ಕನà³à²¨à²¡ – first Kannada test post with Unicode font
Quick Links – thanks to HP…
A list of Kannada websites:
http://tinyurl.com/3zx4w
Kannada wikipedia:
http://kn.wikipedia.org/
Kannada Computing List:
http://sharma-home.net/mailman/listinfo/kannada
Enabling Kannada on your Desktop:
http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kannada_Support
ಪಾತಾಂಜಲಿಯವರ ಸೂತà³à²°à²—ಳಲà³à²²à²¿ ಇಲà³à²²à²¦à²¿à²°à³à²µà³ ಕೆಲವೠಆಸನಗಳೠಈ ಕಡಲ ಕೋಳಿ ವà³à²¯à²•à³à²¤à²ªà²¡à²¿à²¸à³à²¤à³à²¤à²¿à²¦à³à²¦à²‚ಗಿದೆ… 😉 A penguin looks like it demonstrates some aasanas that Patanjali might’ve missed out in his sutras 😉 (I’m not sure, haven’t read it completely myself) ಪà³à²°à²¾à²°à²‚ಬದಲà³à²²à²¿ ಗಂಬೀರà³à²µà²¾à²—ಿ ನಿಂತà³à²•à³Šà²³à²¿…
A year or so ago, one of my uncles (not much in touch with him, mother’s cousin) had expired. My mother and me visited his family – there were a lot more people than I expected standing both outside and inside the house. In a room inside, where the body was placed, some elderly gentleman…
DSC01449 Originally uploaded by Prashanth Reddy. There was a folk dance festival in Bangalore and though I missed the event, I’m glad I didn’t miss these brilliant photos by Prashanth Reddy (thanks to Veena for this link! 🙂 )
[post contains kannada] This was a real gem on sampada… at first I had a [totally baseless] assumption that the interview might be about politics or something (and boring)… (The writeup says: “ಸಿರಿಸಂಪಿಗೆಯ ಕವಿ ಚಂದà³à²°à²¶à³‡à²–ರ ಕಂಬಾರರನà³à²¨à³ ಕನà³à²¨à²¡à²¿à²—ರಿಗೆ ಪರಿಚಯಿಸà³à²µ ಅಗತà³à²¯à²µà²¿à²²à³à²².” – ಆದರೆ ನನà³à²¨à²‚ತ ಮà³à² à³à² ಾಲà³à²°à³‚ ಇರà³à²¤à³à²¤à²¾à²°à³† ಸà³à²µà²¾à²®à²¿ – ನನಗೆ ಗೊತà³à²¤à²¿à²°à³à²²à²¿à²²à³à²²… 😳 ) …but anyway… the podcasted interview…
Hope the unicode font’s are visible, basically its a list of links for some wikis in Indian languages. Most of you might be familiar with wikis already – they’re a revolutionary open source project that provides free encyclopedias that anyone can contribute to. ಕನà³à²¨à²¡(kannada) संसà¥à¤•à¥ƒà¤¤ (Sanskrit) – हिनà¥à¤¦à¥€ (Hindi) – தமிழ௠(Tamil) – ગà«àªœàª°àª¾àª¤à«€ (Gujarathi)…
An Extinct Language After digging up some archeological ruins, some strange scripts [shown in the figures] were discovered. In an unrelated discovery, playback of some tapes recovered from old FM radio stations showed that words from a strange language used occasionally. After further research, scientists could map the ancient script to this language. Scientists then…
For lazy people like me, can the links be rendered clickable?? and also the fonts – not able to read them? any ideas?
Thats because a lazier fellow wrote the post… but since wordpress allows URL linking quite easily, I managed to easily make them clickable. Check out the last link (wiki page) for Kannada font support.