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Gitanjali (given Name)
Gitanjali or Geetanjali ( Deva, गीताजंली, gītāñjalī, IAST) is an Indian feminine given name. There is a famous woman named Gitanjali F. Patel. Notable people * Gitanjali S. Gutierrez, American lawyer * Geetanjali Misra, Indian feminist * Gitanjali Rao (born 1972), Indian theatre artist, animator and film maker * Geetanjali Shree (born 1957), Indian Hindi-language novelist * Geetanjali Thapa Geetanjali Thapa is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Hindi films. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress (2013) for her performance in '' Liar's Dice''. Career A professional model before joining the film industry, in 2010 ..., Indian actress * Geetanjali Tikekar, Indian TV actress See also * Geetanjali (other) {{given name Indian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominalization, nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural diffusion, diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age#South Asia, Bronze Age. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism. It was a lingua franca, link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions. As a result, Sanskrit had a lasting impact on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies. Sanskrit generally connotes several Indo-Aryan lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gita (given Name)
Gita, or Geeta ( Deva, गीता, gītā) is an Indian feminine given name. List of people with the given name *Geeta Anand, journalist and author who writes for the Wall Street Journal *Geeta Bali (1930–1965), Bollywood actress *Geeta Basra, Bollywood actress * Gita Bhartiji *Geeta Chopra, involved in the Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping case *Geeta Citygirl, actor, dancer, director, producer *Gita Dey * Gita Dodova *Geeta Dutt, Indian singer *Gita Ghatak *Gita Gopinath *Gita Gutawa *Geeta Iyengar, Yoga teacher * Gita Johar *Geeta Kapoor, Bollywood choreographer *Gita Kapoor, a fictional character in the soap opera ''EastEnders'' *Geeta Kapur (born 1943), Indian art critic and curator *Gita Mehta (born 1943), Indian writer * Geeta Nargund, medical director *Geeta Novotny, American mezzo-soprano, actor, writer and columnist *Geeta Patel, American film and te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, mea ...) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gitanjali S
__NOTOC__ ''Gitanjali'' ( bn, গীতাঞ্জলি, lit='Song offering') is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature, for the English translation, Gitanjali:'' Song Offerings'', making him the first non-European to receive this honor. It is part of the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works. Its central theme is devotion, and its motto is "I am here to sing thee songs" (No. XV). History The original Bengali collection of 156/157 poems was published on August 14, 1910. The poems were based on medieval Indian lyrics of devotion with a common theme of love across most poems. Some poems also narrated a conflict between the desire for materialistic possessions and spiritual longing. Reworking in other languages The English version of ''Gitanjali'' or ''Song Offerings/Singing Angel'' is a collection of 103 English prose poems, which are Tagore's own English translations of his Bengali poems, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geetanjali Misra
Geetanjali Misra is the co-founder and executive director of Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action, a women's rights and non-governmental organization based in New Delhi. Geetanjali has worked at an activist, grant-making and policy levels on issues of sexuality, reproductive health, gender, human rights and gender-based violence. Presently, she is on the Amnesty International Gender Task Force, Spotlight Civil Society reference group and a board member of Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. Recent life and works Misra has taught as an adjunct professor on the intersection of LGBT issues, sexual rights and public health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Before joining CREA, she was program officer for Sexuality and Reproductive Health at the Ford Foundation in New Delhi and supported non-governmental organizations in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, working on sexual and reproductive health and rights. She also co-founded SAKHI for South Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gitanjali Rao
Gitanjali Rao (born 1972) is an Indian theatre actress, animator and film maker. Biography and career Gitanjali graduated as an applied artist from Sir. J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai, in 1994. Two animated short films independently produced and directed by her, ''Orange'' and 'Printed Rainbow'. Her debut animation short ''Printed Rainbow'' (2006) had won the Kodak Short Film Award, Small Golden Rail and the Young Critics Award at Critics Week section at Cannes in 2006. The film has also won the Golden Conch for Best Animation Film in the 2006 Mumbai International Film Festival. She has served in the judge's panel at various festivals including the 2011 Cannes Critic's Week short films jury. In 2013, she directed a segment in ''Shorts'', a compilation of five short films, along with Neeraj Ghaywan, Vasan Bala, Anubhuti Kashyap and Shlok Sharma, and produced by Anurag Kashyap. At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, her animated short, '' True Love Story'' was one of 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geetanjali Shree
Geetanjali Shree ( hi, गीतांजलि श्री; born 12 June 1957), also known as Geetanjali Pandey, is an Indian Hindi-language novelist and short-story writer based in New Delhi, India. She is the author of several short stories and five novels. Her 2000 novel ''Mai'' was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award in 2001, while its English translation by Nita Kumar was published by Niyogi Books in 2017. In 2022, her novel ''Ret Samadhi'' (2018), translated into English as ''Tomb of Sand'' by Daisy Rockwell, won the International Booker Prize. Aside from fiction, she has written critical works on Premchand. Early life and education Shree was born in the city of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh state on 12 June 1957. As her father, Anirudh Pandey, was a civil servant, her family lived in various towns of Uttar Pradesh. Shree says that it was this upbringing in Uttar Pradesh, along with a lack of children's books in English, that gave her a rich connection to Hindi. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geetanjali Thapa
Geetanjali Thapa is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Hindi films. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress (2013) for her performance in '' Liar's Dice''. Career A professional model before joining the film industry, in 2010 she made her feature film debut with ''Tina Ki Chaabi''. Her next film, '' I.D.'', directed by Kamal KM won her best actress awards at Los Angeles Film Festival and the Madrid Film Festival. The film premiered at Busan International Film Festival and was selected for several other reputed international festivals. She starred next in ''Monsoon Shootout'', a Hindi noir thriller by Amit Kumar, which was screened at Cannes Film Festival 2013 as part of the Midnight Screenings section, to rave reviews from several international critics. She also appeared in Anurag Kashyap's short film ''That Day After Everyday'', which gathered over 6 million views on YouTube within weeks of release. Her next feature, Geetu Mohandas' '' Liar's Dice'', premiered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geetanjali Tikekar
Geetanjali Tikekar Kharbanda is an Indian television actress known for portraying the role of Aparna in ''Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' and Anjali Agnihotri in ''Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir'' Career Geetanjali started her television career with '' Jersey No. 10'' on SAB TV. In '' Tere Liye'' she played Nilanjana Shekhar Ganguly on Star Plus. She gained popularity for her role of Aparna Anurag Basu in Kasautii Zindagii Kay, for which she also won accolades. She also portrayed Anjali Agnihotri in ''Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir'' on StarPlus. Personal life She married her co-star Sikandar Kharbanda from ''Kasautii Zindagii Kay Kasautii Zindagii Kay may refer to: * ''Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' (2001 TV series), an Indian soap opera * ''Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' (2018 TV series), an Indian soap opera, reboot of the 2001 series {{disambiguation ...''. They dated each other 2 and a half years before marriage. The couple have a son named Shaurya Kharbanda born on 1 Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geetanjali (other)
Gitanjali is a collection of poems by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. Gitanjali , Geetanjali or Geethanjali (Devanagari:गीतांजलि) may also refer to: Literature * Gitanjali Literary Prize, a Franco-Indian literary award Film and television * ''Geethanjali'' (1985 film), a Tamil film * ''Geethanjali'' (1989 film), a Telugu film * ''Geetanjali'' (1993 film), a Hindi film * ''Geethanjali'' (2014 film), a Telugu film * ''Geethaanjali'', a 2013 Malayalam film * ''Geethanjali'' (TV series), a Tamil soap opera People * Geetanjali (actress), Telugu film actress * Gitanjali (given name), an Indian feminine given name (including a list of persons with the name) Others * ''Gitanjali'' (Ceylonese newspaper), a defunct Ceylonese newspaper * Geetanjali Enclave, a colony in Delhi * Gitanjali Express, an express train service between Kolkata and Mumbai * Gitanjali Group, a jewelry retailer * Gitanjali metro station Gitanjali is a station of the Kolkata Metro loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Feminine Given Names
Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asian ethnic groups, referring to people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the greater South Asia region prior to the 1947 partition of India * Anglo-Indians, people with mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent * East Indians, a Christian community in India Europe * British Indians, British people of Indian origin The Americas * Indo-Canadians, Canadian people of Indian origin * Indian Americans, American people of Indian origin * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and their descendants ** Plains Indians, the common name for the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains of North America ** Native Americans in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
