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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

How to pronounce Tapas Pal

The TMC MP is making headlines for his statements. His name is pronounced as

tah posh parl (as in Parliament) (the o sound in posh is closer to that in poach) {using respelling}
taapoosh paal {using Pronunciation key}
तापोश पाल
The word taapas in Sanskrit means 'relating to an ascetic' or 'devout'. In Bangla also it means an ascetic or a hermit or someone who does penance (tapasyaa). Hence if you take the Sanskrit root, you could pronounce it as 
tah-puss parl 
तापस पाल 

But the authentic pronunciation would be the one given earlier. 

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