Talk:Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

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--ppm 02:35, 6 September 2006 (UTC)Since Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the only entry in Bengali:novelists, I have moved him to Bengali:writers. --UB 08:53, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

I believe this article is no longer a stub, and therefore will be removing the stub notices Sdsouza 21:35, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Devanagari transliteration

Why do we have the devanagari transliteration here? What is the significance? Sarvagnya 17:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Once again, why do we need the nagari transliteration here? Did Bankim write literature in any language that uses nagari? Did he write bengali literature using nagari? Was his mother tongue a language that normally uses nagari for its script? Anything else? Please specify. I dont see any need for the nagari transliteration. Sarvagnya 22:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. I don't see any reason to include Devnagari script in this article. Bankim was a Bengali poet/novelist, and didn't use Hindi or other languages at all. So, I don't see any justification of writing his name in Devnagari script. Thanks. --Ragib 22:19, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Devanagari can mean Sanskrit too. Which means Devanagri should probably stay as nearly every source for Vande Mataram calls it Sadhubhasa or Sanskrit [1], [2], [3], [4], [5].Bakaman _Bakatalk 22:37, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

His book Anandamath was also written in sanskritized form[6].Bakaman _Bakatalk 22:40, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Ahem, that's not true. The poem is, not the novel. The novel was written in Bengali. I don't understand your previous comment. We are talking about this biography article here, right? --Ragib 23:33, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

First of all, "Sanskritized Bengali" is not Sanskrit. Second of all, Chattopadhyay was a Bengali who wrote in Bengali during the Bengali Renaissance. He did not write his stories in Devanagari and his name is not natively written in Devanagari, so I don't see why his name needs to be written in Devanagari.

Readers who come across Devanagari in every article they read about India will get the impression that Devanagari is a pan-Indian script used in all regions regardless of whether one is Bengali, Gujarati, Kannarese, etc. This is of course false, and in fact would probably disturb readers who do know about India and its history and culture. We need to embrace the fact that India is a great country composed of regions with distinct languages and scripts and cultures - we should not try to make the nation seem so monolithic and homogeneous by plastering Devanagari everywhere. Devanagari is appropriate for many languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, etc., but not others like Bengali. I say we stick to that language that is relevant to this particular man, a Bengali who wrote in Bengali in a time known for Bengali literature. --SameerKhan 00:12, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

What has Anandamath or Vande mataram have to do with the name of the guy? It should be transliterated in Bengali only--ppm 21:55, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Another 2 cents from my side. I dont know what this 'Sanskritised' business is all about. Loosely, almost every single indian language(including the 4 major southern languages) have been influenced by sanskrit. They have been influenced in various ways(words/vocab, grammar, script, literature) and varying degrees, but influenced nevertheless.

So does that mean we start prefixing the name of every language with 'Sanskritised'?

Sanskrit words specifically have found their way into all languages in the form of tatsamas and tatbhavas. Doesnt mean the languages mutate into sanskrit. English despite borrowing heavily from possibly every other lang in the world is still English. We dont hear about Latinised English, Greco-English, Sanskritised English etc.,. ----Sarvagnya 22:06, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah much of this discussion was totally out there, people trying to define the Bangla language for Bengalis. Since when is Shadhubhasha Sanskrit?--ppm 02:35, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the Devnagari script. This is a Bengali author, who wrote extensively in Bengali (and some in English), known for his role in Bengali literature, and so on. He didn't write his novels in Sanskrit. Whether he knew it or not isn't an issue here. --Ragib 22:11, 5 September 2006 (UTC)