Works of W. R. Rishi

Taken in part from the liner notes of Roma

Mr. Weer Rajendra Rishi is a well-known linguist of India and was awarded the honour of 'Padmashri' by the President of India in 1970 for his contributions in the field of linguistics. He was honoured by the Government of the Punjab in 1963. He was an Honorary Fellow of the Punjabi University, Patiala. Mr. Rishi took voluntary retirement from the Indian Foreign Service in 1973. He has worked in the Indian Embassy at Moscow (1950-52) and the Indian High Cothmissions at Singapore (1962-65) and London (1969-71). He worked as interpreter to various Soviet dignitaries including Khrushchev, Marshall Bulganin, Voroshilov and Zakharov and Prime Minister Kosygin. He accompanied the ex-President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad as his interpreter during his official visit to the Soviet Union in 1960. He has travelled widely in Europe, the USSR etc. and lived amongst Roma. He is captured here showing a book on the Roma to Dr. T. N. Kapoor, vice chancellor of Punjab University, on the occasion of his visit to Nehru Roma House & Museum on July 6, 1996. Also seen standing behind them are Dr. Manjit Singh, Executive Secty. cum Treasurer and Mr. Narinder K. Sharma, the Secty. General of the Indian Institute of Romani Studies. Photo from Roma, January-July 1996, #s 44-45.

Mr. Rishi is now the Director of the Indian Institute of Romani Studies at Chandigarh and is editor of Roma - Half-Yearly Journal on the Life, Language and Culture of Roma (the Gypsies of Europe, the Americas, Russia, etc.). He is Honorary President, International Romani Union. He is seen here (on the left) with Mr. N.S. Brar, Additional Director of the Indian Institute of Romani Studies. Photograph by Francesca Bell of London, Published on the cover of Roma, January-July 1996, #s 44-45.

• Russian-Hindi Dictionary (with foreword by the late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,
• Russian Grammar in Hindi,
• Russian Folklore in Hindi,
• Hindi translation of Pushkin's poem GYPSY,
• Marriages of the Orient,
• History of Russian literature in Hindi, and
• Roma - The Panjabi Emigrants in Europe, Central and Middle Asia, the USSR, and the Americas (published 1976 & 1996 Punjabi University, Patiala). See Excerpts from Roma by WR Rishi

The following published by Roma Publications (see below)

• Multilingual Romani Dictionary (Romani/English/Hindi/Russian/ French).
• Romani-Punjabi-English Conversation Book
• Romani-Punjabi-English Dictionary with Introduction and Grammar of Romani Language,
• Gandamula Tosumeru - his autobiography
• India & russia - Linguistic & Cultural Affinity
• Learn Romani - set of 20 lessons
• Roma Half-yearly journal on the life, language and culture of Roma.
• A list of back issues of Romaand a sample table of contents is available at the Patrin

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