query: what is the bengali name of peepal tree

pos: Ficus religiosa Ficus religiosa Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina that belongs to "Moraceae", the fig or mulberry family. It is also known as the bodhi tree, pippala tree, peepul tree, peepal tree or ashwattha tree (in India and Nepal). The sacred fig is considered to have a religious significance in three major religions that originated on the Indian subcontinent, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. It is the type of tree that Gautama Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment under, and Hindu and Jain ascetics also consider the tree to be

pos: Nadipinayakanahalli also one among the reason why the people don't dare enough to discuss the issues on temple affairs. Lack of village responsibility had taken both valuable time and fame. This village also ill-famous for dirty caste politics and factionalism ideology, JDS and Congress are the two major parties which lock their horns during elections. A big peepal tree( Arali mara, Ragi mara, ashwattha tree) is located on the right side of the entrance of the village where people would gather on regularly to discuss news, financial matters, politics, agriculture marketing, etc. It is also popular as casual village meetings held

pos: Sarasvati River that "the symbolism of the Veda betrays itself to the greatest clearness in the figure of the goddess Sarasvati...She is, plainly and clearly, the goddess of the World, the goddess of a divine inspiration...". In post-Rigvedic literature, the disappearance of the Sarasvati is mentioned. Also the origin of the Sarasvati is identified as Plaksa Prasravana (Peepal tree or Ashwattha tree as known in India and Nepal). In a supplementary chapter of the Vajasaneyi-Samhita of the Yajurveda (34.11), Sarasvati is mentioned in a context apparently meaning the Sindhu: "Five rivers flowing on their way speed onward to Sarasvati, but then become

neg: Peepal Tree Press the UK. The focus of Peepal Tree Press is "on what George Lamming calls the Caribbean nation, wherever it is in the world", though it is also concerned with Black British writing. The press is based in Leeds in Yorkshire, part of the growing, independent publishing sector outside London. The head office is based at 17 King’s Avenue, in Burley, "a rundown, multicultural part of Leeds". Peepal Tree Press has published, in various forms, such writers as Anthony Kellman, Emmy Award-winner Kwame Dawes, his father Neville Dawes, Aldeburgh Poetry Prize-winner and Forward Poetry Prize-nominee Christian Campbell, Christine Craig, Opal Palmer

neg: Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press, based in England, publishes Caribbean, Black British and South Asian fiction, poetry and academic books. Peepal Tree is a wholly independent company, founded in 1985, and now publishes around 30-40 books a year. Peepal Tree Press has published over 250 titles, and states a commitment to keeping them in print on their website. The list features new writers and established voices. In 2009 the press launched the Caribbean Modern Classics Series, which restores to print important books from the 1950s and 1960s. Peepal Tree Press is part-funded by Arts Council England and was included

neg: Peepal Tree Press Adisa, Angela Barry, Ishion Hutchinson, Dorothea Smartt, Alecia McKenzie, Courttia Newland, Jackie Kay, Jan Shinebourne and Kamau Brathwaite. In November 2017, Peepal Tree Press was awarded the Clarissa Luard Award for Independent Publishers, with plans announced to use the £10,000 prize money for a fortnightly podcast project. Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press, based in England, publishes Caribbean, Black British and South Asian fiction, poetry and academic books. Peepal Tree is a wholly independent company, founded in 1985, and now publishes around 30-40 books a year. Peepal Tree Press has published over 250 titles, and states a commitment to keeping

neg: View from Mount Diablo Tree website. "View from Mount Diablo" was first published by Peepal Tree Press in 2003 (). "View from Mount Diablo: An annotated edition", edited by John Lennard, was published simultaneously in paperback by Peepal Tree , and digitally by Humanities-Ebooks , in 2009. ( [paperback ed.]; [digital ed.]) View from Mount Diablo View from Mount Diablo is a verse novel by Ralph Thompson (b. 1928), which won the Jamaican National Literary Award in manuscript in 2001, and was published by Peepal Tree Press in 2003. An annotated edition with a number of small textual corrections appeared in both material and

neg: Under the Peepal Tree Under the Peepal Tree Under the Peepal Tree (UTPT) is the annual quiz fest organized by RV QuizCorp, the quiz club of RVCE, Bangalore. The year 2018 will witness the 20th edition of this famed quizzing festival after the tremendous response to the previous edition which saw a footfall of more than 2500. UTPT began in the year 1998 in Bangalore and as a brainchild of Avinash Mudaliar and Gopal Srinivasan, two of India's most renowned quiz masters. UTPT is indeed Asia’s Largest Quiz fest, for the fact that 7 unique quiz events are held each and every year over

neg: Under the Peepal Tree also to inculcate in them the ability to think differently. RVCE is the only institution in the country to have sent three teams to the prestigious BBC University Challenge Quiz hosted by Siddharth Basu on BBC World. A team consisting of final year students was invited for an exhibition round to kick off the inaugural season of the BBC University Challenge where they were pitted against Glasgow University, U.K. Two pre-final year teams have made it to the televised rounds in the inaugural (2003) and the second season (2004). Under the Peepal Tree Under the Peepal Tree (UTPT) is the

neg: Peepal Tree Press in their 2011 National Portfolio. Peepal Tree Press is recognised also for Inscribe and Young Inscribe, a writer development project which supports emerging writers of African and Asian descent in the Yorkshire region, which has included writers such as Khadijah Ibrahiim, Seni Seneviratne and Rommi Smith, who has been Writer-in-Residence for the Houses of Parliament, the BBC during the Commonwealth Games, BBC Music Live, the British Council at California State University in Los Angeles, and Keats House. Peepal Tree Press is a partner in the SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished fiction written by Black and Asian women resident in

neg: Damodar Mauzo Unch Mathem 2003 Damodar Mauzo's works have been translated into various languages. The novel"Karmelin " is translated into twelve languages, Assamese, Bengali, Maithili, Nepali, Gujarati, Marathi, Sindhi, Punjabi, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English and published by Sahitya Akademi. The novel" Tsunami Simon " is translated into English and published by Ponytale Books. "These Are My Children " a collection of short stories is translated into English and published by Katha Publications. "Teresa's Man and other stories from Goa" is published by Rupa Publications while "Rumadful" translated as"Mirage" is published by Under the Peepal Tree, an imprint of Publishing Next. The

neg: Cyril Dabydeen Affairs subcommittees) and PEN International. His op-ed essays have appeared in the "Globe and Mail", "The Toronto Star", "The Ottawa Citizen", and the "Washington Times Review". Some of Cyril Dabydeen's titles in the field of poetry are: "God's Spider" (Peepal Tree Press, UK); "Unanimous Night" (Black Moss Press); "Uncharted Heart", Poems (Borealis Press, Ottawa); "Imaginary Origins: New and Selected Poems" (Peepal Tree Press, UK); "Hemipshere of Love" (TSAR Publications, Toronto); "Discussing Columbus" (Peepal Tree Press); "Stoning the Wind" (TSAR); "Born in Amazonia" (Mosaic Press, Ontario); and "Coastland: New and Selected Poems" (Mosaic Press). His novels include: "Drums of My Flesh"

neg: Cyril Dabydeen (TSAR), "Dark Swirl" (Peepal Tree), "The Wizard Swami" (Peepal Tree) and "Sometimes Hard"/young adult(Longman, UK). Dabydeen's main short story collections include: "My Undiscovered Country" (Mosaic Press, Ontario), "My Multi-Ethnic Friends and Other Stories"(Guernica Editions, Toronto), "Short Stories of Cyril Dabydeen" (Guyana Classics Series/Caribbean Press), "Play a Song Somebody: New and Selected Stories" (Mosaic Press); "Black Jesus and Other Stories" (TSAR); "Berbice Crossing" (Peepal Tree); "My Brahmin Days" (TSAR); "North of the Equator" (Beach Holme/Dundurn), and "Jogging in Havana" (Mosaic Press). He edited four anthologies: "Another Way to Dance: Asian-Canadian Poetry" (Williams-Wallace); "Another Way to Dance: Contemporary Asian Poetry in Canada

neg: Charkhi Dadri Kath Mandi, Pahwa Chowk and Ladhan Paana, are also found in great numbers. Saini live in majority in Saini Pura, Jhajjar Ghati, Bir Bhairvi earlier known as "Gwadiwala Johar founded by late Nathu Ram Saini under the Peepal tree, age of peepal tree is more than 100 years and now alive and Brahmin who lives majorly in the concentrated pockets of old city called "Chotti Bazari" and places around "Anaj mandi". Nevertheless, the city is a perfect melange with people from other diverse castes and communities as well." There are some historic places in the city which include "Shyamesar Johar"

neg: Under the Peepal Tree a course of 3 days and for the varied demographics it attracts. 6 of the 7 quizzes are for school and college students only, and the other is for all public (all students, corporates and others). UTPT is spread over 3 days consisting of 7 quizzes: Under the Peepal Tree 2018 was the 20th edition of the fest. Held between 23 and 25 March 2018, it also celebrated the 20th year of RV QuizCorp's founding, with a new fandom quiz added to the lineup. RV QuizCorp is the quiz club of RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, one of India's most

neg: SI Leeds Literary Prize course of their choice; and for Peepal Tree Press to consider their manuscript for publication. That is huge. And for the runner-up and the other shortlisted authors there is a combination of writer development support and manuscript assessment from The Literary Consultancy; and one-to-one professional development support from Peepal Tree Press. So the prize is an all round package to help writers develop not just reward them for their existing achievements." In the words of patron Carolyn Choa, "The prize endeavours to encourage those not born into the mainstream of British culture, and offers a possible course towards the rich,

neg: Thirumanangeeswarar Temple This place was once a forest filled with trees and shrubs with sweet-smelling flowers and was known as Suganda Vanam (Suganda-indicating sweet smelling, Vanam-forest). A rich man found his cow showering its milk into a shrub which was in the form of a Shivalingam and a snake consuming the milk and going inside. He covered this Swayambu Lingam (self-occurring) with an armour and started worshiping the Lord as Sungandavaneswaran. In due course the name changed to Thirumanangeesar, supposedly a Tamil name A Peepal tree arising from a mango tree. Many mangoes are still The Thirumanangeeswarar - Thiruvudai Amman Temple is

neg: Stanley Greaves 2008, at the Fayetteville Museum of Art, Moruca Gallery Washington, the University of Fayetteville and Claflin University in South Carolina, the OAS in Washington, and Castellani House in Guyana. Over the years his paintings have appeared on the cover of several books, mainly of poetry. His collection of poems "Horizons", published by Peepal Tree Press in 2002, won the Guyana Prize for Literature in the first book of poems category. His most recent collection is "The Poems Man" (Peepal Tree Press, 2009). He co-authored, with Anne Walmsley, "Art in the Caribbean: An Introduction", published in 2010 by New Beacon Books.

neg: Raman Mundair Studies, University of London. Mundair's first collection of poetry, "Lovers, Liars, Conjurers and Thieves", was published by Peepal Tree Press in 2003. Recent work includes commissioned poems for Ilkley Literature festival, Allegories of Power residency and Edinburgh University’s Writing the North project. Her book "A Choreographer's Cartography" was published by Peepal Tree Press in 2007 and is about the transcendence of boundaries and boundary crossing, ranging from migration to language. Mundair has taught and run workshops and also been poet in residence at various places ranging from Stockholm University, to the Shetland Islands. She has taught Creative Writing at postgraduate

neg: Harischandra Khemraj library during the years when books were almost impossible to obtain in Guyana. He wrote for some years but submitted nothing until completing the manuscript of "Cosmic Dance", passed on by Heinemann Caribbean to Peepal Tree Press on the grounds that it was too adult for their list. Peepal Tree published it in 1994. Cosmic Dance won the 1994 Guyana Prize for literature. Haris Khemraj has three adult daughters whom all attended universities in the United States. He currently lives in the US with Wife and family. Harischandra Khemraj Harischandra Khemraj is a writer from Guyana. He was born and

neg: Sam Selvon Selvon converted several of his novels and stories into radio scripts, broadcast by the BBC, which were collected in "Eldorado West One" (Peepal Tree Press, 1988) and "Highway in the Sun" (Peepal Tree Press, 1991). "The Lonely Londoners", like most of Selvon's later work, focuses on the migration of West Indians to Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, and tells, mostly in anecdotal form, the daily experience of settlers from Africa and the Caribbean. Selvon also illustrates the panoply of different subcultures that exist within London, as with any major city, due to class and racial boundaries. In many ways,

neg: Beryl Gilroy it reflects one of her professional concerns: the position of ethnic minority elders and her persistent emphasis on the drive for human freedom. "Boy Sandwich" (Heinemann) was published in 1989, followed by "Stedman and Joanna: A Love in Bondage" (Vantage, 1991), and a collection of poems, "Echoes and Voices" (Vantage, 1991). Then came "Sunlight and Sweet Water", "Gather the Faces", "In Praise of Love and Children" and "Inkle and Yarico" (all Peepal Tree, 1994). Her last novel, "The Green Grass Tango" (Peepal Tree) was published in 2001, sadly after Beryl Gilroy’s death in April of that year. Gilroy's early work

neg: Angry River climbs up the peepal tree but she forgets her doll, Mumta. The flood soon reaches the level of the peepal tree and she almost gives up hope when she sees a boy in a boat trying to rescue her. The boy rescues her and she forgets about Mumta. Once the two are out of danger, the boy introduces himself as Krishan. They ate mangoes that were on the boat. Never before did Sita eat mangoes that were as sweet as the ones Krishan had offered. Sita later comes to know that her grandmother had died and she returns to the

neg: Denis Williams the government of Guyana in 1973, and the Cacique Crown of Honour in 1989, the same year that he received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies. "Other Leopards" (1963; reprinted Peepal Tree Press, 2009) "Prehistoric Guyana" (2003) "Pages in Guyanese Prehistory" (1995) "Habitat and Culture in Ancient Guyana" (1984) "Contemporary Art in Guyana" (1976) "Guyana, Colonial Art to Revolutionary Art, 1966–1976" "Icon and Image: A Study of Sacred and Secular Forms of African Classical Art" (1974) "Giglioli in Guyana, 1922–1972" (1973) "Image and Idea in the Arts of Guyana" (1969) "The Third Temptation" (1968; Peepal Tree

neg: Gazi Pir of the Sundarbans jungles, Gazi Pir is worshiped alongside the Bonbibi and the Hindu Dakshin Rai, to ask for protection from tigers. According to the legends, Bonbibi taught that everyone is equal, no matter the caste or religion that one has, and that they should live in harmony with nature. Rani Rasmani, who created the Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Kolkata in 1847, saw Gazi Pir in a dream. In this dream he instructed her to construct a shrine for him under a peepal tree which is located outside what is now the riverside gate of Belur Math, which was built

neg: Devdaha into existence without human intervention, hence divine (Pali: "sayañjāto vā so daho, tasmā pi Devadaho") and the water of this holy pond was supplied in the Koliya Palace. The ancient Koliya Kingdom and present Devdaha received its name Devdaha from this very holy pond. According to the Buddhist text Dulva (Rockhill, p. 12), the city was founded by Sākiyans from Kapilavatthu, when they grew very numerous. The spot was pointed out by a deva, hence its name. Pakari Brikshya is peepal or weeping fig ("Ficus benjamina"). The evergreen tree has a trunk of about 82 ft. Circumference and height about

neg: Sri Madhukarnath with the Krishnamurti Foundation, he met his future wife Sunanda Sanadi, with whom he now has two grown-up children. He started his teaching phase some years after his Master died. He now heads the Satsang Foundation, which runs two schools in Andhra Pradesh: the Peepal Grove School and the Satsang Vidyalaya. The Peepal Grove School, which is a boarding school, was inaugurated by the former President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in 2006. Satsang Vidyalaya is a free school meant for children in the Madanapalle area where Sri M himself lives. He also writes in Speaking Tree, a spiritual forum

neg: Bodhi Day Bodhi Day Bodhi Day is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama (Shakyamuni), experienced enlightenment, also known as "bodhi" in Sanskrit and Pali. According to tradition, Siddhartha had recently forsaken years of extreme ascetic practices and resolved to sit under a peepal tree and simply meditate until he found the root of suffering, and how to liberate oneself from it. Traditions vary on what happened. Some say Siddhartha made a great vow to Nirvana and Earth to find the root of suffering, or die trying. In other traditions, while meditating he was harassed and

neg: Bodhi Tree Bodhi Tree The Bodhi Tree (Sanskrit: बोधि), also known as Bo (from Sinhalese: "Bo"), "peepal tree", or "arasa maram" (Tamil:அரசமரம்)(Devanagari: पीपल क पेड़), was a large and ancient sacred fig tree ("Ficus religiosa") located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, under which Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher who became known as the Buddha, is said to have attained enlightenment or "Bodhi". In religious iconography, the Bodhi Tree is recognizable by its heart-shaped leaves, which are usually prominently displayed. The term "Bodhi Tree" is also widely applied to existing trees, particularly the sacred fig ("Ficus religiosa") growing at the Mahabodhi Temple in

neg: Lakha Hakam is here. There are 250 families residing in the village out of them 200 families are of Jats. The biggest Jat gotra in the village is Bhambhu. The Bhanbhu have 70 families in the village. The other Jat gotras are Godara, Saharan and Dhayal. Lakha Hakam Lakha Hakam is a village in tehsil Raisinghnagar of Sri Ganganagar district in Rajasthan, India. It is situated near the border of India and Pakistan . This is a well-connected village. There is an ancient Peepal tree and a pond in the village. Lakha hakam, name comes from a Muslim family. Around 250 years

neg: Lakha Hakam Lakha Hakam Lakha Hakam is a village in tehsil Raisinghnagar of Sri Ganganagar district in Rajasthan, India. It is situated near the border of India and Pakistan . This is a well-connected village. There is an ancient Peepal tree and a pond in the village. Lakha hakam, name comes from a Muslim family. Around 250 years ago a morphine jaat son came here and take the land of lakha hakam and it's total calculated land was approximately 42000 BIGHHA on rend from King of bikaner riyasat maharaj. The man is the founder of this remote village. The oldest police station

neg: Vilwadrinatha Temple to have did his penance, is to the south of the fleet of steps on the west nada. The place got this name because there is a pit here with presence of Goddess Saraswati. There is a huge peepal tree here, and devotees write 'Om Harisree Ganapathaye Namah', the famous mantra chanted during Vidyarambham ceremony, and after that make models of many buildings arranging various stones, bricks, sand and clay. Ramanchira, a small pond, is situated near the entrance to the west nada. Devaswom rest house and cloak room are situated near them. There is no kodimaram (flagstaff) in this

neg: Aphanamixis polystachya Aphanamixis polystachya The Pithraj tree, (Aphanamixis polystachya), is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. It is native to India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. It is a widely used as a medicinal plant in Ayurveda. Bengali name of this tree is royna (রয়না). Another name of this tree is pithraj (পিথরাজ). Oil is not edible and can be used as biodiesel and lighting. The very fine wood is used for construction and ship-making. The tree is 20m tall. Leaves are compound, imparipinnate, alternate; oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate; base asymmetric; with entire margin. Flowers are polygamours and

neg: N. D. Williams from the short stories of "The Crying of Rainbirds" (1992), the novel, "The Silence of Islands" (1994), the two novellas "My Planet of Ras" and "What Happening There, Prash" in "Prash and Ras" (1997), to the short stories in "Julie Mango" (2003), all published by Peepal Tree Press, explore both an island and a diasporic experience. In 2002 Williams published his searching look at the teeming underclass of New York in his disturbing novel "Ah, Mikhail, O Fidel". Two other collection of short stories followed: "Colonial Cream" in January 2003 and "The Friendship of Shoes" (November 2005). N. D. Williams

neg: Balrampur district Stupas. These Stupas reflect the Buddhist tradition and boast of the history of the monasteries in Balrampur. Jeetavana monastery, one of the oldest monasteries in the country, is said to be one of the favorite sites of Gautam Buddha. It contains the 12th century inscriptions. There is also a sacred tree of Peepal nearby. It is said that the tree was grown from a sapling from the original Bodhi Tree at Bodh Gaya.Another site of religious importance in the city is Sravasti. It is said that Mahavira Jain, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, 'influenced' this place. It houses the Shwetambar

neg: Madayipara tree of this kind of ecosystem is seen in the southwestern part of the Plateau. The tree is locally called "Kallarayal" (Malayalam meaning - Peepal Tree of rocks). Other fig species such as "Ficus benghalensis, Ficus religiosa, Ficus racemosa, Ficus tinctoria, Ficus exasperata" and "Ficus hispida" also support large number of frugivorous birds and bats during their fruiting season. The small groves of "Ixora coccinea, Ziziphus oenoplia, Ziziphus rugosa" and thick clumps of "Calycopteris flouribunda" give refuge to a large number of small animals and birds in addition to providing nectar to butterflies and other insects during their flowering season.

neg: View from Mount Diablo The poem won the Jamaican National Literary Award in manuscript in 2001; the Award Committee that year was chaired by David Williams, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies–Mona, where the poem has subsequently been taught. Initial sales in Jamaica amounted to 300+ copies (average sale of a paperback being c.70). It was serialised in "The Gleaner" (Kingston) and published in paperback by Peepal Tree Press in 2003 to strongly positive and appreciative reviews; two such are reproduced in the second, annotated edition (2009), and half-a-dozen are linked through the Peepal

neg: Beryl Gilroy Later she worked as a multi-cultural researcher at the Institute of Education, University of London, and developed a pioneering practice in psychotherapy, working mainly with Black women and children. She was a co-founder in the early 1980s of the Camden Black Sisters group. She gained a PhD in counselling psychology from an American university in 1987 while working at the Institute of Education. Gilroy's creative writing began in childhood, as a teacher for children and then in the 1960s when she began writing what was later published by Peepal Tree Press as "In Praise of Love and Children". Between 1970

neg: Bengali novels The West-Pakistan ruling government tried to impose Urdu as the principal language on the Bengali people. But the whole society reacted strongly. This leaves a permanent impression on Bengali literature. In this tumultuous era, Syed Waliullah's "Lalsalu (Tree without roots)" (1948) was published. It was the foremost successful novel, both from art and reality points of view. Later Syed Waliullah translated it in English by the name "Tree Without Roots". Mahbub-ul Alam wrote "Mofijon", also published in 1948. In the first years of the Pakistan regime the authors mostly took village life as their theme, but they gradually diversified their

neg: Bodhi Tree planted the sapling in the ground in a nearby park. According to the Mahavamsa, branches from the Bodhi trees of all the Buddhas born during this kalpa were planted in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) on the spot where the sacred Bodhi tree stands today in Anurādhapura. The branch of Kakusandha's tree was brought by Rucānandā, Konagamana's by Kantakānandā (or Kanakadattā), and Kassapa's by Sudhammā. Prayer beads are made from the seeds of "Ficus religiosa", considered sacred because of the closeness to Buddha himself and his enlightenment. Bodhi Tree The Bodhi Tree (Sanskrit: बोधि), also known as Bo (from Sinhalese: "Bo"), "peepal

neg: Lakshmi Persaud of life. In October 1994, the "Trinidad Guardian" published the bestseller list for Caribbean books published abroad. "Sastra" was placed first on the list and "Butterfly in the Wind" was fifth. Following extensive visits to Guyana (the birthplace of her husband), she wrote "For the Love of My Name", published by Peepal Tree Press in 2000, a novel which moves far from the more familiar domestic Hindu territory of the earlier two novels. Though the fictional island of Maya draws heavily on the actuality of Guyana from the mid-1960s to the 1980s, it has resonances for states throughout the world

neg: Vilwadrinatha Temple Hindu gods below this plant. Outside the temple complex, on the eastern side, there is a huge peepal tree. It is a wonderful sight for the devotees, as there is no soil on that place, and still this tree grew up. That point of the hill is called 'Bhoothanmala', meaning 'the hill of the ghosts'. The way to the famous Punarjani cave starts from here. This cave is situated 2 km away from the main temple towards the south-east. This is believed to have been built by Vishwakarma, the divine architect, on request of Brihaspati. Humans can enter this cave

neg: Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson the poems written between 1952 and 1992, was published by Peepal Tree Press in 1993, with an introductory memoir by Mervyn Morris. Slade Hopkinson became a Muslim in 1964, changing his name to Abdhur Rahman Slade Hopkinson. By 1970 he was suffering from kidney failure and by 1973 was on regular dialysis, bringing to an end his acting career. He worked for the Jamaican Tourist Board for some years before moving to Canada as Vice-Consul for Guyana. Later he worked as a classroom assistant and teacher before taking long-term disability leave. Abdhur-Rahman Slade Hopkinson, by then suffering a cancer of

neg: Chelapur Village towns and cities like Noorpur, Dhampur. There is an old holy Peepal tree in the village commonly known as 'Dada Devta'. Nearby this holy tree a Shiv Temple is also present. This village is the birthplace of great leader late SH.Tikaram Singh Gurjar. His family still lives in the village and works for the welfare and development of the village. The people of village are aware of importance of education and send their children to nearby schools in town. Some of the villages near Chelapur are Gohawar, Askaripur, Abdullapur Dahana, Doondhli, Saidpur Mafi, Nangla and others. People of chelapur enthusiastically

neg: Mangal Dosha other out. However, Mars is not the only planet in Astrology that is supposed to affect the relationship and these effects should be seen in a broader perspective of overall astrological compatibility. There is a belief that the negative consequences for a single-manglik marriage can be resolved if the manglik first performs a ceremony called a "kumbh vivah", in which the manglik "marries" a banana tree, a peepal tree, or a silver or gold idol of the Hindu God Vishnu. The bad effects of Mangal Dosh can be reduced with the help of astrological remedies which would generally include the

neg: Tilokpur as a form of worship. Usually seven pradakshinas are done in the morning, while the Hindu practitioner chants "Vriksha Rajaya Namah", meaning "salutation to the king of trees." Outside the village's boundary stands a Peepal tree, which the local people call Brahma dev. Here, a mela (gathering) is organised on the day of Buddha Purnima every year. This sacred tree is said to be about 1,000 years old. Its trunk is about 10 feet in diameter, upon which the natural images of the Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh are clearly visible. The Brijbasi Nats – a landless community in Shahjahanpur district

neg: Nagaur Didwana have much greater greenery as compared to north-west part of the district. Khejri trees are commonly found in the district. Its leaves are used as fodder. It also gives gum. Apart from commercial value, this tree is considered holy. The tree also plays an important role in checking soil crosion. The other common species found in the district are babul, neem, shisham, peepal, rohira, kalsi, dhangood, akara etc. Rohira & shisham trees provide timber & is used for making furniture. Dhangood is generally used for making cots. A common shrub-phog provides building material from its roots & twings. Common

neg: Madayi the southwestern part of the Plateau. The tree is locally called "Kallarayal" (Malayalam meaning - Peepal Tree of rocks). Other fig species such as "Ficus benghalensis", "Ficus religiosa", "Ficus racemosa", "Ficus tinctoria", "Ficus exasperata" and "Ficus hispida" also support large number of frugivorous birds and bats during their fruiting season. The small groves of "Ixora coccinea", "Ziziphus oenoplia", "Ziziphus rugosa" and thick clumps of "Calycopteris flouribunda" give refuge to a large number of small animals and birds in addition to providing nectar to butterflies and other insects during their flowering season. The forest dwelling species of "Stereospermum colais" is one

neg: Khajuraha Saharsa guava, papaya are grown in Khajuraha, but mostly consumed by villagers only. In past, Khajuraha was famous in cultivating sugarcane and Jute. But we all know that Jute industry was heavily effected after partition and that effected Jute cultivation in Khajuraha also. Similar story was observed for Sugar production in Bihar. Ram Navmi, Holi, Durga Puja and Chhath are the main festival of Khajuraha. There is famous HANUMAAN STHAN in this village. There was an ancient Peepal tree situated there and every family of this village were big followers of that tree and it was believed that Lord Hanumaan is

neg: Pongamia Pongamia Pongamia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. Recently it has been proposed that the genus "Pongamia" be rejected in favor of the genus "Millettia", and many species have been reclassified. Due to recent interest in biofuels, Pongamia is often the generic name given for "Millettia pinnata", a tree being explored for producing biodiesel. "Pongamia pinnata" (L.) Pierre Arabic (um al shuur); Bengali (karanj,s[aa]m hoa,karanja); Burmese (thiuwia); Cantonese (honge); English (karum tree,Indian beech, pongam, poonga-oil-tree, oil tree, seashore mempari, pongam oil tree); Filipino (báni); French (arbre de pongolote); Hindi (karanja, kanji, karanj, papar); Indonesian (ki pahang laut,

neg: Jahan Kosha Cannon location, it rested on a carriage with wheels and was surrounded by the roots of a Peepal tree. The growth of the tree roots gradually lifted the gun four feet above the ground. The wheels of the gun carriage have disappeared, but the iron-work of the carriage and the trunions are still visible. The cannon is made of "ashtadhatu" or 8 metals, namely silver, gold, lead, copper, zinc, tin, iron and mercury. The cannon is more than 7 tons in weight. It is 17 feet and 6 inches in length and 3 feet in width. It has a girth of

neg: Peepal Farm on peacefully. Being the only place where large animals can recover in the area, since 2017 local administration regularly refers cases to Peepal Farm. Peepal Farm Peepal Farm is a not for profit, non-governmental organisation in Dhanotu village nearby Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, India. The group works for the improvement of life conditions of the stray animal population, especially cows and dogs and raising public awareness against animal cruelty. In the animal recovery center approximately 30 animals are in various stages of recovery at any given time. At Peepal Farm both traditional medicines like Ayurveda in addition to modern allopathy

neg: Peepal Farm Peepal Farm Peepal Farm is a not for profit, non-governmental organisation in Dhanotu village nearby Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, India. The group works for the improvement of life conditions of the stray animal population, especially cows and dogs and raising public awareness against animal cruelty. In the animal recovery center approximately 30 animals are in various stages of recovery at any given time. At Peepal Farm both traditional medicines like Ayurveda in addition to modern allopathy are used for treatment. The farm produces organic products. Volunteers organize art projects to spread awareness for kindness towards animals. Peepal Farm was started

neg: Black-hooded oriole a black hooded oriole and a Bengali name for the bird is "benebou" or merchant's wife while another name is "haldi pakhi" or turmeric bird. Black-hooded oriole The black-hooded oriole ("Oriolus xanthornus") is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds and is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. It is a bird of open woodland and cultivation. The nest is built in a tree, and contains two eggs. Its food is insects and fruit, especially figs, found in the tree canopies where they spend much of their time. The

neg: Bangadarshan "What is the purpose of "Bangadarshan"? Knowledge has to be filtered down.". But the magazine was far more than a mere dispenser of intellectual knowledge. It was the intoxicating mix of stories that readers waited with bated breath, particularly for the next serialization of a novel by Bankim. Besides the readership among Bengali intelligentsia, the magazine was also widely read among the Bengali-literate women. The first novel to be serialized here was the stunning "Vishabriksha" ("poison tree") on 1873. It was followed by "Indira" in the same year and "Yugalanguriya" in 1874. Indeed, nearly all of Bankim's subsequent novels were

neg: Millingtonia Millingtonia Millingtonia hortensis, tree jasmine or Indian cork tree, the sole species in the genus Millingtonia, is a tree native to South Asia & South East Asia. It is known as " Latak chandani, " & Buch in Marathi "Akash Mallige" in Kannada:ಆಕಾಶ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ, "Akash Malli" or "Mara Malli" in Tamil, "Kavuki" in Telugu, "Pip" in and "Mini Chameli and Akash" in Hindi "Katesam" in Malayalam, ଆକାଶ ମଲ୍ଲି, "Akasha Malli" in Odia and "Sitahaar" in Bengali . In the name "Millingtonia hortensis", "Millingtonia" is named for Sir Thomas Millington who was an inspiration to Carl Linnaeus the Younger who first

neg: Millingtonia for tobacco in cigarettes. Millingtonia Millingtonia hortensis, tree jasmine or Indian cork tree, the sole species in the genus Millingtonia, is a tree native to South Asia & South East Asia. It is known as " Latak chandani, " & Buch in Marathi "Akash Mallige" in Kannada:ಆಕಾಶ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ, "Akash Malli" or "Mara Malli" in Tamil, "Kavuki" in Telugu, "Pip" in and "Mini Chameli and Akash" in Hindi "Katesam" in Malayalam, ଆକାଶ ମଲ୍ଲି, "Akasha Malli" in Odia and "Sitahaar" in Bengali . In the name "Millingtonia hortensis", "Millingtonia" is named for Sir Thomas Millington who was an inspiration to Carl Linnaeus

neg: Gardenia latifolia Gardenia latifolia Gardenia latifolia, also called papra or Hindi:पापडा, Bengali: যোজনগন্ধা, Tamizh: "Kattu marikalam" or "Kumbai" is medium-sized to large, long-lived tree of family Rubiaceae. Its English common name is Indian Boxwood or Ceylon Boxwood. It is found in the forests of Madhya Pradesh in India, and has been widely cultivated elsewhere, to the point of naturalization, especially in Nigeria, West Africa where the tree is highly valued for both its fruit and shade. Indian boxwood is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, which often grows on other small plants, which it eventually kills, the way Figs do. Bark

neg: Aphanamixis polystachya show panicles inflorescence. Fruit is a single seeded pale-reddish subglobose capsule. Fruit shell contains triterpenes, aphanamixin. Bark contains tetranortriterpene, and aphanamixinin. Leaves contain diterpene, alcohol, aphanamixol and ß-sitosterol. Seeds yield a limonoid, rohitukin, polystachin and others, an alkaloid, a glycoside and a saponin. A chromone and three flavonoid glycosides have been reported from the roots. Aphanamixis polystachya The Pithraj tree, (Aphanamixis polystachya), is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. It is native to India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. It is a widely used as a medicinal plant in Ayurveda. Bengali name of this tree

neg: Brahmarakshasa by Brahmarakshasha. He was doing penance at famous Deo Sun Temple located at Aurangabad district of Bihar. Brahmarakshas was living in the Peepal tree under which Mayurbhatta was doing penance and creating the verses. It was repeating the verses pronounced by Mayurbhatta, disturbing him. In order to defeat him Mayurbhatta started to pronounce words through nose. Since Brahmarakshasas or other spirits do not have a nose it was defeated and left the tree, which immediately turned dry. After the spirit left Mayurbhatta could peacefully create the hundred verses in praise of Surya, which cured him of leprosy. Brahma-Rakshas were a

neg: John Siddique "Out of Bounds" (Bloodaxe) "RED" (Peepal Tree) "Life Lines – Poets for Oxfam" CD "I Am The Seed That Grew The Tree" (Nosy Crow/National Trust) Prizes, awards and honours Hawthornden Fellowship Royal Literary Fund Fellow – York St. John University 2013-15 Honorary Creative Writing Fellow at Leicester University Arts Council of England Writer’s Awards 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 Shortlisted for CPLE Poetry Award 2007 Nomination for Best First Collection - Forward Prize 2005 Nomination for Best Poem - Forward Prize 2004 Residencies Canterbury Poet Laureate 2016 Royal Literary Fund Fellow - York St. John 2013/15 & 2014/15 Manchester Literature Festival

neg: Subrata Vishnu listed in the Vishnu Sahasranama People bearing the name include : Subrata Subrata (Hindi: सुव्रत, Odia: ସୁବ୍ରତ Bengali: সুব্রত), also Subroto (Read and written as by Bengalis and Javanese) or Subrat (Read and Written as by Odias), is a common name in India, especially among Oriya and Bengali people and in Indonesia especially among Javanese and Sundanese people. The name is also somewhat common in Indonesia because many people there have Sanskrit derived names there as well (in Java, "Subroto" is more common due to Javanese spelling structure of changing 'a' into an 'o'. It means "devoted to what

neg: Plumeria was said at the time to resemble the odor of the recently discovered flowers. Many English speakers also simply use the generic name "plumeria". In Persian, the name is "yas" or "yasmin".In Bengali the name is "Kath Champa", in Hindi, "champa", in Gujarati "champo", in Marathi "chafa" (चाफा), in Telugu "deva ganneru" (divine nerium), in Meitei "khagi leihao". In Hawaii, the name is "melia", although common usage is still 'plumeria'. In Malayalam it is called "Arali (അരളി)". In Sri Lanka, it is referred to as "araliya" (අරලිය) and (in English) as the 'Temple Tree'. In Cantonese, it is known as

neg: Garalgachha Garalgachha Garalgachha is a census town and a gram panchayat in Chanditala II CD Block in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is located in Chanditala–II block in Srirampore subdivision and is served by Chanditala police station. There are three opinions about the name of Garalgachha. One of the popular opinions is 'Garal' means poison. Lord Shiva controlled poison by keeping at his throat. So He was called master of Garal (Garaladhipati). There is a tree ("gach" in Bengali) by the side of river Saraswati where the symbol of Lord Shiva exists, that tree was called

neg: Millettia peguensis Millettia peguensis Millettia peguensis, the Moulmein rosewood (Bengali: তূমা Tuma), is a legume tree species in the genus "Millettia". It is native to Lower Burma and Siam. This is a relatively rare tree as compared to Pongam ("Millettia pinnata") that is very similar looking, but more common in India. Pongam has white flowers while the Milletia flowers are bright pink. Pongam has more elongated tip to leaves, while those of "M. peguensis" are more oval. The plant is a food source for the "Jamides bochus" caterpillar. No medicinal or other uses are reported for this plant but the common name

neg: Julfa Mata Temple of devotees visit the temple. The temple is situated on the hills of Nangal – Hambewal road. The temple is around five kilometers away from the Nangal township. In early days there was no road to the temple. People used to go by foot. Now there is a road and people are able to take their vehicles there. Near the entrance of the temple, on the right hand side, there is a Shiva temple. There is a Peepal (Bo or Sacred Ficus) tree and devotees tie threads to that. The thread is known as moli. There is a belief that

neg: Gardenia latifolia obovate petals, about 1/2 as long as the tube. Stigma is club-shaped, thick, and fleshy, bipartite, segments bifid. Berry is even, nearly spherical, crowned with the whole limbs of the sepal. Flowering: April–July. Gardenia latifolia Gardenia latifolia, also called papra or Hindi:पापडा, Bengali: যোজনগন্ধা, Tamizh: "Kattu marikalam" or "Kumbai" is medium-sized to large, long-lived tree of family Rubiaceae. Its English common name is Indian Boxwood or Ceylon Boxwood. It is found in the forests of Madhya Pradesh in India, and has been widely cultivated elsewhere, to the point of naturalization, especially in Nigeria, West Africa where the tree is highly

neg: Gajanan Maharaj the place where the dhooni is burning. Also nearby the "dhooni" is the place where the devotees can see Maharaj's paduka (wooden sandals), temple of Vithoba and Rukmnini and the temple of Hanuman. There is a peepal tree just near the temple of Hanuman and it is said to have been in existence since the days of Shri Gajanan Maharaj. Shivshankar Patil is the head of the trust and well known in India for his administration and management of the temple, bhojan kaksha, engineering and management college, Anand Sagar project and many other institution run by the trust located at

neg: Baccaurea motleyana seeds. The pulp is sweet to acid in taste. They may be eaten raw or cooked or made into jam or wine. The tree is also used for shade and low-quality wood. The specific name is for James Motley who collected it in SW Borneo prior to his murder. Baccaurea motleyana Baccaurea motleyana is a species of fruit tree which grows wild in parts of Southeast Asia and is cultivated for its fruit in Bangladesh, Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. Its common names include rambai and rambi, and in Thai language mafai-farang. In the Bengali language the fruit is known as

neg: Cross Island solitary large Ficus (Peepal) tree. Cross Island Cross Island is an uninhabited island located in Mumbai harbour, India, between the coast at Dockyard Road, and Elephanta Island. The island is host to an oil refinery and several large gas holders. Cross Island, bearing the ruins of a fort is located about 400 m from Ferry Wharf on the east coast of Mumbai. The island is locally known as "Chinal Tekdi". It is sparsely inhabited by fisher folk although it seems to have no natural source of fresh water. At the base of the fort, some brick and mortar construction lies

neg: Parikrama stretch. Parikrama is done around sacred fire (Agni – the fire God), Tulsi plant (Ocimum tenuiflorum) and Peepal tree. Parikrama of Agni or Agni Pradakshina is a part of the Hindu marriage ceremony. Some of the Parikramas are Narmada River, Govardhan hill, Vrindavan, Vraj Mandala, Dwadash Madhav parikrama Tirthraj Prayag, Ayodhya, Girnar, Chitrakoot hill, Varanasi, Mathura, and Mathura-Vrindavan yugalabandi in Kartik ... Typically, Parikrama is done after the completion of traditional worship (puja) and after paying homage to the deity. Parikrama is supposed to be done with a meditative mood. Parikrama is also practiced in Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. In

neg: Sausar in all over India. Jam Sawali Hanuman Mandir is one the famous and oldest temple in India. In this hanuman temple, the idol is in a resting posture which is very rare form. It is believed that no one can visit this Hindu temple until he or she is called by the Lord Hanuman. Lord Hanuman here called as Bal Bramhachari.There are two main entry gates one for women and another for men in this temple. This Hindu temple is situated in a forest area. Lord Rama stands in role of Peepal tree and the Lord Hanuman sleeps on legs

neg: Jajuara populated village in Muzaffarpur district. The female to male ratio in the village was 904/1,000. The literacy rate in the city was about 60%, male literacy being 69% and female literacy being 50%. Since Yajuar is a part of Mithilanchal, Maithili is spoken by Maithils. Hindi is the second most common language. The culture is very traditional. All the major Indian festivals are celebrated here. There are many spiritual places in Yajuar. Badi pokhra where the God of the village Shri Dihbad Baba's temple is situated under the Peepal tree. Several other temples are also situated on the bank of

neg: Naromurar built inside the kachahari campus but that peepal tree can still be found reminding us about the zamindari era. Along with Naromurar there were nine more villages under the jurisdiction of this Kachahari and the villagers from all those villages had to report there in order to pay their taxes. Villages under the jurisdiction of Naromurar Kachahari - Naromurar is one of the 75 villages under the administrative region of warisaliganj block in Nawada district. Giriraj Singh is the Incumbent Member of Parliament from Nawada and Aruna Devi is the Member of legislative Assembly from Warisaliganj. Warisaliganj is one of

neg: Peepal Khoont Peepal Khoont Peepal Khoont mainly known as Pipalkhunt [पीपलखूंट] is a Tehsil Headquarter and Panchayat Samiti of the Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan state. It is a sub-division among the 5 sub-divisions of the Pratapgarh district. The main market is called Sadar Bajar. It is situated on National Highway 113. Pipalkhunt is a town located on the Banswara - Jaipur Expressway surrounded by the hills, plants and trees. The town is situated on the bank of the Mahi River. Pipalkhunt had been a sub tehsil of Ghatol Tehsil of Banswara district before it was declared as a sub division of Pratapgarh,

neg: Peepal Khoont the Ghatol (ST) assembly constituency. www.pratapgarhrajasthan.nic.in/ Peepal Khoont Peepal Khoont mainly known as Pipalkhunt [पीपलखूंट] is a Tehsil Headquarter and Panchayat Samiti of the Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan state. It is a sub-division among the 5 sub-divisions of the Pratapgarh district. The main market is called Sadar Bajar. It is situated on National Highway 113. Pipalkhunt is a town located on the Banswara - Jaipur Expressway surrounded by the hills, plants and trees. The town is situated on the bank of the Mahi River. Pipalkhunt had been a sub tehsil of Ghatol Tehsil of Banswara district before it was declared

neg: Vajreshwari Temple Moraba devi. The assembly hall has a bell, which devotees ring when entering the shrine and a marble lion, also believed to be the goddess' mount. A "Yajna kunda" (a structure in which a fire offering is done) is outside the assembly hall. Smaller shrines on the temple premises are dedicated to "Kapileshwar Mahadeva" (Shiva), Datta, Hanuman and saints of Giri Gosavi sect. A peepal tree in front of the Hanuman shrine has assumed a form of Ganesha and is worshipped as the deity. The samādhi (tomb) of the 17th century Giri Gosavi saint Godhadebuwa is further atop the Gautam

neg: Gajendragarh premises. But one would definitely be amazed at the story in which the significance of the destination lies. Just outside the temple exit is a small square water reservoir called AtharaGange. It is an evergreen water resource that constantly falls along the roots of Peepal tree into the pond all throughout the year. It is said to be flowing even in the peaks of summer season and has an unknown root. More amazing is the story attached to this destination that has taken a few lives too. These were the daring people who wanted to try to learn more about

neg: Chunar Fort Sandeva, a Nepali king, came here frequently to take baths in the Ganga River through this tunnel. The access is from the fort. A "bawdi" measuring diameter and of nearly depth contains perennial water, its source connection to the Ganga River. It is also mentioned that princess Sonwa used this well for her ablutions. There is also a square stone slab with shade provided by a peepal tree, where according to the local legend, God is seated for 9 hours during the day and the rest of 3 hours of the day shifts to Varanasi, and further mentions that during

neg: Subrata Subrata Subrata (Hindi: सुव्रत, Odia: ସୁବ୍ରତ Bengali: সুব্রত), also Subroto (Read and written as by Bengalis and Javanese) or Subrat (Read and Written as by Odias), is a common name in India, especially among Oriya and Bengali people and in Indonesia especially among Javanese and Sundanese people. The name is also somewhat common in Indonesia because many people there have Sanskrit derived names there as well (in Java, "Subroto" is more common due to Javanese spelling structure of changing 'a' into an 'o'. It means "devoted to what is right"). Subrata is one among the thousands names of the god

neg: Vilwadrinatha Temple should write Harisree beneath the peepal tree standing there. Finally, he/she should arrange some stones together, as a symbol of three acts - Bathing in the holy river Ganga, circumbulating the mountain and visiting almighty. Thus, a darshan is completed. Palpayasam, Udayasthamana Pooja, Sankhabhishekam, Sahasranamarchana, etc. are the main offerings for the main deities. Lord Hanuman's main offering is Avil (beatan rice). Mahaganapathy Homam is the main offering to Lord Ganapathi. Lord Ayyappa has Neerajanam & Neyyabhishekam as main offerings. The temple is situated around 50 km away from Thrissur city, the district headquarters, and 35 km away from Palakkad.

neg: Brian Meeks Brian Meeks Brian Meeks (born 1953) is a Caribbean poet and academic. Brian Meeks was born in 1953 in Montreal, Quebec, of West Indian parents, and grew up in Jamaica. His poetry has been published in several anthologies. His novel, "Paint the Town Red" (Peepal Tree Press, 2003), is an exploration of the turbulent years of the 1970s in Jamaica (the first Michael Manley administration) through the eyes of a young middle-class man. Meeks is Chair of the Africana Studies Department at Brown University. He taught political science at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, and was director

neg: Chandsar situated in the middle of the village. There is also a big pond near the temple. There are champak trees, mango trees, a few oleander trees and a big peepal tree around the pond. This part of our village presents a beautiful: it. The smell of flowers and mango buds combined with how attractive colour arrests everybody's attention. Our village has a fair weather connection with the main road. As it is a very small village, the government has taken no step to construct a bridge over the river. In spite of it our village is a developed one. There

neg: Raman Mundair Raman Mundair Raman Mundair is a British poet, writer, artist and playwright. She was born in Ludhiana, India and moved to live in the UK at the age of five. She is the author of two volumes of poetry, "A Choreographer's Cartography" and "Lovers, Liars, Conjurers and Thieves" – both published by Peepal Tree Press – and "The Algebra of Freedom" (a play) published by Aurora Metro Press. She edited "Incoming – Some Shetland Voices" – published by Shetland Heritage Publications. Mundair was educated at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and has performed readings of

neg: Under the Peepal Tree well known engineering colleges. RV QuizCorp had its humble beginnings about ten years ago when two enterprising quizzers Avinash Mudaliar and Gopal Srinivasan, decided that a stage for testing mental prowess was of order in RVCE. Buoyed by the signs of interest shown by the students and the encouragement of the then principal, Prof. M.R. Holla, quizzing in RVCE emerged to be more than a hobby – it became a culture. Ever since, the tiny seed of an idea has transformed into the dense foliage of intellect and profundity it now is. RV QuizCorp is among the most widely respected

neg: Marubai temple matunga Marubai temple matunga Known since 1700 AD, Matunga was a cluster of villages, which later on were brought under a single governing umbrella by the ruling British. The area was called Marubai Tekdi Gaon, which is said was shortened to MaTunGa (Matunga). Marubai is the traditional Gaondevi (village Goddess) of Matunga whose small temple existed under a peepal tree at King's Circle. The then British Government planned to develop Bombay (Mumbai). Under the provisions of the City of Bombay Improvement Act, 1898, certain lands situated within the Island of Bombay were required for public purpose namely the Matunga Road Scheme,

neg: Brian Meeks of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies until 2015. He has written or edited eleven books on Caribbean revolutions, radical Caribbean politics, Caribbean futures and Caribbean political thought. Brian Meeks Brian Meeks (born 1953) is a Caribbean poet and academic. Brian Meeks was born in 1953 in Montreal, Quebec, of West Indian parents, and grew up in Jamaica. His poetry has been published in several anthologies. His novel, "Paint the Town Red" (Peepal Tree Press, 2003), is an exploration of the turbulent years of the 1970s in Jamaica (the first Michael Manley administration) through the eyes

neg: Raman Mundair photographers. 2014 2011 2008 2007 2005 2004 2003 2000 Raman Mundair Raman Mundair is a British poet, writer, artist and playwright. She was born in Ludhiana, India and moved to live in the UK at the age of five. She is the author of two volumes of poetry, "A Choreographer's Cartography" and "Lovers, Liars, Conjurers and Thieves" – both published by Peepal Tree Press – and "The Algebra of Freedom" (a play) published by Aurora Metro Press. She edited "Incoming – Some Shetland Voices" – published by Shetland Heritage Publications. Mundair was educated at the School of Oriental and African

neg: Kalamassery Mahaganapathy Temple Between these two structures is located the stairs leading to the more recent elevated structure which houses the shrines of several other Gods and Goddesses. These new shrines were added in the year 2000 and include those for Shiva, Parvathi, Rama, Dakshinamurthi and Chandikeshwara. The entire building covers an area of just around , and there are no outer walls. There is a Peepal tree in front of the Ganapathy shrine. The temple complex includes a ground behind the building. The busy Eloor-Kalamassery road runs just in front of the temple. The space from the temple's front and the road

neg: Ralph Thompson (poet) was as CEO of Seprod Ltd, a large Jamaican manufacturing firm supplying household products and consumer goods for the local market. Thompson is also a noted educational activist, speaking on radio and TV, and frequently writing for "The Gleaner" and "The Jamaica Observer". He is also an amateur painter, and has publicly exhibited several times in Kingston; a selection of his paintings was published by Peepal Tree Press in 2008. During his residence in Florida in the late 1970s Thompson took a Masters in English Literature at the University of South Florida, submitted some poems as part of an assignment,

neg: Ailum of Panipat. He later suicided there by burning himself under a peepal tree. The remains of his palace, known as Bahu ka Mahal were available here up to late nineteen fifties. Ailum is the native place of the famous poet Amit Kumar Verma who only internet senter Sachidananda Heeranand Vatsysyan Ajnyaiy. It is also the birth and native place of national poet Vishrant Vasisth, who has written more than fifty books and edits a weekly newspaper "Samvad Vimarsh" from Ailum itself and established Raghuveer Saudh Sansthan to provide research facilities in Hindi literature and defence matters. He also has floated

neg: Kadija Sesay Eye Publishing, 2005), and (as Kadija George) "Six Plays by Black and Asian Women Writers" (Aurora Metro Books, 2005), "Write Black, Write British: From Post Colonial to Black British Literature" (Hansib Publications, 2005). She is co-director of Peepal Tree Press's writer development programme, Inscribe, alongside fellow poet Dorothea Smartt. Her first full collection of poems, entitled "Irki", was published in 2013. Kadija Sesay Kadija Sesay, also called Kadija George, is a British literary activist, short story writer and poet of Sierra Leonean descent, and the publisher and managing editor of the magazine "Sable LitMag". Her work has earned her many

neg: Malika Booker was published by Peepal Tree Press in 2013 and was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Centre prize for best first full collection published in the UK & Ireland. She was the inaugural Poet In Residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Booker's poem "Nine Nights", first published in "The Poetry Review" in autumn 2016, was shortlisted for Best Single Poem in the 2017 Forward Prize. Malika Booker Malika Booker (born 1970) is a British poet, writer and artist. She is considered "a pioneer of the present spoken word movement" in the UK. Organizations for which she has worked include Arts Council

neg: Indian name is often the name of the clan or gotra, but can be an honorific, such as "Chakraborty or Bhattacharya". Common Baidya surnames are "Sengupta, Dasgupta, Duttagupta, Gupta, Sen-Sharma", etc. Bengali Kayastha surnames include "Basu, Bose, Dutta, Ghosh, Guha, Gain, Mitra, Singh/Sinha, Sen, Pal, De/Dey/Deb/Dev, Palit, Chanda/Chandra, Das, Dam, Kar, Nandi, Sarkar,Nag, Som" etc. Kashmiri names often have the following format: first name, middle name (optional), family name. (For example: Jawahar Lal Nehru) Nicknames often replace family names. Hence, some family names like Razdan and Nehru may very well be derived originally from the Kaul family tree. Konkani people inhabiting Goa,

neg: Vicky & Vetaal He, as seen in the pilot episode and the series, is very naughty boy who likes to play pranks on others. He is tormented by the school bully Sid (portrayed by (Jai Thakkar) in the first episode and Vicky challenged him to visit a graveyard and touch a peepal tree. Although he accepted the challenge, but was very scared and to make other worse, he chooses heads in the toss and wins, meaning he would be going first. Vicky then reveals to the viewers that it was actually a coin with two heads. He scares Sid by setting many scary

neg: The Peepal Grove School The Peepal Grove School The Peepal Grove School is a co-educational boarding school and alternative school in India (affiliated to the CISCE Board) located in Gongivari Palli village, Sodam mandal in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh (India). The school was founded by Sri M (Mumtaz Ali), a spiritual crusader, and was inaugurated by the then President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam in December, 2006. The student population is around 150 ranging from grades 4 to 12 (8.5 – 18 years). It is one of the few schools providing alternative education in India. Most students address the teachers as "bhaiyya" (brother),

neg: Shurpali Shri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple Shurpali Shri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple Shurpali is a village near Jamkhandi, a town in Bagalkot district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The village of Shurpali or ‘Shurpalaya’ houses Shri Lakshmi Narasimha swamy temple and is situated amidst cane fields on the bank of river Krishna. The ancient temple of Shri LakShmI Narasimha has references in skanda purana. There is an Ashwattha vruksha in front of the main deity. The puranas say that on seeing "the beauty of Shurpalaya", the tears of joy of Lord Parashurama that fell on the ground here gave birth to a Peepal tree (Ashvattha vruksha).

neg: Vilwadrinatha Temple eldest of the six administered and others assisted him. During those days, there were two huge Gopurams on the western and eastern sides, both seven-storied, but in clear Kerala style of architecture. Scenes from various puranas were depicted on them beautifully, and people came from many parts of the world to see them. A special kind of lamp was always kept burnt on these gopurams. It is believed that they could be clearly seen even from the peepal tree in front of Thirunavaya Temple, another famous temple on the banks of Bharathappuzha, situated 68 km from Thiruvilwamala, as there were

neg: Angela Barry ourselves. I needed very much to write those African stories, and I also needed to write Bermudian stories. Bermuda is much more complex than people give it credit for. It's an extremely challenging place to live, particularly for people who don't march to the drum of conformity." In 2008 the Brian Burland Prize for Fiction was jointly awarded to Barry for "Endangered Species" and to Rawle Frederick for "A Ballad of Orange Valley". Her first novel "Gorée: Point of Departure", published by Peepal Tree Press in 2010, looks at family and identity through the Atlantic holocaust. In the words of

neg: Anthony Joseph 2018 Peepal Tree Press published Joseph's second novel, 'Kitch: A Fictional Biography of a Calypso Icon' Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Research Award Arts Council of England Touring Award Anthony Joseph Anthony Joseph (born 12 November 1966 in Port Of Spain, Trinidad) is a British/Trinidadian poet, novelist, musician and academic. Joseph was born in Trinidad and raised by his grandparents. He began writing as a young child and cites his main influences as calypso, surrealism, jazz, the spiritual Baptist church that his grandparents attended, and the rhythms of Caribbean speech. Joseph has lived in the United Kingdom since 1989.