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pakhibagai

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    Agree completely. The Government of India, State Government of Tamil Nadu and Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha are actually institutional members of the Unicode consortium which makes d…

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    During Nasscom Product Conclave this year someone mentioned that more than 60% of WhatsApp messages are in local language (Phonetic or Native typing mode).

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    Not quite - Swalekh is a local language + English keypad app with native and phonetic modes. You can type a Kannada word in English and have it translated to Kannada script. It als…

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    "With very low per capita income in India I think language issue is secondary" Flip that around for a while. If the language issue was made primary, you could literally speak any l…

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    Granted that India has structural issues. Which country doesn't? A good look at the American presidential election 2016 tells us all.

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    Yes, the Unilevers and the P&Gs of the world did a great job at understanding India and customizing their products. (And then Baba Ramdev came along with Patanjali!) Incidentally w…

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    "I've always felt having so many languages has hurt India more." - why? Many languages are dying in India and that's just sad - every language lost erodes identities, stories, and …

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    And then there is a 3rd category of companies: Startups that do well and get complacent post funding. Case in point: Furlenco On supermarkets only 1 player seems to get it right as…

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