VITASTA ANNUAL NUMBER

Volume XXXIV (2000-2001)

The Publication of Kashmir Sabha, Calcutta

"Cultural Heritage of India - Kashmiri Pandit Contribution"

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Dedicated to :

The mother tongue of Kashmiri Pandits in exile
and to those who have contributed to development and growth of Kashmiri Language
and towards its preservation as a mother tongue.

Theme : Mother Tongue of Kashmiri Pandits in Exile Origin, Advances, Threats & Thrusts.

Editor : (English Section) : Dr. B. K. Moza
Editor : (Hindi/Kashmiri Section) : Smt. Niva Kaul

Table of Contents

Preface - Dr. B. K. Moza  From The President - Udainath Kaul Section I : The Origin Some Important Aspects of Kashmiri as a Language - Prof. S. K. Toshakhani Linguistic Sociology of Ancient Kashmir - Prof. T. N. Ganjoo Kashmiri - P. N. K. Bamzai  The Dying Linguistic Heritage of the Kashmiris: The Melting Pot Generation - Prof. Braj B. Kachru Kashmiri Language and its Dialects - Prof. Omkar N. Koul Origin of Kashmiri Language: A New View Point - Arjan Dev Majboor The Sharada Script: Origin and Development - Prof. B. K. Kaul Deambi Kashmiri Language: An Encyclopaedic Overview - Dr. B. K. Moza Section II : Development & Advances Kashmiri Literature - Prof. Suniti Kr. Chatterjee Requisites of Kashmirology - Prof. P. N. Pushp We Owe it to Our Language - T. N. Dhar 'Kundan' An Outline of the Growth of Various Forms in Kashmiri Literature - Prof. Mohiud-Din Hajini Pearls of Mystic Poetry in Kashmiri - Opinder Ambardar Growth of Opera in Kashmir - Dina Nath Nadim Buddhist Themes in Kashmiri Literature - Moti Lal Saqi The Kashmiri Alphabet - Prof. J. L. Kaul Stimulating the Use of Kashmiri in Cyber Times - Bharat Wakhlu & Dr. Omkar N. Wakhlu Kashmiri Pandits in Cyberspace: Kashmiri Language Script and its Standardisation - Sunil Fotedar A List of Kashmiri Journals from J&K - Arjan Dev Majboor Section III : Emerging Threats Preserving Our Identity: Role of the Mother Tongue - A. N. Kaul (Sahib) Why Kashmiri ? Is the Enthusiam Misplaced (Let Us Self Analyse) - Dr. R. L. Shant How to Meet the Threat of Extinction - V. N. Drabu Importance of Language and Culture for Survival as a Kashmiri Community - Dr. Roop Krishen Bhat Kashmiri Diaspora: Remarks on Linguistico-Cultural Erosion - Dr. Raj Nath Bhat Kashmiri Language, Kashmiris and New Millennium - Dr. Soomnath Raina Koshur and Our Identity - Dr. B. N. Sharga Decline in Koshur Nagri - Pushkar Nath Dhar Poems from : "Waves" - Arjan Dev Majboor Poems from : "Of Gods, Men & Militants" - Dr. K. L. Chowdhury The Splendour of Mahishasurmardini - Mrs. Kiran Dhar Section IV : Emergent Thrusts From Mother-Tongue to Motherland - J.L. Manwati Plea for the Retention of Mother Tongue, Kashmiri - Dr. K. L. Chowdhury Kashmiri Pandits and Their Mother Tongue - Dwarka Nath Munshi Kashmiri Pandits and Kashmiri Language - Manmohan Dhar Kashmiri Language and Our Cultural Health - P. L. Zutshi Adoption and Recognition of Devnagri as an Alternative Script for Kashmiri Language - Vikalpa  Some Reflections on Kashmiri Pandit Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Global Civilization - Prof. S. Bhatt The Kashmiri Language Class at Kashmir Bhavan, Kolkata Sunita Mulla &  Jolly - Mohan Kaul Towards Preserving our Mother TongueA.I.K.S., A Potential Thrust - Dr. B. K. Moza

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