(Generically, the word hartal means "strike" in most North Indian languages).
The startup has launched its site in two of the most spoken Indian languages — Hindi and Tamil — and it plans to add several others over next few months.
Some Hindi, Bengali or Malayalam novels do outsell most Indian English-language novels, but in literary heft, the scope of subjects and what it aspires to transmit, the Indian English novel has the strut of national literature.
One of India's largest non-English-language newspapers in terms of circulation, Ananda Bazar Patrika was founded in 1922 and is something of a rarity among newspapers in Indian languages, most of which do not attain circulations of more than a few thousand.
The honorific "Baba" means "father; grandfather; old man; sir" in most Indian and Middle Eastern languages.
Such is the fate of most of the North American Indian languages, and Irish, Welsh, and Scots Gaelic may ultimately survive only as learned second languages, preserved as cultural focuses for their communities.
Unlike, say, the Guardian, most Indian papers are profitable.English-language papers, which attract richer readers, charge the most for ad space.
Most of the works reported on Indian languages are on straight text-line documents.
