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That's cool. Another Google offering

I just tried out good young Google's online transliteration offering . Here is a well known Gandhian thought that reads thus in four different languanges. All I had to do to was type out in English letters the word / words of any of the available Indian languages (Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada as of now) Satyameva Jayate is of course a phrase in Sanskrit. (Check your browser settings if you are unable to read the fonts. See Google's offers of help ) தமிழ் (Tamil) - வாய்மையே வெல்லும (Vaaymaye vellum) മലയാളം (Malayalam) - സത്യമേവ ജയതേ हिन्दी (Hindi) - सत्यमेव जयते ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada) - ಸತ್ಯಮೇವ ಜಯತೆ But hush! Not a word to my son about this.....he's just started attending classes where he learns to read and write Malayalam. [Aside: This is his father's tongue, but submitted as his mother-tongue in school records; the mother's tongue being the much older sibling Tamil] Sorry I digressed. As I said, my son, happy attending classes now, will be happier to give t...