VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
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<DIV>Nation building and science .................. August 2011</DIV>
<DIV>Click - <A href="http://india.gov.in/myindia/images/anthem.wmv" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://india.gov.in/myindia/images/anthem.wmv</A></DIV>
<DIV>Text in Devanagari script, hear India's national anthem.</DIV>
<DIV>..................................... a ......................................</DIV>
<DIV>Singing of anthem is not enough. We must build India.</DIV>
<DIV>There are many ways to do so.. One way is to spread</DIV>
<DIV>science at popular level... Science has applications in</DIV>
<DIV>food, clothes, houses, medicines and so on. Science</DIV>
<DIV>helps us to be analytical about social customs. Many</DIV>
<DIV>science-based networks like phones & railways, have</DIV>
<DIV>unified India. Even then, science needs popularization. </DIV>
<DIV>Many do that work.. Marathi Vidnyan Parishad (MVP)</DIV>
<DIV>is one of them. It uses mainly Marathi language. Visit</DIV>
<DIV>their web (<A href="http://www.mavipamumbai.org/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.mavipamumbai.org</A>) in Marathi, some</DIV>
<DIV>part in English.... Science lovers are requested to join</DIV>
<DIV>MVP in its activities and extend funding suport.. MVP</DIV>
<DIV>supports National Centre for Science Communicators.</DIV>
<DIV>(<A href="http://www.ncsc.in/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.ncsc.in</A>) gives NCSC info in English. For further</DIV>
<DIV>info of MVP, pl contact (<A href="http://in.mc1132.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mavipa.mumbai@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank>mavipa.mumbai@gmail.com</A>).</DIV>
<DIV>Some MVP publications are also available in e-format </DIV>
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<DIV>Visit (<A href="http://www.mngogate.com/e06.htm" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.mngogate.com/e06.htm</A>) in English... List</DIV>
<DIV>of 43 annual sammelans (conventions) is given. Later,</DIV>
<DIV>44 was at Nagpur, presided by A. Kalam... 45 was at</DIV>
<DIV>Bordi, presided by Anil Kakodkar. 46 is planned on 3,</DIV>
<DIV>4 Nov 2011 at Pune.... Aditi Pant will preside.. To get</DIV>
<DIV>Marathi info on 46, pl email <A href="http://in.mc1132.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mavipa.pune@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank>mavipa.pune@gmail.com</A></DIV>
<DIV>after 1 September 2011. English summary, if needed. </DIV>
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<DIV>MVP and MVP Pune Vibhag needs financial support</DIV>
<DIV>(souvenir advertisement) (donations.... MVP has 80G</DIV>
<DIV>tax certificate, which give some tax benefit to donors).</DIV>
<DIV>Inform MVP (at above emails).. They will do follow up</DIV>
<DIV>.............................................................................. </DIV>
<DIV>- M N Gogate, a Founder, past President of MVP with</DIV>
<DIV>website (<A href="http://www.mngogate.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.mngogate.com</A>)... Marathi anecdotes in</DIV>
<DIV>6 sammelans <A href="http://www.mngogate.com/m17.pdf" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.mngogate.com/m17.pdf</A> Circulate.</DIV>
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