Centre for Internet & Society

Odia books now available online

by Prasad Krishna

Book lovers can now read Odia books online with the launching of the Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia, here on Friday.

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Odia Wikisource launched in Odisha capital

by Prasad Krishna

After the success of Odia Wikipedia, it is now the turn of Odia Wikisource to bring the best of Odia literature to the people of Odisha in the language they speak.

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‘Tulu Wikipedia’ in incubation stage, 600 articles uploaded, says U.B. Pavanaja

by Prasad Krishna

In all, 600 articles have been uploaded to the Tulu Wikipedia which is still in its incubation stage, according to U.B. Pavanaja, Wikipedia representative and Programme Officer, The Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru.

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Nineteen Books Published by Ama Odisha Relicensed under CC-by-SA 4.0

by Subhashish Panigrahi

Odisha's most circulated newspaper Sambad has collaborated with CIS-A2K to relicense 19 books published by its sister concern "Ama Odisha".

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Technology and Gender Based Violence

by Prasad Krishna

Rohini Lakshane was a speaker at this event organized by the Bachchao Project on November 24, 2014. Rohini spoke about various strategies that women use to respond to online harassment, such as reporting the abuser, and enlisting support from online followers, or friends or family in order to deal with the abuser.

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Now, Tulu set to be promoted through Wikipedia articles

by Prasad Krishna

With the dream of including Tulu in the list of official languages of the country (eighth schedule of the Constitution) remaining far from being realised, enthusiasts seem to be keen to promote the language through Wikipedia.

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Kannada Wikipedia Presentation in Mysuru: Coverage in Prajavani

by Prasad Krishna

Media coverage of Kannada Wikipedia presentation at Mysuru on November 23, 2014.

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Teaching in the Age of Wikipedia

by T. Vishnu Vardhan

This course is conceived by CIS-A2K. It is currently envisaged as an add-on Certificate Course jointly offered by CIS-A2K and the Nirmala Institute of Education (NIE)-a premier teacher training establishment in Goa, India.

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Odia Wikisource, its Potential

by Subhashish Panigrahi

I wrote an editorial in Odia newspaper the "Samaja" on November 17, 2014. I have written about Odia Wikisource, its potential and how people can get involved in it with a short note about the digitization done already. I have also highlighted the authors and copyright holders who kindly have donated their work under CC-by-SA license.

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