Talk:India/Archive 1

message: This page could be reduced slightly (only slightly) be cutting a paragraph or two off the history section and summarizing the culture section into a length that does not need subheadings. Any info contained here should be at Culture of India too. This page is supposed to summarize that one. --Jiang 00:29, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summarizing 

message: According to the official Indian website http://indiaimage.nic.in/languages.htm
There are around 18 languages recognized by the Indian Constitution.
So where does this come from:
Hindi, in the Devanagari script, is the national language; 21 other official languages are recognised in Schedule 8 of the Constitution.
Ok, I got it. http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/coifiles/Schedules.htm the Eighth Schedule lists 18 languages. In order:
 Languages
   1.     Assamese.
   2.     Bengali.
   3.     Gujarati.
   4.     Hindi.
   5.     Kannada.
   6.     Kashmiri.
   7.     Konkani.
   8.     Malayalam.
   9.     Manipuri.
  10.     Marathi.
  11.     Nepali.
  12.     Oriya.
  13.     Punjabi.
  14.     Sanskrit.
  15.     Sindhi.
  16.     Tamil.
  17.     Telugu.
  18.     Urdu.
--Ankur 15:46, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Languages recognized by the Indian Constitution

message: Please discuss any changes and additions in the talk page before adding. The page is already reaching 32 KB and any info added should be something indispensable. KRS 14:40, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The person who is adding on to the society section, let's discuss here before adding. Rhetoric or specific individuals are unsuitable here- for eg...everyone follows Gandhi's non violence, reviewing globalisation under Manmohan Singh, etc., Society evolves over a period of time and individual agency is not the sole determining factor.KRS 14:44, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion before adding 

message: With regards the theory that there was no aryan invasion in early India. Is there any external link to such a theory where I can read more about it? ¶ nichalp 19:12, Jul 8, 2004 (UTC)
: * http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/ancient/aryan/aryan_frawley.html is quite POV, but an interesting read nonetheless.
: * http://www.sulekha.com/expressions/columnsbyrating.asp has a bunch of articles by Rajiv Malhotra that might be relevant. Ambarish | Talk 19:36, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early India 

message: Just a request. The history section is now a skeleton of its former self and not providing a context for India makes the whole page incomplete. Could someone/ whoever is responsible please flesh it out either restoring parts of the earlier matter or rewriting it shorter?(Am refraining myself because am currently indisposed and can't get into edit wars or heated discussions) KRS 16:57, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe I am telling something that may be obvious- actually too much cutting down has occurred and with lots of editors,many anonymous, the thread has been lost and the transformation in my opinion does not seem to be for the better. KRS 17:09, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  adding to History section 

message: At the bottom of the page, 6 categories are mentioned. However while sifting through the page code, 5 are mentioned, the 'States and terr. of India' being the redundant one. Any ideas on how this phantom category exists? ¶ nichalp | Talk 20:33, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)
:I believe the phantom category appears because of the  template, which contains :Category:States and territories of India. older ≠ wiser 23:09, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories 

message: The "See also: [whatever]" is wrong syntax. It should be "See also": [whatever]. Ref: Boilerplate text#See also. Similarly with [Main article:] ¶ ɳȉčḩåḽṗ | ✉ 19:27, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)
:the entire "main article" line should be italicized, as is done for all country articles. --Jiang 19:33, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  See also syntax