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Weer Rajendra Rishi

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Weer Rajendra Rishi was an Indian linguist, diplomatic translator, and Romani studies scholar.[1]

Rishi worked in the Indian Embassy at Moscow (1950–52) and later, at the Indian High Commissions at Singapore (1962–65) and London (1969–71). His Russian language skills allowed him to worked as interpreter for various Soviet dignitaries including Khrushchev, Marshal Bulganin, Marshal Voroshilov, Marshal Zakharov and Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin. He also served as an interpreter for the ex-President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, on an official visit to the Soviet Union in 1960. Rishi retired from the Indian Foreign Service in 1973.

Rishi then served as the Director of the Indian Institute of Romani Studies at Chandigarh and the editor of Roma - Half-Yearly Journal on the Life, Language and Culture of Roma. He was later named Honorary President of the International Romani Union[2]

Honours

Rishi received India's Padma Shri award in 1970.[3]

Bibliography

  • Russian-Hindi Dictionary, with foreword by the late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (Naʼī Dihlī : Sāhitya Akādemī, 1959)
  • Russian Grammar (in Hindi)
  • Russian Folklore (in Hindi)
  • Hindi translation of Pushkin's poem Gypsy
  • Marriages of the Orient (Singapore: Chopmen Enterprises, 1970)
  • History of Russian literature [in Hindi] (1972)
  • Roma - The Panjabi Emigrants in Europe, Central and Middle Asia, the USSR, and the Americas (Patiala: Punjabi University, 1976 & 1996)
  • Multilingual Romani Dictionary [Romani/English/Hindi/Russian/French] (Chandigarh, India: Roma Publications, 1974)
  • Romani-Punjabi-English Conversation Book(Patial, India: Language Dept., Punjab, 1980)
  • Romani-Punjabi-English Dictionary (Patial, India: Language Dept., Punjab, 1981)
  • India & Russia - Linguistic & Cultural Affinity (Chandigarh, India: Roma Publications, 1982)
  • Gandamula To Sumeru [his autobiography] (Chandigarh, India: Roma Publications, 1992)
  • Learn Romani - set of 20 lessons

References

  1. ^ Indian Institute of Romani Studies
  2. ^ Indian Institute of Romani Studies
  3. ^ "Padma Shri Awardees". Retrieved 17 November 2010.


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