Telugu Badi Revitalised as Akshara Jyothi

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'Telugu badi – Akshara Jyothi @ Hoppers Crossing is being re-launched at Hoppers Crossing on 18/08/2013 between 3pm – 5pm @ Mossfiel Primary School. TAAI has identified 6 teachers and a co-ordinator for a smooth functionality of the school regularly. TAAI has collected the curriculum which will be implemented successfully. TAAI will also be unveiling its Akshara Jyothi logo on the day. We encourage as many parents as possible from West to spread the word to the aspirant students, who are interested in learning the great Telugu language.' - Telugu Association of Australia (TAAI)

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A Collection of Telugu Proverbs

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A Collection of Telugu Saamethalu (Proverbs)

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3rd World Telugu Writers’ Conference -20th-22nd September 2013

"It gives us a great pleasure to take an opportunity to invite all the lovers and admirers of Telugu Language and Culture to the 3rd World Telugu Writers’ Conference on the occasion of the celebrations of the “The Year of Flourish of Telugu Language and Culture.”


On 20th, 21st and 22nd (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) of September 2013, the Conference is going to be held in Sri Seshasai Kalyana Mandapam, M.G. Road, Vijayawada". - Source

Source- http://drgvpurnachand.blogspot.com

Good Opportunity to Young Writers:

1. In connection with the conference we are going to publish a special edition (collection) of the stories, verses, essays and songs and cartoons of young writers with the title MANA YUVATHA (Our Youth).For favour of publication in the said book, we invite young writers to come forward with their contributions. The contributions should be related to literature, social aspects and research. The best of them will be published in MANA YUVATHA. The writers are requested to send their articles before 15th August 2013.
2. We aim at the selection of young talented writers who can lead society constructively with their modern concepts.
3. There will be seminars and group discussions to give a comprehensive understanding to young writers on the various literary trends and social aspects.
4. “An exhibition of mini poems will be a special attraction of the conference. Mini poems (starting from 1970), Nanilu (Very short poems),, Rekkalu(Wings) and some other short
forms of Telugu poetry. Those wish to send their poems have to send before 15th August, 2013.
5. There will be Kavi Sammelanalu(Poetry reciting)for young writers exclusively.
6. Those young writers who wish to participatein kavi sammelanams have to send their names before 15th August 2013.Book Exhibition, Exhibition of Telugu Velugulu, Exhibition on History of Telugu People,Folk Art Exhbition, Cultural Programmes, Felicitationto Eminent Personalities and Release of Books etc.- - Source

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'C. P. Brown, the Savior of Telugu Culture during British Rule'

C. P. Brown (Charles Philip Brown, Telugu: చార్లెస్ ఫిలిప్ బ్రౌన్) (November 10, 1798 – December 12, 1884) was a Telugu writer and an Englishman by descent. He worked as an official in Cuddapah and Rajahmundry during the British rule in India. Native Telugu people call him Brown Dora (Telugu: బ్రౌన్ దొర), which means Lord Brown in English.

Telugu literature was in a dormant phase and declined in 18th century because of various social and political reasons, including lack of creative Telugu poets, prevailing illiteracy and decline of empires, like Vijayanagara Empire, who were patrons of the literature. Brown being an official in the region collected the works, printed them and saved some of the heritage of the Telugu language. In his own words, "Telugu literature was dying out; the flame was flickering in the socket in 1825, I found Telugu literature dead. In 30 years I raised it to life". Source -Wikipedia

    

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Telugu is 2,400 Years Old

"The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has joined the Andhra Pradesh Official Languages Commission to say that early forms of the Telugu language and its script indeed existed 2,400 years ago.

D. Jithendra Das, Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Hyderabad Circle, cited three inscriptions discovered at Bhattiprolu in Guntur district that contained several Telugu roots or words, as “indisputable evidence” in support of the finding. All these inscriptions date back to 400 B.C. He showed magnified pictures of these inscriptions as also charts relating to evolution of Telugu letters since Mauryan times to journalists here on Wednesday. An English translation of one inscription reads: “Gift of the slab by venerable Midikilayakha.”

Dr. Das and A.B.K. Prasad, Official Languages Commission Chairman, explained that Midikilayakha might be an independent Andhra king at that time. Bhattiprolu indicated, without an iota of doubt, the existence of Telugu words even a century before Emperor Ashoka (300 BC). Asked if the ASI would testify its findings before the Union government to secure classical language status to Telugu, Dr. Das said he would do so if asked by the Centre and “not on our own.”

Telugu language was found more refined in the inscriptions found at Kantamnenivarigudem, Guntupalli in West Godavari district, and Gummadidurru and Ghantasala in Krishna district." -Source - The Hindu

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Telugu Third Most Searched Indian Language on Google

"HYDERABAD: Telugu films, known for their larger than life portrayals, have now become the driving force for the language's popularity in the virtual space.

A comparison of search volumes of major Indian regional languages on Google Trends from 2004 onwards shows that worldwide search for Telugu comes third, only behind Hindi and Tamil, with a bulk of searches emanating from India. But in the US, home to the largest Indian population outside India, searches for Telugu and Tamil are nearly equal in volume. Over the nine-year period from 2004 the search volumes show an increase for the three languages. 'Trends' shows how often a search term is entered in Google Search." -Times of India, July 7. 2013

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Telugu Bhasha Dinostavam -Telugu language day celebrated on August 29

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Telugu ‘bhasha dinostavam' (language day) is celebrated on August 29 to coincide with the birth anniversary of Gidugu Vengata Ramamurthy, who championed the cause of modern Telugu language. Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy Pantulu was a Telugu writer who was known for his stance in spreading the Telugu language in his time.

"The Telugu Language Day coincides with the Birth anniversary of Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy Pantulu. Gidugu like Guruzada Appa Rao and others, advocated the use of spoken Telugu so that the majority of the people could understand it instead of the language that was used by earlier poets and scholars. Previously scholars advocated a language of status which was the bookish language of scholars and poets like Srinatha, Tikkana and Potana, and they looked down upon the colloquial spoken dialect which they considered inferior to the language of the scholars and pundits. But this bookish language was more sanskritized and, as such, could not be understood by the lay people." - Source

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Telugu Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley

"The strategic vision behind the Telugu Initiative is to create a world-class center for the study of Telugu language and culture at the University of California, Berkeley. The ambition is to create an environment in which research and teaching in Telugu can be performed at a level comparable to the level currently enjoyed by Sanskrit and Tamil at UC Berkeley.

University of California, Berkeley is ideally situated to accomplish this mission because it is already a recognized center of excellence in several Indian languages as well as a leading institute for research in linguistics. Indeed, Dr. Murray B. Emeneau, who did pioneering work on South Indian languages, was a Professor of Sanskrit and General Linguistics at Berkeley. His magnum opus, the Dravidian Etymological Dictionary, is a standard unsurpassed so far. To realize this vision we have to create an environment where students from all over the world can learn Telugu and do research on Telugu.


We project that we will need a corpus of $5 million to achieve this goal and we intend to do this gradually, in steps, over a period of time. We already reached our first fund-raising goal of $300,000 and this enabled us to hire a temporary lecturer and launch the program with 12 students. Our next goal is to create a $1.0 million corpus, make the lecturer position permanent and campaign to increase the enrollment by leveraging advances in Information Technology to extend the reach of Berkeley-based lessons. The next step is to develop collaborative ties with universities in Andhra Pradesh so there is a flow of students and faculty between Berkeley and Andhra Pradesh. This can be achieved via the university’s Education Abroad programs as well as student and faculty exchanges facilitated by opportunities like the Fulbright Scholar Program. Up to this point emphasis will also be placed on developing instructional materials to teach Telugu as a second language and learning environments like immersive programs. The final phase will be the creation of a $5 million corpus to support a tenure track professorial position so that scholars can rally around this professor to conduct research on matters related to Telugu language and culture and to help put Telugu on the world map."

Source - Friends of Telugu 

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Telugu Sametalu (Proverbs)

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[Tam Kulim] Telugu Class Activities

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Telegu Kindies In The Offing

The Malay Mail, 6th Feb 2012 -reported that the MIC is mulling over setting up Telugu-based kindergartens to spruce up the language, the article was published on 

"MIC deputy president Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam (pic) said a grant amounting to RM350,000 to conduct Telugu kindergartens and language classes was being mulled over by MIC.

“I want the Telugus to know the MIC is not only a party for the Tamils but for the whole Indian community, which includes the Telugus, Malayalees and Punjabis,” he said.

"The pre-schools, the association said, would be able to nurture Telugu speaking and writing skills among Telugu children while they were young. A large majority of Telugus in the country have little or no literary knowledge of the language, which originated from Andhra Pradesh in India."

"The association’s president, Dr Achaiah Kumar Rao, had also demanded official representation for the Telugu community within MIC ranks."

“A representative for our community should be among the MIC leaders. We are done waiting on the sidelines for our demands to be fulfilled,” said Achaiah. TAM has been increasingly vocal in being heard."

Source - The  Malay Mail

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