Voices

Contents: Preface. I. India: 1. My Marathi/Anuradha Malshe. 2. Folk Dance culture of Tamilnadu/Lata Ramachandran. 3. Begnali poetry beyond Tagore/Sujata Mukherjee. 4. Hindi language: past to the present/Dharmesh Mishra. 5. Kannda literature: a temporal view/Aparna Hawaldar. 6. Telugu the language known as Italian of the east/Madhavi Garikaparthy. II. Asia: 7. History of Japanese literature/Anagha Malshe. 8. The transformation of Malay literary writings during colonial rule: from the collective to the individual perspective/Paula Pannu. III. Europe: 9. Basque culture/Amaia Zurutuza. 10. A linguistic overview of Swedish language/Eberhard Gade. 11. A short German literature history until 1900/Aberhard Gade. 12. Roots/Anuradha Malshe. IV. Africa: 13. Utilizing indigenous languages in development: the case of Ruhaya in Kageria Tanzania/Fraterline Khashaga. 14. Afrikaans/Kevin Greenbank. V. Computers and internet: 15. The internets global language/Pantelis Bellis. 16. Computer mediated communication and the use of youth and gender language in chat context: a critical approach on msn chat cases in Greece/Pantelis Bellis and Vasiliki Nanou. VI. Inclusion: 17. Communication and disability/Judy McKenzie. Index.

Language, in itself is a fascinating entity that gives expression to culture. Language imparts meanings to emotions and lends a voice to its populace. As times progress, language evolves, meandering on changing socio-political context and imbibing the colours of history. The process of evolution is captivating because it involves people and also their spectacular and sometimes quite mundane lives. The process of evolution talks about wars, epics, sages, political upheavals legends, anecdotes, on-dits, love triangles and tribulations, separations and unions, of babies and mothers and always people.