Pull Request #5
Pull Request #5
Translate with Weblate, chat on Chatwoot & read manga on tachiyomi with sweetness of Ledikeni, sounds of the Sarangi and the grit of the Siddi Community
WeblateOrg / weblate
Weblate is a copylefted libre software web-based continuous localization system, used by over 2500 libre projects and companies in more than 165 countries. Iis a libre software with optional professional support and cloud hosting offerings.
language: Python
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chatwoot / chatwoot
Open-source customer engagement suite, an alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud etc. 🔥💬
Chatwoot is an open-source omnichannel customer support software. The development of Chatwoot started in 2016. It failed to succeed as a business and eventually shut up shop in 2017. During 2019 #Hacktoberfest, the maintainers decided to make it open-source, instead of letting the code rust in a private repo. With a pleasant surprise, Chatwoot became a trending project on Hacker News and best of all, got lots of love from the community. Now, a failed project is back on track and the prospects are looking great. The team is back to working on the project and this time, we are building it in the open. Thanks to the ideas and contributions from the community.
language: Ruby
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tachiyomiorg / tachiyomi
Free and open source manga reader for Android.
Online reading from sources such as MangaDex, MangaSee, Mangakakalot, and more
Local reading of downloaded manga
A configurable reader with multiple viewers, reading directions and other settings.
MyAnimeList, AniList, Kitsu, Shikimori, and Bangumi support
Categories to organize your library
Light and dark themes
Schedule updating your library for new chapters
Create backups locally to read offline or to your desired cloud service
language: Kotlin
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A little about India, the food, the people and the culture.
The Food
Ledikeni ( লেডিকেনি )
Ledikeni (Bengali: লেডিকেনি) or Lady Kenny is a popular Indian sweet from West Bengal, India. It is a light fried reddish-brown sweet ball made of Chhena and flour and soaked in sugar syrup. Ledikeni is named after Lady Canning, the wife of Charles Canning, the Governor-General of India during 1856-62.
The sweet originated in Kolkata in the middle of the 19th century. There are various legends regarding the origin of the sweet. According to the most popular legend, a special sweetmeat was prepared by Bhim Chandra Nag in the honour of Lady Canning at some point during her stay in India from 1856 till her death in 1861. In some versions of the tale, the sweetmeat was prepared to commemorate her visit to India in 1856, while in other versions, it was prepared on the occasion of her birthday. Some variations of the tale state that it became her favourite dessert, which she would demand on every occasion. According to yet another legend, the sweet was prepared by the confectioners of Baharampur in 1857, after the mutiny, to commemorate the visit by Canning and his wife.
The People
Siddi Community
The Siddi (also known as Sidi, Siddhi, Sheedi or Habshi) are an ethnic group inhabiting India and Pakistan. Members are mostly descended from the Bantu peoples of Southeast Africa, along with Habesha immigrants. Some were merchants, sailors, indentured servants, slaves and mercenaries. The Siddi population is currently estimated at around 850,000 individuals, with Karnataka, Gujarat and Hyderabad in India and Makran and Karachi in Pakistan as the main population centres. Siddis are primarily Muslims, although some are Hindus and others belong to the Catholic Church.
The Culture
Sarangi ( सारंगी )
Sarangi derives its name from the bow of lord Vishnu and probably as it is played with a bow it is named as sarangi. However the most common folk etymology is that sarangi is derived from 'sol rang' (a hundred colours) indicating its adaptability to many styles of vocal music, its flexible tunability, and its ability to produce a large palette of tonal colour and emotional nuance.
The repertoire of sarangi players is traditionally very closely related to vocal music. Nevertheless, a concert with a solo sarangi as the main item will sometimes include a full-scale raag presentation with an extensive alap (the unmeasured improvisatory development of the raga) in increasing intensity (alap to jor to jhala) and several compositions in increasing tempo called bandish. As such, it could be seen as being on a par with other instrumental styles such as sitar, sarod, and bansuri.