In the interest of  linux users of all Indian languages, it is suggested that Ubuntu India Local Community to approach  Sri Sheshadrivasu Chandrasekharan  for his help/valuable guidance  to create Baraha in Linux. His contact information (as in BarahaIME1.0) are furnished below: <a name="contact"></a>Contact information If you want any help regarding Baraha or you have any suggestions/comments, feel free to contact... Sheshadrivasu Chandrasekharan e-mail:- <a href="mailto:baraha@hotmail.com">baraha@hotmail.com</a> <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 7, 2008 2:55 PM, Ramnarayan. K <<a href="mailto:ramnarayan.k@gmail.com">ramnarayan.k@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 23, 2008 4:29 PM, 74yrs old <<a href="mailto:withblessings@gmail.com" target="_blank">withblessings@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Reg: support for major  Indian Languages: At  present,  baraha  type(phonetic keyboard layout - for all Indian languages)  used  in MSwindows  are not  available  in  Linux or  Ubuntu  In Kannada,  fonts are not  displayed  properly nor phonetic keyboard (similar to baraha of MSwindows) available  in  Ubuntu It would be nice to develop stable baraha type in Linux for all Indian languages earliest possible. for which users will be thankful to you all. </blockquote></div> </div></div>Ah finally a real life problem for some of the over eager developers to work on any takers to this "challenge" ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in</a> </blockquote></div>