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I don't have the complete citation, but this #Sanskrit verse from the #Hindu epic #Mahabharata is timelessly relevant to all domains. First the English meaning and then the source text in different scripts.

Meaning:
A little work done with knowledge has great import.
A lot of work done with ignorance has no benefit.

E.g., a small piece of software, like a function, developed with full understanding can be very useful. OTOH, a large piece of software, like an entire service, is of no use if it's developed with no understanding of requirements or engineering principles.

#Devanagari:
अल्पमात्रं कृतो धर्मो भवेत् ज्ञानवतां महान् |
महानपि कृतो धर्मो ह्यज्ञानान्निष्फलो भवेत् ||

#Kannada:
ಅಲ್ಪಮಾತ್ರಂ ಕೃತೋ ಧರ್ಮೋ ಭವೇತ್ ಜ್ಞಾನವತಾಂ ಮಹಾನ್ |
ಮಹಾನಪಿ ಕೃತೋ ಧರ್ಮೋ ಹ್ಯಜ್ಞಾನಾನ್ನಿಷ್ಫಲೋ ಭವೇತ್ ||

#English #Transliteration:
alpamAtraM krutO dharmO BawEt jnAnawatAM mahAn |
mahAnapi kRutO dharmO hyajnAnAnniShPalO BawEt ||

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Signs on government buildings are usually rather insipid, and so I was pleasantly surprised to see this delightful sign for Bapu Bhawan बापू भवन on the state secretariat in Lucknow.

I love its complete lack of curves and large open knots: there is something so rigid yet playful about it.

📍 Hazratganj, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
📅 September 2023
🔗 indiastreetlettering.com/bapu-

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When in Haridwar earlier this year, I photographed a collection of signs that all featured the conjunct श्र (as part of the word श्री) in an effort to document the myriad ways in which sign makers interpreted the same shape in different styles and materials. These and other signs feature in my latest newsletter mailchi.mp/matratype/typograph about script standardisation.

📍 Kankhal & Mayapur, Haridwar (Uttarakhand)
📅 February 2023
🔗 indiastreetlettering.com/tag/%

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I’ve been fascinated by the Modi Flour Mills building and the letters on its façade for as long as I can remember. Growing up, it was the location for many a detective story I concocted.

I finally got some images of its signs last week. Must go back for more on a sunnier day, but until then, please enjoy these larger than life wood letters in Devanagari and Latin — pigeons for scale 🤭

📍 Okhla, Delhi
📅 August 2023
🔗 indiastreetlettering.com/tag/m

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Gotta love the sign for a century and a half old temple, which features three scripts — Devanagari, Latin and Nastaliq — and a suggestion, perhaps, of a more syncretic time.

I don’t think I recall the word “pandit” being abbreviated with a raised “T” ever before.

📍 Kankhal, Haridwar (Uttarakhand)
📅 February 2023
🔗 indiastreetlettering.com/templ

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These two signs for the same building are in gold, on ground-level, and most importantly, completely and utterly dismissive of visually matching Devanagari and Latin scripts. I wrote a little bit about them in my newsletter mailchi.mp/05e0957f4a95/typogr a few months ago.

📍 Connaught Place, Delhi
📅 November 2019
🔗 indiastreetlettering.com/indra + indiastreetlettering.com/indra