Preface
This is the
fourth volume of the Information Digest issued under
the Project ZAAN, a joint programme of the Lalla-Ded
Educational and Welfare Trust and the Kashmiri
Pandits’ Association, Mumbai. Publication of this
Volume, which was originally slated for the year
2002, got delayed due to unavoidable circumstances.
Project ZAAN
has come a long way since March 2000, when first
volume of the Digest was published. Apart from
releasing second volume in January 2001 and third
volume (Basic Reader for Kashmiri Language) in March
2001, an exclusive website for the Project (ikashmir.net/zaan)
was created, with the help of Shri Sunil Fotedar of
Texas, USA. This site carries all the literature
published under the Project and is being regularly
updated. The contents have also been made available
in the PDF f.mp3at, for easy downloading. Recently,
the following data has been added:
1) Question
Bank: Question on different topics, taken from
the Information Digests, along with their answers
have been given. The site will be updated as we go
on publishing further volumes of the Digest. This
will provide a complete data bank to those
contestants, both children and elders, who intend to
take part in the Competitive Events held every year,
under the Project Zaan.
2) Peculiar
Words & Phrases: Peculiar Kashmiri words and
phrases, which we often use in our
'what-is-left-of-the-language', mostly without
knowing their exact meaning, have been explained.
3) Crossword
Puzzles: Puzzles for the children published
regularly in Milchar, have been consolidated here,
for benefit of our youngsters.
Project ZAAN
can be a great success, only with the help and
cooperation of the members of the Biradari,
particularly the elders. We hope that they
themselves take keen interest in the programme, and
encourage and enthuse their young ones to do so. We,
as an ethnic community, inherit a sacred duty to
preserve our language, our culture and our
traditions, which are fast perishing, and propagate
their values to our youngsters. Project ZAAN is a
step in this direction.
M. K. Raina
Convener, Project ZAAN
Digest
compilers:
J.
N. Kachroo,
J.
L. Manwati,
P.
N. Wali,
M.
K. Raina &
Vijaya
Bhan
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