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 <nidhansingh...@gmail.com> 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/
