة
شركة تلميع وجلي رخام في راس الخيمة
شركة مكافحة حشرات راس الخيمة
شركة مكافحة الرمة راس الخيمة
مكافحة الفئران راس الخيمة
شركة مكافحة الصراصير راس الخيمة

4:55 PM  
Blogger deraz said...

خدمات الشارقة – قمر الامارات
شركة تنظيف منازل فى الشارقة
شركات تنظيف المنازل فى الشارقة

4:25 PM  

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