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Designer and Creator of the well known Sarasvati Font, Dr. Ratnakar Narale has Ph.D. from IIT, Kharagpur and Ph.D. from Kalidas Sanskrit University, Nagpur, India. He is an author, lyricist and musician. Ratnakar is Prof. of Hindi at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. He is living in Toronto since last 50 years. He has studied Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu and Tamil languages and has written books for learning these languages. He has written excellent and unique books on Gita, Ramayan¿, Shivaji and Music. His books can be viewed at www.books-india.com and they are available at amazon.com and other international book distributors. His writings have been applauded by such organizations as the World Hindi Secretariat, Mauritius, Sangit Natak Akademi, New Delhi; Indian Council for Cultural relations (ICCR), New Delhi; Strings-N-Steps, New Delhi; ATN News Channel, OMNI News Channel, Hindi Times, The Hitwad, The Tarun Bharat, the Lokmat, The Sakal, Des Pardes, Nav Bharat Times, Sahitya Amrit, The Voice, The Indian Express, ... etc. He has received citations from some of the most prominent people as, Hon. Atal Vihari Vajpai, Prime Minister of India; Hon. Basdeo Panday, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobaggo; Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Federal HRD Minister of India; Ashok Singhal, President, VHP, New Delhi; Shri Mohan Bhagavat, Sarsanghachalak, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Nagpur, India, etc. His music compositions are endorsed by such great Indian music Maestros as Bharat Ratna Dr. Ustad Bismillah Khan Trust, New Delhi; Padma Vibhushan Amjad Ali Khan, New Delhi; Padmashri Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan, New Delhi; Music Maestro Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa, New Delhi; Padmabhushan Ustad Sabri Khan, New Delhi; Padmabhushan Pandit Debu Chaudhuri, New Delhi; Pun¿d¿it Birju Mahataj, New Delhi; etc.
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