tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post3646432476353962546..comments2023-10-24T20:47:13.885+05:30Comments on The Spaniard In The Works: Aditya Sinha on India Today's plagiarismSpace Barhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-19912052741573744692010-10-30T21:00:32.252+05:302010-10-30T21:00:32.252+05:30I have a lot of trouble remembering which variant ...I have a lot of trouble remembering which variant spelling of a western name a particular person uses: Adrian/Adrien, Ford/Forde, Clare/Claire. Guess that makes me a typical ignorant eastie.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544406500208399638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-61548652430447024872010-10-25T21:10:50.503+05:302010-10-25T21:10:50.503+05:30I think I'll send Aditya Sinha a mash note.I think I'll send Aditya Sinha a mash note.Niranjana (Brown Paper)http://niranjana.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-74856387189048601672010-10-25T05:38:21.887+05:302010-10-25T05:38:21.887+05:30km: sheesh. Changed it, thanks. And re other langu...km: sheesh. Changed it, thanks. And re other languages, plagiarism, etc - no idea! fairly sure it must exist though.<br /><br />Rahul: I couldn't, for the longest while, figure that it was for the "Rajinikanth' part. I kept reading the whole sentence for some weirdness in construction and so on.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-11175186020762225592010-10-25T04:13:20.578+05:302010-10-25T04:13:20.578+05:30BTW, you called the Express a "mailstream new...BTW, you called the Express a "mailstream newspaper" in the last graf. Actually sounds cool :)kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-78820754983569968232010-10-24T12:48:29.296+05:302010-10-24T12:48:29.296+05:30km - a Sanskrit purist would of course say "R...km - a Sanskrit purist would of course say "Rajini" is wrong. But so is "Rajni", as A Sinha writes it. It should be "Rajani". Only a Hindi-speaker would think "Rajni" is correct (it is still written "Rajani" in Hindi, but Hindi-speakers swallow their vowels). Hence my comment.<br /><br />Meanwhile, a quick check would have told Sinha that "Rajini" is the actor's favoured spelling. No doubt it comes from a transliteration of the Hindi "Rajni" into Tamil, followed by its transliteration back into English.<br /><br />I find the "(sic)" unnecessary a lot of the time -- it only says "see I'm smarter than you, I'm pointing out your mistake". And here it's not a mistake.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-35118186165811898382010-10-23T21:17:00.732+05:302010-10-23T21:17:00.732+05:30Typical ignorant northie.
Well, whaddaya know. I ...<i>Typical ignorant northie.</i><br /><br />Well, whaddaya know. I too spelled it the wrong way till I read the Hendrix article :) Somehow "Rajini" just doesn't sound right to the mind's ear.kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-33959823531049903912010-10-23T21:12:48.099+05:302010-10-23T21:12:48.099+05:30From the article:
....most of the 3,000-odd “let...From the article: <br /><br /><i>....most of the 3,000-odd “letters” that have appeared with his signature over the years have been written by staffers.</i><br /><br />"Most" of them? Stay classy, Aroon Purie! <br /><br />BTW, do you or any of your blog's readers know about the plagiarism problem in non-English language newspapers and magazines in India? (And are there any eagle-eyed bloggers watching them?)<br /><br />//Oh, and will editors and journos please retire the cliches "media mogul" and "media tycoon"?kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-37323823913622416462010-10-23T15:42:41.777+05:302010-10-23T15:42:41.777+05:30Why the 'sic' after Rajinikanth? Hendrix g...Why the 'sic' after Rajinikanth? Hendrix gets it right, Sinha gets it wrong. Typical ignorant northie.<br /><br />That apart, nice hard-hitting article. Good for him.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.com