This
morning I got an email from Wordsmith.org asking me to verify my subscription
to their email list. I have been subscribing to “A Word A Day” service for many
years now and they were verifying the ID for housekeeping purpose. It reminded
me to know more about the service.
Anu
Garg was born and brought up in Uttar Pradesh, India. Until entering the class
6th in school, at the age of 9, he did not have learning of English.
He went to the USA to
study computer science. At that time in the 90s, internet came up and
opened a whole new world in front of everyone. He started Wordsmith.org, a
community of people who enjoy words. You can read more about him and his endeavor
here [Ref1],
[Ref2]
or check the website itself http://wordsmith.org/awad/about.html
You
can check the Subscription page here.
There is also one free service which you can subscribe [here] or just send an email to wsmith@wordsmith.org with the subject
line as: “subscribe
your name”. (remove inverted commas and replace "your name" with
your name)
Most
of his subscribers are from
outside India. He is based in the US and has been running Wordsmith for 18
years now. He has also authored three books on words. He considers himself a lifelong
student of English Language. When he was asked how being Indian helped him, he said,
“In India there’s huge competition to succeed. People realize that good
education is the key that opens doors to a better life”. When asked how people
can be made interested in words, he says etymology helps. “When you see that
‘pavilion’ is like a butterfly spreading its wings (from Latin papilio:
butterfly) it’s easy to fall in love with words”.
It
is wonderful to know more about Anu Garg and his wonderful journey, of which
even I am part at least for last 7 years…
-
Rahul
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