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Yesterday I suddenly had an urge to read “Rag Darbari” again. I had already lost my hard copy and since then I have been desperately searching for an ebook. But yesterday I was so eager that I even tried to buy it online. But as you would expect, baba dilbert created as many obstacles as he could, and just like the many searches for a train reservation, I ended up with a “regret. not available”.

Devoid of options, I sought the help og the mighty google and stumbled across http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/. An awesome project started by IISc Bangalore, to digitize a hell lot of Indian books. With nervous hands I typed “srilal” and voila!
The only drawback, apart from the books not opening properly in Opera, is that its ebooks are scanned in tif format. So, you need a plugin, which again as expected, is only available for windows. Thankfully, in linux we have wget :) .

Written by Sudhanshu

December 24, 2008 at 9:46 pm

Posted in lits

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  1. great!

    विनय

    January 23, 2009 at 12:31 am

  2. If you want a hard copy, I may have one :)

    Abhaya Agarwal

    February 12, 2009 at 1:47 pm

  3. dont worry abhaga, we are planning to increase your revenue indirectly through our own gutka.org

    Sudhanshu

    February 12, 2009 at 1:51 pm

  4. :) ) I didn’t think it would sound like an ad for Pothi. No no, I was just offering my personal hard copy :) . Looking at gutka.org. So finally it is happening!

    Abhaya Agarwal

    February 12, 2009 at 1:54 pm

  5. ye we hope so ..
    btw, aap logo ko ek developer ki jaroorat hai kya? mai khali baitha hoon :P

    Sudhanshu

    February 12, 2009 at 1:58 pm

  6. Call me sometime in the evening.

    Abhaya Agarwal

    February 12, 2009 at 2:00 pm


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