Word splitting & hyphenation conventions in roman transliteration

[Narayan S. Raja]

On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Christopher Fernandez wrote:

>   Not only that. Roman script transcends linguistic and religious
>   boundary markers in India. It is common to the world and india.

So is bread.


>   Those who control 90% of resources use Roman script anyway
>   in economic transactions. They educate their kids that way too.

They also eat a lot more bread
than the chappati- or idli-eating
Indian hoi polloi.


>   Only advantage in retaining Indic scripts is in the imposition
>   of outdated imperialisms on nonwilling states/peoples and
>   and in impeding interstate and international trade/communications.

Yup.  We should all give up
our idlis and eat bread.
Fortified with iron and
essential minerals, easy
to mass-produce and store
unlike idlis, it is simply
the most efficient way to
eliminate malnutrition in India.
Eating idlis is outdated imperialism.

Thanks, Chris, for that insight.


Raja.