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On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since there has been a lot of discussion in another thread about the use of > Alstonia scholaris wood for making slates for school children (hence the > name scholaris), those who must have used wooden slates (Takhti) must be > knowing that there are two ways of doing this: > > 1. First ways is to smear the surface of slate with a suspension of white > clay, allow it to dry and then wright with normal ink using wooden pen > (kalam)........black/blue black on white. > > 2. Second way includes moving slate over a flame of oil lamp in such a way > that it gets covered with soot. The next step is to rub the fresh leaves of > Rumex so that the soot sticks firmly on the slate, and then rub back of > inkpot on the slate to give it a shine (ghota). This black slate is then > written on using the suspension of white clay.........white on black > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Nidhan Singh <nidhansingh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> It becomes a nuisance when it comes along with wheat. You might be >> aware that this is troublesome weed in wheat harvesting areas of our >> region. I actually didn't know about it being used as a vegetable. >> Thanks for the info. >> Regards, >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Department of Botany >> I.B. (PG) College >> Panipat-132103 Haryana >> Ph.: 09416371227 >> > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/