Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Hindi Hamari Rashtrabhasha...

I just couldn't help being amused when I saw the hindi translations of nearly everything..around this particular campus..

Here are a few gems..
  • Taran taal

  • Chhatraanivaas Shashtham

  • Vyakhyaan Bhavan

  • Sankaay Bhavan

  • Paschimi Prayogshalayein(there are uttari ,dakshini and poorvi prayogshaalayein too!!)

  • Haankey evam handball kreeda sthal

  • Sanganak vigyan evam abhiyantriki vibhag

All of you guys can take a guess at the english versions and post them...and person having the most number of correct answers will be declared the winner by me...!!

12 comments:

the_Skipper said...

Taran taal - Swimming pool

Chhatraanivaas Shashtham - something to do with gir's hostel

Vyakhyaan Bhavan - lecture hall(?!)

Sankaay Bhavan- .....

Paschimi Prayogshalayein(there are uttari ,dakshini and poorvi prayogshaalayein too!!) - all the labs

Haankey evam handball kreeda sthal- haha haankey!! well, this one's hockey and handball play ground

Sanganak vigyan evam abhiyantriki vibhag - something to do with science and astronomy?

the_Skipper said...

This one was fun!
You'd be surprised to know that in Pune all the places like Mc donalds, Pizza hut, La Maridian even, have a Marathi and Hindi translation of their names displayed on the marquee.

How many did I get right?

S said...

ok...man u are GOOD...sankay bhavan is "Faculty Building"..
And the sanganak thingie is
Computer science and engineering Department...
Good going...:)

S said...

Gawwd..I can't believe it..A Marathi and Hindi translation of McDonald's..the founder wud turn into his grave..if he is dead else he wud go into the grave ..the shock of it all...!!lol

the_Skipper said...

:) i knew "taran taal" 'cause thats what my swimmin place is call too.
rest i figured out..

Saanjh said...

sankaay bhavan...shudve been sanki bhavan with u immortalised in stone in its foyer !!

sanganak vigyan evam abhiyantriki is apna pyaar computer science and engineering.

queer place really !!

S said...

not that queer also..
from today the tech fest starts here..I am planning to go for a tech talk by ankint Fadia (the hacking Guru) and to check out the Roboshow by team from NUS S'pore
aren't u jealous mu dah'lin dusk..??

Saanjh said...

nah...not da least bit!! good for ya

the_Skipper said...

how's th fest going?

the_Skipper said...

U've changed colours!?

S said...

ya..just got bored..though I don't like these ones very much..

Rahul Khare said...

Actually... hindi rocks!!
It can be much simpler, bt our ppl dnt wnt it to be so.
Ever tried reading the hindi side of bank/ post office forms? chakkar khaa ke gir jaaogi! who the hell can ever fill it in tht form... it can be made simple n tht might jst help the ppl n the language as well.