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Blog Entry Odia Wikisource Goes Live!
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 26, 2014 — last modified Nov 07, 2014 01:30 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Odia netizens have more than one reason to celebrate this festive season.
Located in Openness / Blog
Wikipedia can establish Tulu in a wider way
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 24, 2014 — filed under: , , , ,
In his predential address after inaugurating the three-day workshop on ‘The use of internet for promotion of Tulu language,’ organised by Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy President Janki M Brahmavar opined that internet media, especially Wikipedia, can contribute to a large extent towards the promotion of Tulu language. The president said there was a need for the effective use of Unicode for the digital interpretation of Tulu.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry Open access platform to save the Odia Indian language
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 24, 2014 — filed under: , , , ,
In February 2014, the Government of India declared the South Asian language Odia as the 6th classical language of India which is one among 22 scheduled languages of India and has a literary heritage of more than 5,000 years. There are documents for more than 3,500 years, and the rest are undocumented oral histories.
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Blog Entry Odia Littérateur Ramakrushna Nanda's 4 Books Now Available Under a Creative Commons License
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 22, 2014 — last modified Nov 06, 2014 01:41 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
Children literature in Odia language went through an ennoblement after the intervention of Ramakrushna Nanda's writings.
Located in Openness / Blog
Pushing women scientists
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 21, 2014 — filed under: , , ,
Wikipedia edit-a-thon attempts to raise awareness of the contribution of Indian women to science.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry More Than 40 Million People Await the Launch of Odia Wikisource
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 19, 2014 — last modified Nov 04, 2014 01:58 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Speakers of Odia will soon have mountains of books to read online in their mother tongue, following the launch of the Odia Wikisource, which will make accessible many rare books that have entered the public domain.
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Blog Entry Bharat Majhi Writings Now Available Under a Creative Commons License
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 14, 2014 — last modified Nov 07, 2014 03:34 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
Before the advent of Odia Wikisource becoming live, Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) got in touch with notable Odia author Bharat Majhi for bringing his writings on the Internet.
Located in Openness / Blog
Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2014
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 13, 2014 — filed under: , , , ,
A Wikipedia edit-a-thon is being held at Urban Solace on October 14, 2014 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. The event is being organized by IndiaBioScience in partnership with the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. CIS-A2K will conduct the first three edit-a-thons.
Located in Openness / Events
Indian Women in Science Wiki edit-a-thon
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 13, 2014 — filed under: , , , ,
A Wikipedia edit-a-thon is being held at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on October 11, 2014 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. The event is being organized by IndiaBioScience in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team.
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Blog Entry ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବିକାଶରେ ପ୍ରତିବନ୍ଧକ ଓ ସମ୍ଭାବନା
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 13, 2014 — last modified Oct 13, 2014 05:19 AM — filed under: , , , ,
I authored an editorial in today's Samaja (Odia daily). It talks about the hurdles Odia language has been facing and potential aspects of the language including it being used massively on the Internet in Wikipedia and other platforms.
Located in Openness / Blog
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