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Author: soniwadhwa

Imagining a Contextual Tech for Indian Languages: A Postcard from Bahu Bhasa 2025
AI, Apps, Archiving, Coding, Conference, DH in General, Digitization, Indian Studies, Machine Learning, OCR, Online Resources, Social Media, Software

Imagining a Contextual Tech for Indian Languages: A Postcard from Bahu Bhasa 2025

Building on the conversations initiated under the Future of the Commons (overviews of which can be found here and here), … Continue reading Imagining a Contextual Tech for Indian Languages: A Postcard from Bahu Bhasa 2025

Sindhi Sanchaya: A Repository of Data about Sindhi Books
Archiving, DH in General, DH in Practice, Indian Studies, New Post, South Asian Studies

Sindhi Sanchaya: A Repository of Data about Sindhi Books

In my previous post, I wrote about the Sindhi Halchal Archive: a passion project that extends the work of the … Continue reading Sindhi Sanchaya: A Repository of Data about Sindhi Books

Sindhi Halchal Archive: Building on the PG Sindhi Library
Archiving, DH in General, New Post, Online Resources, South Asian Studies

Sindhi Halchal Archive: Building on the PG Sindhi Library

In my previous post, I wrote about potentialities: I spoke about what might be doable for the Sindhi presence within … Continue reading Sindhi Halchal Archive: Building on the PG Sindhi Library

PG Sindhi Library: Revisiting the Archive after 18 Months
Archiving, DH in General, DH in Practice, New Post, Online Resources, South Asian Studies

PG Sindhi Library: Revisiting the Archive after 18 Months

Archives and archive building hold great potential within the theory and praxis of digital humanities in India. Sindhi, a minor … Continue reading PG Sindhi Library: Revisiting the Archive after 18 Months

​​Archives in Indian Languages as Digital Commons in India
Archiving, Conference, Indian Studies

​​Archives in Indian Languages as Digital Commons in India

This is a follow-up to part one on the “Future of the Commons” conference published earlier this week. While that … Continue reading ​​Archives in Indian Languages as Digital Commons in India

AI and Indian Languages: Wishful Thinking?
AI, Conference, Indian Studies

AI and Indian Languages: Wishful Thinking?

With recent advancements in AI, including developments by Sarvam AI and Hanooman AI, creating a lot of hype around large … Continue reading AI and Indian Languages: Wishful Thinking?

Linked Data: An Intensive Introduction by Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller
DH in General

Linked Data: An Intensive Introduction by Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller

Three seems to be a magical number. Something about it is so convenient, encapsulated in Netflix’s method of describing a … Continue reading Linked Data: An Intensive Introduction by Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller

P G Sindhi Library: A Digital Archive for Sindhi Writing Published in Post-Partition India
Archiving

P G Sindhi Library: A Digital Archive for Sindhi Writing Published in Post-Partition India

P G Sindhi Library is an archive I built to make sense of Sindhi books I found in someone else’s … Continue reading P G Sindhi Library: A Digital Archive for Sindhi Writing Published in Post-Partition India

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