Dear Nabhaji (I think it is equally nice name as Nalini) As what I remember we had both Boru and Tak in childhood. According to my memory Boru is made up of a reed grass/ bamboo whis is hollow, thin.It used to one internode ( as per present scientific knowlege) long. It had the slanting tip which had to be dipped in ink (Royal ink/ Camlin ink, if you remember) and then to be writen on the paper. The tip used to get warn off and we used to sharpen it. Tak was a solid rod of wood, on the tip of which use to be fitted a mtalic Nib, which was dipped in ink and written on paper. For this we used to carry ink bottles to shool and many a times spill it on uniforms, those days we never had Surf Exell. As per my undersanding Kalam is a urdu word which is used for pen like object with which we write. I donot knw seperate wors for Boru and Tak in Urdu or Hindi. As for slate we also used to have real slates which we use to shine(Ghota0 with the coal. Every sunday was that programme. On this we use to write with pencil of some cabonate. Nice memories Madhuri --- On Wed, 12/1/11, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Na Bha <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60175] Fruits & Vegetables Week: Rumex dentatus, To: "Gurcharan Singh" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 12 January, 2011, 10:40 PM Thanks, perhaps Boru is also made of cane. Yes, it had oblique cut etc.etc. Does Kalam squeak? Can anyone from Maharashtra explain Boru? Regards Nalini ----- Original Message ----- From: Gurcharan Singh To: Na Bha Cc: efloraofindia Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60136] Fruits & Vegetables Week: Rumex dentatus, Nabha ji The kalam I am talking about is usually made of cane (Arundo donax in Kashmir; Saccharum spp. in warm climate), oblique cut at one end with split tip like we have in ink pen. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: Very interesting information Prof. Singh ji. I used a real slate. I wish i had made my own slate the way you have described. My grandfather told us about Dhulpati. The used to spread dust over a plate and write in that. The wooden pen (kalam ) you are writing about, is a wooden pen? My father used to use Boru, which is made from Bamboo. But kalam ist different is it? I don't have a boru here with me and can't post a foto of it. But i have the squeak sound of it in my ears. Regards Nalini ----- Original Message ----- From: Gurcharan Singh To: Nidhan Singh Cc: tanay bose ; efloraofindia Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60136] Fruits & Vegetables Week: Rumex dentatus, Since there has been a lot of discussion in another thread about the use of Alstonia scholaris wood for making slates for school children (hence the name scholaris), those who must have used wooden slates (Takhti) must be knowing that there are two ways of doing this: 1. First ways is to smear the surface of slate with a suspension of white clay, allow it to dry and then wright with normal ink using wooden pen (kalam)........black/blue black on white. 2. Second way includes moving slate over a flame of oil lamp in such a way that it gets covered with soot. The next step is to rub the fresh leaves of Rumex so that the soot sticks firmly on the slate, and then rub back of inkpot on the slate to give it a shine (ghota). This black slate is then written on using the suspension of white clay.........white on black -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, It becomes a nuisance when it comes along with wheat. You might be aware that this is troublesome weed in wheat harvesting areas of our region. I actually didn't know about it being used as a vegetable. Thanks for the info. Regards, -- Dr. Nidhan Singh Department of Botany I.B. (PG) College Panipat-132103 Haryana Ph.: 09416371227 -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
