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Ramesh Dvedi हम प्रवासियों पर फ़ाकिर का अंदाज-ए-बयां, बस क्या कहने ! कौन कहता है कि ग़ज़लें तो बस मेहदी हसन, गुलाम अली व जगजीत-चित्र सिंह की ही सुनने में अच्छी लगती हैं. ग़ज़ल, नज़्म-ओ-मौसीक़ी की वो उम्दा विधा है, जो पहले उसे अपनी आवाज़ देनेवाले को ज़िंदाबाद करती है. फिर अक्सरहां सामईन (श्रोताओं) के दिलोदिमाग को इस कदर ङिांझोड़ती है कि वह मुकम्मल ग़ज़ल की हर कड़ी को तलाशने लगता है. ग़ज़ल के समंदर में जब गोता लगाया, तो ये जाना-समझा कि असल में ग़ज़ल गाकर कोई मशहूर नहीं होता, बल्कि ग़ज़ल उसे गानेवाले को मशहूर कर देती है. ये हक़ीकत तभी से पुख्ता है, जब शायर सुदर्शन फ़ाकिर की इस ग़ज़ल को राजेंद्र मेहता व नीना मेहता की युगल आवाज़ में सुना. और गांव-जवार की सौंधी माटी से मजबूरन दूर होने की कसक से तड़प उठा. एक प्यारा-सा गांव, जिसमें पीपल की छांव छांव में आशियां था, एक छोटा मकां था छोड़ कर गांव को, उस घनी छांव को शहर के हो गये हैं, भीड़ में खो गये हैं वो नदी का किनारा, जिसपे बचपन गुज़ारा वो लड़कपन दिवाना, रोज़ पनघट पे जाना फिर जब आयी जवानी, बन गये हम कहानी छोड़ कर गांव को, उस उस घनी छांव को श...

७५० ईसा पूर्व - संस्कृत का वैदिक संस्कृत के बाद का क्रमबद्ध विकास । ५०० ईसा पूर्व - बौद्ध तथा जैन की भाषा प्राकृत का विकास (पूर्वी भारत) । ४०० ईसा पूर्व - पाणिनि ने संस्कृत व्याकरण लिखा (पश्चिमी भारत) । वैदिक संस्कृत से पाणिनि की काव्य संस्कृत का मानकीकरण । संस्कृत का उद्गम ३२२ ईसा पूर्व - मौर्यों द्वारा ब्राह्मी लिपि का विकास। २५० ईसा पूर्व - आदि संस्कृत का विकास। (आदि संस्कृत ने धीरे धीरे १०० ईसा पूर्व तक प्राकति का स्थान लिया ।) ३२० ए. डी. (ईसवी)- गुप्त या सिद्ध मात्रिका लिपि का विकास । अपभ्रंश तथा आदि-हिन्दी का विकास ४०० - कालीदास ने " विक्रमोर्वशीयम् " अपभ्रंश में लिखी। ५५० - वल्लभी के दर्शन में अपभ्रंश का प्रयोग। ७६९ - सिद्ध सरहपद (जिन्हें हिन्दी का पहला कवि मानते हैं) ने "दोहाकोश" लिखी। ७७९ - उदयोतन सुरी कि "कुवलयमल" में अपभ्रंश का प्रयोग। ८०० - संस्कृत में बहुत सी रचनायें लिखी गईं। ९९३ - देवसेन की "शवकचर" (शायद हिन्दी की पहली पुस्तक)। ११०० - आधुनिक देवनागरी लिपि का प्रथम स्वरूप। ११४५-१२२९ - हेमचंद्राचार्य ने अ...

by Mark Nichol Whether you are conducting a journalistic Q&A session or preparing an oral history, it’s important to prepare carefully for an interview. Here are some guidelines to help you succeed with the interview session. 1. Be Straightforward When you contact an interview subject, state your objective clearly and honestly. The nature of the interview you conduct should be the nature of the interview you described to the subject. Diversions from the stated agenda may upset the subject and undermine the interview. However, do not provide your questions to the subject in advance; tell him or her that any questions you prepare ahead of time are only part of the interview. 2. Choose an Interview-Friendly Location The interview subject’s home or office is generally better than a public location such as a coffee shop, with fewer unfamiliar distractions. A subject in the comfort of his or her own environment will provide you with better material, and you can make light...

by Mark Nichol People read online for the same reasons that they read print documents: to obtain information or knowledge, to complete forms and applications, or to be entertained. The key difference, however, between habits of print readers and online readers is that online readers are more likely than print readers to be researching, not reading. Here are some recommendations for producing successful websites. Consider these study results: Four out of five people scan online content rather than read word by word. On a typical Web page, readers read only about one-fifth of the content. The more words on a Web page, the lower the percentage of words readers are likely to read. Readers tend to read closer to one-half of online content when a Web page’s text is limited to about one hundred words. Most of these figures date back to the late 1990s, when fewer people went online, Web design and architecture was less sophisticated, and much of the content was functional (now, man...

by Allen Palmer on July 22, 2010 in Hero's Journey , Screenwriting tips Over the last quarter century I’ve stumbled and lurched my way to some understanding of the screenwriter’s craft. As our AFTRS Graduate Certificate of Screenwriting students begin their journey, I thought I’d share the 10 things I wish I’d know when I started out. Why people go to the movies It’s not about the plot The one screenwriting book you’ll ever need The 27-word concept test The 4 basic questions of storytelling The secret to character is contradiction Don’t keep your idea a secret Why sometimes the best way to write is not to write Get a day job but not just any day job Choose a producer like you’d choose a spouse 1. Why people go to the movies If you’re making films to be viewed by the cinema-going public, it would seem pretty obvious that you should seek to understand why people go the movies, wouldn’t it? Not to me. I scratched around for about 6 years and had already written several ve...

A motley group of women writers in Bollywood give their male counterparts a tip or two on the new rules of scriptwriting. What's common between Agneepath, Vicky Donor and Shanghai ? Other than the fact that they released this year and had strong male characters, all three were written by female screenwriters. Given the longstanding tradition of employing male writers who took care of the story, dialogues and lyrics, it's a pleasant shift from the usual track for Bollywood. Interestingly, however, none of the emerging ladies are prepared to point a finger at the industry. They'd rather welcome the change. Urmi Juvekar : After coming up with a heralded script like Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , Urmi Juvekar went a step ahead and created Shanghai (both directed by Dibakar...

Orson Wells, great American filmmaker, once said, The writer should have the first and the last word in filmmaking. Unfortunately in Bollywood today, the opposite holds good. Writing has gradually taken a backseat to other aspects of filmmaking. With the exception of Salim-Javed duo, most Indians would be hard-pressed to remember the names of screenwriters who were behind the success of many blockbusters. It is not that Hindi cinema has dearth of talent but due recognition to writers has been lacking lately. Bollywood needs to revive the idealism of the past when producers put their full faith in the screenwriters and gave them the honor they deserved for giving them a hit film. Bollywood can boast of writers who appealed and reached out to different sections of society, minds that explored something we had not heard before, s...