Image Description
On this dark blue card is a map of India with all the state borders marked in different colours. Doodles of items that recall home are scattered across this map. Atop Kashmir there is a drawing of a tree with a large nest and a man sleeping. A drawing of chicken curry with a large leg piece is found near Assam, a colourful train borders Maharashtra and a pink heart with the words ‘Home sweet home’ in English, Hindi and Urdu is found near Punjab. On the South-east coast of the country is a drawing of a boat with a yellow sail which reads ‘Tum Kab Aaoge’ (When will you come?’) and a picture of a morose woman on it. A large speech bubble covers the top right of the card and reads ‘The Place We Call Home’.
Text on Cards
BACKGROUND: Different phrases connoting many different meanings of home swim in the seas surrounding the Indian subcontinent. The phrases/sentences highlighted are -- Home is a place of rest, home is a place you come back to, home smells good, home is a place you leave behind, home is a place you build anew
TEXT ON MAP:
In Kashmir home is Gare
In Jammu, home is 'thakana
In Punjabi, home is Ghar
In Haryanvi, home is Chhyava
In Hindi, home is Ghar
In Gujarati, home is Rahethan, Nivas, Gruh, Avas
In Rajasthani, home is gaam
In Marathi, home is Majhya Ithe
In Sindhi, home is Ghar
In UP Hindi, home is Basera
In Tamil, home is Veedu
In Malayalam home is Veetil
In Tulu, home is Illu
In Konkani, home is Ghaara
In Telugu, home is illu
In Kannada, home is maaney, vaas
In Assamese, home is Ghaur
In Odiya, home is Ghara
In Mizo, home is
In Car Nicobarese, home is Pa-ti\
In Manipuri, home is Yum
In Nagaland, home is ki
In Parsi Gujarati, home is Gher
In Kumaoni, home is Ghar
In Balti (Ladakhi language), home is Nang
In Kutchi, home is Ghareh
In Maithili, home is Ghaur + Unke Hiyan
In Khasi, home is ha-eing
In Palakkad Tamil, home is Aathu
In Khasi (Meghalaya), home is iing
In Santhali, home is olah, orak
In Madhya Pradesh , home is humare yahan
In Bengali, home is Bashosthan
InGondi (Chhattisgarh), home is ron
In Lepcha (Sikkim), home is jik
In Arunachal Pradesh, home is kam
In Himachali, home is Shashank Katoch
In Lakshadweep, home is ummebhumi
