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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-hindu-january-19-muralidhara-khajane-kannada-wikipedia-not-on-top-of-the-charts">
    <title>Kannada Wikipedia not on top of the charts</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-hindu-january-19-muralidhara-khajane-kannada-wikipedia-not-on-top-of-the-charts</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;It occupies the 10th place among Indian languages.&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The article by Muralidhara Khajane was &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/kannada-wikipedia-not-on-top-of-the-charts/article8123183.ece"&gt;published in the Hindu&lt;/a&gt; on January 19, 2016. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja was quoted.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Bengaluru being the IT capital of the country has made little difference to Kannada’s presence in the cyber world. Compare any major Indian language on Wikipedia with the 13-year-old Kannada language pages, and you are in for a surprise: Kannada occupies the 10th place among Indian languages, while Urdu occupies the first slot in terms of number of articles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As on January 2016, the number of articles in Kannada Wikipedia is just 19,070, while Tamil (83,432), Telugu (64,451), and Malayalam (41,334) are way ahead. Urdu version occupies the first place with 1,10,367 articles and Hindi version follows with 1,00,912 articles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As far as the world ranking of languages is concerned, Kannada stands 107th. It is interesting to note that Cebuano spoken by 21 million people and second most spoken language in the Philippines stands fourth in the list of global languages with 18,65,033 articles after English, Swedish, and German.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been 13 years since a small group of tech-savvy Kannadigas got together to create the first few article stubs on Kannada. This resulted in starting the Kannada language edition of Wikipedia in 2003.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though the articles in Wikipedia pages drew flak for their lack of depth and quality initially, the site showed signs of improvement only to fall back again. Initially, it was the issue of fonts that came in the way of developing Kannada pages and interestingly very few people knew that Wikipedia could be written in a regional language.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Omshivaprakash, one of the five administrators of Wikipedia’s Kannada version, blames laxity in community participation for Kannada version’s poor show. “Authors, publishers, government bodies don’t seem to be confident enough to use Wikipedia platform. Not many show interest to learn and contribute,” he says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awareness of Kannada Wikipedia, lack of awareness about Kannada typing tools, Internet accessibility issues, and lack of self-motivated volunteers who can drive the Wiki learning activities are reasons for the slowdown, he says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Admitting that Kannada Wikipedia is lagging behind in terms of quantity (number of articles), U.B. Pavanaja, another administrator, argued that it was however good in terms of quality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Attributing the rise in number of articles in other Indian language versions, especially in Tamil and Telugu, to uploading government data, he said, “But we have not done that. Our focus was mainly on quality, rather than quantity and the intention is to make the page more theme-based. We have deleted some 2,000 articles to provide the content in Encyclopaedia format.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to him, things are now moving in a positive direction with more people showing interest in this community attempt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kannada Development Authority chairperson L. Hanumanthaiah said he would immediately convene a meeting of administrators of the Kannada version of Wikipedia and discuss the mode of support Kannada bodies could expend in enriching Kannada pages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_Wiki.png" alt="null" class="image-inline" title="Wiki Kannada" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-hindu-january-19-muralidhara-khajane-kannada-wikipedia-not-on-top-of-the-charts'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-hindu-january-19-muralidhara-khajane-kannada-wikipedia-not-on-top-of-the-charts&lt;/a&gt;
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    <dc:creator>praskrishna</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Kannada Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-06-18T16:23:37Z</dc:date>
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    <title>GI-tagged products to get Wiki pages</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-hindu-s-anandan-january-26-2016-gi-tagged-products-to-get-wiki-pages</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;Ever realised that the famous, red hot Naga Mirchi (a special variety of chilli from Nagaland) doesn’t have a Wikipedia page?&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The article by S. Anandan was &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/gitagged-products-to-get-wiki-pages/article8153825.ece"&gt;published in the Hindu&lt;/a&gt; on January 26, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;And that Cannanore Home Furnishings — textile home furnishings from  Kannur — is a brand with geographical indication (GI) registration?  Wiki, which is an open and free repository of knowledge on the Internet,  does not have pages, in English and other recognised Indian languages,  on most GI-tagged Indian products.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The Centre for Internet and Society-Access to Knowledge — popular as  CIS-A2K— which is a not-for-profit movement to promote the fundamental  principles of justice, freedom, and economic development, launched an  India Edit-a-thon for seven days from January 25 to generate Wikimedia  pages in English and Indian languages on Indian products recognised by  the GI Registry of India.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“Kerala alone boasts 23 products, mostly agricultural, with the GI tag.  But Malayalam Wiki doesn’t have information on all of them. Besides the  Aranmula Kannadi, none of the other GI-tagged products from Kerala have  Wiki pages in English. Nationally, there are about 213 GI-tagged  products and we know nothing of most of them. There isn’t a single  article on many of them even in English. It’s in this context that the  Edit-a-thon becomes extremely relevant. It’s being held to celebrate the  Republic Day,” says Wiki activist Manoj Karingamadathil.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;13 pages already&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The campaign, launched on Monday, has evoked enthusiastic response from Wiki activists who have begun to create pages on most of these products. At the time of going to press, 13 GI-tagged Kerala products have got Wiki pages and editors are at work to generate content for these products in English.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Apart from existing Wiki editors, freshers may also be part of the campaign. “All they have to do is to create a Wiki account before sending in researched content,” points out Mr. Manoj. The campaign will be on till January 31.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Seven-day India Edit-a-thon begins; Wiki activists begin creating pages.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-hindu-s-anandan-january-26-2016-gi-tagged-products-to-get-wiki-pages'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-hindu-s-anandan-january-26-2016-gi-tagged-products-to-get-wiki-pages&lt;/a&gt;
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    <dc:creator>praskrishna</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-01-27T16:33:47Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/this-multilingual-edit-a-thon-wants-to-improve-indian-content-on-wikipedia">
    <title>This Multilingual Edit-a-thon wants to Improve Indian Content on Wikipedia</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/this-multilingual-edit-a-thon-wants-to-improve-indian-content-on-wikipedia</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;Ever wondered how many articles the Kannada Wikipedia or the Hindi Wikipedia have relating to India, its social history, literary and cultural heritage and the journey of over 1600 languages? &lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The article was &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-this-multilingual-edit-a-thon-wants-to-improve-indian-content-on-wikipedia-2170545"&gt;published in DNA&lt;/a&gt; on January 26, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;India has over &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/treasures_protected/registered_GI_30March2015.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;235 Geographical Indications (GI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; spread over the length and breadth of the 29 states and 7 union  territories. GI identifies goods or products as originating in a region  or locality and indicates the unique characteristic or particular  qualities it has as a result of being made in that area. Out of India's  235 GI, as identified by the Geographical Indications Registry of the  Government of India, there exist only about 70 English Wikipedia  entries. The state of many Indian language Wikipedias is even worse  where a vast majority of the identified GIs and other important topics  related to art, craft, cuisine, culture, attire and tradition are  missing from Wikipedia. Even Karnataka, which has the maximum number of  GIs at 30, has only a handful of articles and a few images on Wikipedia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This Republic Day, 75 Wikipedia editors who are volunteers and represent  18 Indic languages are coming together online to show their patriotism  in a unique way. It is not by hoisting the tri-colour and talking about  India's glorious past, but by enhancing Wikipedia content related to the  GIs of India in their own languages. Those who are multilingual are  even going to create Wikipedia articles in two or three different  languages. The multilingual edit-a-thon started on January 25 and will  go on until January 31. The event is focused on improving existing  Wikipedia content related to GIs of India, translating them into Indic  languages and also creating new articles. Being an online event, it has  also opened up the door to many contributors outside India. A few  participants from Nepal and Bangladesh have signed up for the event.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So little of the great journey of our products with unique quality is  available in the public domain. The saddest part is that there is  literally a bottom level existence for content related to Indian GIs on  Wikipedia, the world's largest online encyclopedia, which is often the  first link a web search throws up. This sort of lack of access to  knowledge related to India is not new. Even outside of Wikipedia, there  is very less that exists about the many stories worth telling from our  country. However, crying over the low access to knowledge would never  solve the real problem.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Geographical_Indications_in_India_Edit-a-thon" target="_blank"&gt;This edit-a-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Geographical_Indications_in_India_Edit-a-thon" target="_blank"&gt;thon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;is  just a digital experiment but can be a great way of doing digital  activism for the preservation of languages and taking the uniqueness of  India to millions of people in their own languages.&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/this-multilingual-edit-a-thon-wants-to-improve-indian-content-on-wikipedia'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/this-multilingual-edit-a-thon-wants-to-improve-indian-content-on-wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;
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    <dc:creator>subha</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Edit-a-thon</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-01-28T07:23:09Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Blog Entry</dc:type>
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    <title>କେତେ ମାଗଣା ଫେସବୁକର ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ?</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b15b47b24b47-b2eb3eb17b23b3e-b2bb47b38b2cb41b15b30-b2bb4db30b3f-b2cb47b38b3fb15b4db38</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;This opinion piece in Odia on Facebook's Free Basics App was published in Odisha.com. The post highlights several user security and privacy that Free Basics is violating apart from violating net neutrality. It also brings the parallel of Airtel Zero and Free Basics with the Grameenphone project by Mozilla in Bangladesh and the worldwide Wikipedia Zero projects.&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Read the original article published in Odisha.com &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.odisha.com/archives/23402"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଗତ ଦୁଇ ସପ୍ତାହ ସାରା ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ନିଆଁ ଲାଗିଛି । ସାରା ଦେଶରୁ ଲୋକେ ନିଆଁରେ ପତଙ୍ଗ  ଝାସ ଦେଲା ଭଳି ଫେସବୁକର ନୂଆ&amp;nbsp;ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ (Free Basics) ବିରୋଧରେ ଭିନ୍ନ  ଭିନ୍ନ ଧରଣର ମତ ଦେଇଚାଲିଛନ୍ତି।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ପ୍ରଧାନମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ମୋଦିଙ୍କ&amp;nbsp;ଆମେରିକା ଗସ୍ତ କାଳରେ ସେଠାରେ ଜୁକରବର୍ଗଙ୍କ ସାଙ୍ଗେ  ଭେଟି ଫେସବୁକର ମିଳିତ ସହଯୋଗରେ ଭାରତରେ ସାଧାରଣ&amp;nbsp;ଲୋକଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଜ୍ଞାନ ବିତରଣ ଓ ସୂଚନା  ପହଞ୍ଚାଇବା ବାବଦରେ ଆଲୋଚନ କରିଥିଲେ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଫେସବୁକ ଏହାକୁ &amp;nbsp;ଭାରତରେ ନିଜର ଚେର&amp;nbsp;ମୋଟା କରିବାର ଏକ ସୁଯୋଗ ଭାବେ ବ୍ୟବହାର  କରିବାକୁ ଉଦ୍ୟମ କଲା । ଫେସବୁକର ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାତା ମାର୍କ ଜୁକରବର୍ଗ ଏହି &amp;nbsp;ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ  ସମ୍ପର୍କରେ ଘୋଷଣା&amp;nbsp;କରିବାର ଦୁଇ ସପ୍ତାହ ନ ପୁରୁଣୁ ଟେଲିକମ ରେଗୁଲେଟରି ଅଥରିଟି ଅଫ  ଇଣ୍ଡିଆ (ଟ୍ରାଇ) ପାଖରେ ସାଢ଼େ ଚାରି ଲକ୍ଷ ପାଖାପାଖି&amp;nbsp;ଇମେଲ ଏହାକୁ ରୋକିବା ଲାଗି  ପହଞ୍ଚି ସାରିଲାଣି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଜନନେତା ଓ ଇନଫୋସିସର ସହ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାତା ନନ୍ଦନ ନୀଳକେଣିଙ୍କ ଠାରୁ&amp;nbsp;ଆରମ୍ଭ କରି  ମିଡ଼ିଆନାମାର ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାତା ନିଖିଳ ପାଉଆ, ଭେଞ୍ଚର କ୍ୟାପିଟାଲିଷ୍ଟ ମହେଶ ମୂର୍ତ୍ତି,  ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ଆକ୍ଟିଭିଷ୍ଟ&amp;nbsp;ସୁନୀଳ ଆବ୍ରାହାମ, ପ୍ରଣେଶ ପ୍ରକାଶଙ୍କ ଯାଏ ସଭିଏଁ ଏହା ପଛରେ  ଫେସବୁକ ଲାଭକାରୀ ମନୋଭାବ ନିହିତ ଅଛି ବୋଲି ଦର୍ଶାଇ ଏହି ଉଦ୍ୟମକୁ କଡ଼ା&amp;nbsp;ନିନ୍ଦା  କରିଛନ୍ତି।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ତେବେ କଣ ଏ ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ? କାହିଁକି ଏତେ ବିବାଦ ?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଫେସବୁକ ବ୍ୟବହାର କରୁଥିବା ଉଣାଅଧିକେ ସଭିଏଁ ଜାଣୁଥିବେ ସେ କେଡ଼େ ଅଠାକାଠି!  ଫେସବୁକର ପ୍ରାୟ ବ୍ୟବହାକାରୀ ହେଲେ ଯୁବବର୍ଗର&amp;nbsp;। ତେବେ ଅନ୍ୟ ବଯସର ଲୋକେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଫେସବୁକ  ବ୍ୟବହାର କରିଥାନ୍ତି । ଖୁବ କମ ସମୟରେ ଅଧିକ ଲୋକଙ୍କ ସଙ୍ଗେ ମିଶିବା, ଗପିବା ଆଦି  ସୁବିଧା ପାଇବା ଯୋଗୁଁ ଅନେକେ ଫେସବୁକ ପ୍ରେମରେ ପଡ଼ିଯାଆନ୍ତି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ସରଳ&amp;nbsp;ଭାଷାରେ କହିଲେ ଫେସବୁକ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ ଏକ ହାଟ ବଜାର । ଲୋକେ ସେଠି  କିଛି ସମୟ କାଟିବା ପାଇଁ, ଚିହ୍ନା-ଅଚିହ୍ନା&amp;nbsp;ଲୋକଙ୍କ ସହ ମିଶିବା ପାଇଁ, ଆଳାପ-ଆଲୋଚନା  ପାଇଁ ଏକାଠି ହୁଅନ୍ତି । ଅଧିକାଂଶ ଆଲୋଚନା କେବଳ ମଜା ମଉଜ ପାଇଁ ହେଲା&amp;nbsp;ବେଳେ କିଛି  ଉପଯୋଗୀ ଆଲୋଚନା ମଧ୍ୟ ହୋଇଥାଏ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଫେସବୁକ ଏକ ବିଶାଳ ଲାଭକାରୀ କମ୍ପାନି । ଏହାର ଆଉ ଏକ ସହ&amp;nbsp;ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ହେଲା ହୁଆଟ୍ସ  ଅପ । ଏହା ଅନଲାଇନ ଚାଟିଂ ପାଇଁ ବ୍ୟବହାର କରାଯାଏ । ଫଟୋ ଭିଡ଼ିଓରୁ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରି  ସାଧାରଣ ଚାଟିଂ&amp;nbsp;ନିମନ୍ତେ ଏହା ଖୁବ ଜଣା । ନିକଟରେ ଫେସବୁକ internet.org ନାମକ ଏକ  ସହ-ସଙ୍ଗଠନ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରିଛି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ ହେଲା&amp;nbsp;ଏ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ଡଟ ଅର୍ଗ ଅଧୀନରେ ଏକ ଯୋଜନା । ତେବେ ଫେସବୁକ ଓ  ଫେସବୁକର ସହ-ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପସବୁକୁ ଅଭାବୀ&amp;nbsp;ଦେଶମାନଙ୍କରେ ଅଧିକ ଲୋକପ୍ରିୟ କରିବା ଲାଗି  ସେସବୁକୁ ବିନାମୂଲ୍ୟରେ ପହଞ୍ଚାଇବା ପାଇଁ ଏ ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ । ଭାରତ ସମେତ&amp;nbsp;ଜଗତର ୩୦ଟି  ଦେଶରେ ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ ଜରିଆରେ ମାଗଣା ସୀମିତ ଫେସବୁକ ସୁବିଧା ଦେବା ଏହାର ଉଦ୍ଦେଶ୍ୟ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ&amp;nbsp;ଜରିଆରେ ଆଉ କିଛି ମାଗଣା ୱେବସାଇଟ ମଧ୍ୟ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ ହେବ । ତେବେ  ଏଠାରେ ଅନେକ ପ୍ରଶ୍ନ ମନରେ ଉଙ୍କିମାରେ? ଏ&amp;nbsp;ମାଗଣା ୱେବସାଇଟସବୁ ବ୍ୟବହାର ପାଇଁ ଲୋଡ଼ା  କି ନାଁ ତା’ର ସିଦ୍ଧାନ୍ତ କିଏ ନେବ, ଫେସବୁକ ନାଁ ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ ?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ&amp;nbsp;ଅଧୁନା କିଛି ଦେଶରେ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ ହୋଇଥିବା ବେଳେ ଫିଲିପାଇନ୍ସରେ  ରହୁଥିବା ଜଣେ ଭାରତୀୟ ଜିତେଶ ଗୋସ୍ୱାମୀ ନିକଟରେ ନିଜେ&amp;nbsp;ନିଜ ମୋବାଇଲରେ ସେଠାର ଫ୍ରି  ବେସିକ୍ସ ଇନଷ୍ଟଲ କରି ଯାହା ମତ ଦେଇଛନ୍ତି ତା’ ଭାରୀ ଚିନ୍ତାର ବିଷୟ । ସାଧାରଣ  ଫେସବୁକର&amp;nbsp;ଅଧାରୁ ଅଧିକ ସୁବିଧା ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସରେ ନାହିଁ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଏଥିରେ ଫେସବୁକ ବାହାରେ ଥିବା ଭିଡ଼ିଓ ମାଗଣାରେ ଦେଖିହେବନି କି ଖବର  ଆଦି&amp;nbsp;ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ପଢ଼ିହେବନି । ପୁଣି ମାଗଣାରେ ମିଳିବାକୁ ଥିବା ବାକି ୱେବସାଇଟସବୁ  ବାଛିବାରେ ଫେସବୁକର ଏକଚାଟିଆ ଅଧିକାର ରହିବ&amp;nbsp;। ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ &amp;nbsp;କଣ ଚାହାନ୍ତି ନ  ଚାହାନ୍ତି ତାହା ଫେସବୁକ ନିର୍ଣ୍ଣୟ କରିବ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଆଉ ଗରୀବ ମାଇପ ସବୁରି ଶାଳୀ ନ୍ୟାୟରେ ଗରୀବଙ୍କୁ&amp;nbsp;ମାଗଣା ତିଅଣର ସୁଆଦ ଚଖାଇ ଫେସବୁକ  ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ଯୋଗାଇବା ଆଳରେ କେବଳ ଫେସବୁକର ପରିଧି ଭିତରେ ବାନ୍ଧି&amp;nbsp;ରଖିବ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଫେସବୁକ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ Mozilla ଭଳି ଖୋଲା ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ବ୍ୟବହାର କରେନାହିଁ କି ଲୋକଙ୍କ  ଉଦ୍ୟମରେ ତିଆରି ନୁହେଁ ।&amp;nbsp;ଏହା ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଭାବେ ଏକ ଲାଭକାରୀ କମ୍ପାନି । ତେଣୁ  ଫେସବୁକର ସବୁ କାମ ଲୋକଙ୍କ ସ୍ୱାର୍ଥ ନୁହେଁ ବରଂ ନିଜ ସ୍ୱାର୍ଥ&amp;nbsp;ହାସଲ ପାଇଁ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଅଭାବୀ ଦେଶର ଲୋକଙ୍କ ମନ ଜିଣିବା ପାଇଁ ଓ ନିଜର ବ୍ୟବହାର କାରୀଙ୍କ &amp;nbsp;ସଂଖ୍ୟା  ବଢ଼ାଇବା ପାଇଁ ଏହା ଫେସବୁକର ଏକ&amp;nbsp;ମସୁଧା ବୋଲି ଅନେକ ଚିନ୍ତାଶୀଳ ଲୋକେ ମତ ଦେଇଛନ୍ତି ।  ଫେସବୁକର ଏହି ଏକ ଚାଟିଆ କାମ ନେଟ ନିଉଟ୍ରାଲିଟି ବା ନେଟ&amp;nbsp;ସମାନତାର ପକ୍ଷପାତୀ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ପକ୍ଷପାତ ନ କରି ସବୁ ୱେବସାଇଟକୁ ସମାନ ଭାବେ ଗଣିବା ନେଟ ସମାନତା ନାମରେ ଜଣା ।  ଫ୍ରି&amp;nbsp;ବେସିକ୍ସରେ ଥିବା ନାନାଦି ଭୁଲ ବିଷୟକୁ ଭଲ ଭାବେ ତନଖି କରିବା ପାଇଁ ନିକଟରେ  ଟେଲିକମ ରେଗୁଲେଟରି ଅଥରିଟି ଅଫ ଇଣ୍ଡିଆ&amp;nbsp;(ଟ୍ରାଇ) ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସକୁ କିଛି ସମୟ ପାଇଁ  ବାସନ୍ଦ କରିଛି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଚତୁର ଫେସବୁକ କେବେ ଚାଷୀମାନଙ୍କୁ ପାଣିପାଗ ଜାଣିବାରେ ଫ୍ରି&amp;nbsp;ବେସିକ୍ସ ସାହାଯ୍ୟ  କରିବ ତ କେବେ ଅଭାବୀ ଭାରତୀୟଙ୍କୁ ପରସ୍ପର ସହ ଯୋଡ଼ିବାରେ ସାହାଯ୍ୟ କରିବ ବୋଲି  ଦେଶସାରା ସହର&amp;nbsp;ବଜାର ସବୁଠି ଜୋରଦାର ପ୍ରଚାର ଚଳାଇଥିଲା ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ସବୁ ଖବରକାଗଜରେ ପୂରା ଫର୍ଦ ବିଜ୍ଞାପନ ଆଉ ସବୁ ବସ ରହିବା ସ୍ଥାନରେ ବଡ଼&amp;nbsp;ବଡ଼  ହୋର୍ଡ଼ିଂ । ଆଉ ଏଥିରେ ସଭିଙ୍କୁ ଅନୁରୋଧ ଥିଲା ଏକ ନମ୍ବରକୁ ମିସ କଲ ଦେଇ ଫ୍ରି  ବେସିକ୍ସକୁ ସମର୍ଥନ କରିବା ପାଇଁ । ଏ&amp;nbsp;ପ୍ରଚାର ପ୍ରସାରରେ ୧୦୦ କୋଟିରୁ ଅଧିକ ବୋଧେ  ଖର୍ଚ୍ଚ ହୋଇଥିବ! କେଉଁଠୁ ଆଦାୟ ହେବ ଏ ପଇସା? ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସର ମାଗଣା&amp;nbsp;ଫେସବୁକ ଓ ବାକି  ୱେବସାଇଟକୁ ସୁବିଧା ଦେବାର ଏ ଆଳ ବିରୋଧରେ ଝଡ଼ ଉଠିଛି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Savetheinternet.in ନାମରେ ଏକ&amp;nbsp;ୱେବସାଇଟ ତିଆରି କରି ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ସମାନତା ପାଇଁ ଲଢ଼ୁଥିବା କର୍ମୀଏ ଏକରକମ ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରିଛନ୍ତି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଫେସବୁକର ମିସ କଲ ଅଭିଯାନର କଡ଼ା ଜବାବ ଦେବାପାଇଁ Savetheinternet.in ଓ  fsmi.in ନାମକ ଦୁଇଟି ୱେବସାଇଟ&amp;nbsp;ପକ୍ଷରୁ ଜନସାଧାରଣଙ୍କୁ ସଚେତନ କରାଯାଇ ଟ୍ରାଇ ପାଖକୁ  ଇମେଲ ପଠାଇବା ଅନୁରୋଧ କରାଯାଇଥିଲା । ଫେସବୁକର କୋଟି&amp;nbsp;କୋଟି ଟଙ୍କା ଖର୍ଚର ମିସ କଲ  ଅଭିଯାନରୁ ୧୦ ଲକ୍ଷ ସମର୍ଥନ ମିଳିଥିବା ବେଳେ ବିନା ପଇସାରେ ସାଢ଼େ ଚାରି ଲକ୍ଷରୁ  ଅଧିକ&amp;nbsp;ଲୋକ ଇମେଲ ଜରିଆରେ ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସକୁ ବିରୋଧ କରି ଟ୍ରାଇକୁ ଇମେଲ କରିଛନ୍ତି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ତେବେ ଫେସବୁକର ଏହି ସମର୍ଥନ&amp;nbsp;ସଂଗ୍ରହକୁ ଟ୍ରାଇର ସଭାପତି ଆରଏସ ଶର୍ମା ଘୋର ନିନ୍ଦା  କରି କହିଛନ୍ତି ଏଯାବତ ଫେସବୁକ ଯେଉଁ ୧୪ ଲକ୍ଷ ଲୋକଙ୍କୁ&amp;nbsp;ପ୍ରଭାବିତ କରି ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ  ମିସ କଲ ଜରିଆରେ ସମର୍ଥନ ଆଣିଛି ତା’ ମୂଲ୍ୟହୀନ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;୧୦୦ କୋଟି ଟଙ୍କାର କି ଅପଚୟ! ସେତିକି&amp;nbsp;ପଇସାରେ ଶହେ ହଜାର ଲୋକଙ୍କ ମାଗଣାରେ କିଛି ଉପଯୋଗୀ ସାଇଟ ଦେଖିବା ସୁଯୋଗ ଦେଇଥିଲେ ଆହୁରି ଭଲ ହୋଇଥାନ୍ତା ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସରେ ଲୁଚି ରହିଥିବା ସବୁଠୁ ବଡ଼ ବିପଦଟି ହେଲା ଫେସବୁକର ତଥ୍ୟ ସଂଗ୍ରହ  କାରସାଦି । ବ୍ୟବହାର୍ରକାରୀ କି କି ସାଇଟ&amp;nbsp;ଦେଖିଲେ, କାହା ସଙ୍ଗେ ଗପିଲେ ସେସବୁ ଏହା  ତାଙ୍କ &amp;nbsp;ଅଗୋଚରେ ଟିକିନିଖି କରି ହିସାବ ରଖିଥାଏ । ସଳଖେ କହିଲେ ଫେସବୁକରେ&amp;nbsp;ବ୍ୟବହାର  କାରୀ ବାପୁଡ଼ାର ବ୍ୟକ୍ତିଗତ ବୋଲି କିଛି ରହିବ ନାହିଁ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଫେସବୁକ ଆରମ୍ଭରୁ ଶବ୍ଦସମ୍ଭାରରେ ଭରା ଏକ ଲମ୍ବା ବିବରଣୀରେ&amp;nbsp;ତଥ୍ୟ ସଂଗ୍ରହରେ  ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀଙ୍କ କୌଣସି ଅଭିଯୋଗ ନାହିଁ ବୋଲି ଖୁବ ଚତୁର ଭାବେ ତାଙ୍କଠୁ ଅନୁମତି  ନେଇଯାଏ । ଅନଭିଜ୍ଞ&amp;nbsp;ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ ପାଠ ଘର ଯାହା ସେଥିରେ ସେ ଏ ଫିକର ବୁଝିବ ବା  କିପରି?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ଓକିଲ ଇବେନ ମଗଲେନ ଓ ମିସି ଚୌଧୁରୀ&amp;nbsp;ଏକ ଲେଖାରେ ଦୁହେଁ ତନ୍ନ ତନ୍ନ କରି  ବିଶ୍ଳେଷଣ କରିଛନ୍ତି ଏ କଥା । ପ୍ରଶ୍ନ ଉଠେ ଯେ ଫେସବୁକ ଧନୀ ଦେଶରେ ଏଭଳି&amp;nbsp;ବେପରୁଆ  ଅପସାହସ କରିବକି?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଏହି ଭଳି ଆଉ ଏକ କୁଟିଳ ବିଷୟ ଥିଲା ଏଆରଟେଲ ଜିରୋ । ଏଆରଟେଲ ଜିରୋ ଆଉ ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ  ଭିତରେ ବଡ଼ ସମାନତା ହେଉଛି&amp;nbsp;ଉଭୟ କମ୍ପାନି କିଛି ୱେବସାଇଟଙ୍କଠାରୁ ବିପୁଳ ପରିମାଣରେ  ପଇସା ନେଇ ସେ ୱେବସାଇଟସବୁକୁ ବ୍ୟବହାର କାରୀଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ&amp;nbsp;ମାଗଣାରେ ଯୋଗାଇଥାନ୍ତି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଏଥିରେ ସେବା ଯୋଗାଣକାରୀ ଓ ମାଗଣାରେ ବ୍ୟବହାର କାରୀଙ୍କ ପାଖେ ପହଞ୍ଚୁଥିବା  ୱେବସାଇଟସବୁଙ୍କ&amp;nbsp;ସିଧାସଳଖ ସ୍ୱାର୍ଥ ନିହିତ ଥାଏ । ପାଠକଙ୍କୁ ଜ୍ଞାନ ବିତରଣ କରିବାର  ତୁଚ୍ଛା ବିଜ୍ଞାପନ ତଳେ ଯେ ଏତେ ଫନ୍ଦି ରହିଛି ତାହା ପାଠକ&amp;nbsp;ବାପୁଡ଼ା ବା ଜାଣିବ  କେମନ୍ତେ? ଆଉ ଧନୀ ଦେଶରେ ଏଭଳି ଫିକର ସହଜେ ଧରାପଡ଼ିବ ବୋଲି ଫେସବୁକ ଭଳି କମ୍ପାନି  ୩୦ଟି ଅଭାବୀ&amp;nbsp;ଦେଶକୁ ଥୋପ କରିଛି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ତେବେ ମାଗଣାରେ କିଛି ୱେବସାଇଟ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ କରାଇବା କିଛି ନୂଆ ନୁହେଁ । ଅତୀତରେ  ବଙ୍ଗଳାଦେଶରେ Mozilla (ଫାୟାରଫକ୍ସ&amp;nbsp;ଭଳି ନାନାଦି ଖୋଲା ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ପରିଚାଳନା କରୁଥିବା  ସଙ୍ଗଠନ) ଗ୍ରାମୀଣଫୋନ ନାମକ ଯୋଜନା ଜରିଆରେ ୫ ଲକ୍ଷରୁ ଅଧିକ&amp;nbsp;ଲୋକଙ୍କୁ ଦିନକୁ ୨୦ MBର  ଡାଟା ଦେବା ସାରା ଜଗତରେ ଆଲୋଚନା ବିଷୟ ହୋଇଥିଲା ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ମୋଜିଲା ଓ ମୋବାଇଲ ସେବା&amp;nbsp;ଯୋଗାଣକାରୀ ଟେଲିନର ଏଥି ପାଇଁ ପ୍ରଶଂସାର ପାତ୍ର ହୋଇଥିଲେ  । ଅନେକ ଦେଶରେ ସାଧାରଣ ଲୋକେ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ବିଷୟରେ&amp;nbsp;ଜାଣିବାକୁ ପାଉନଥିବାରୁ ଏସଏସମେସ ଓ  ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ଯୋଗେ ସାଧାରଣ ଲୋକଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ସମ୍ପାଦିତ ଅନଲାଇନ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ&amp;nbsp;ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ,  ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଜିରୋ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ଜରିଆରେ ମାଗଣାରେ ଯୋଗାଇଦିଆଯାଉଛି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଭାରତରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପରୀକ୍ଷାମୂଳକ ଭାବେ&amp;nbsp;କିଛି ସ୍ଥାନରେ ଏହି ସୁବିଧା ଦିଆଯାଇଛି । ତେବେ  ଜ୍ଞାନ ବିତରଣ ପାଇଁ ଏହି ଭଳି ଉଦ୍ୟମ ସବୁରି ଆଦର ପାଆନ୍ତି ।&amp;nbsp;କିନ୍ତୁ ନିଜ ସ୍ୱାର୍ଥ  ହାସଲ ନିମନ୍ତେ ଜଗତର ହିତ ନାମରେ ଗରୀବଙ୍କ ଗରିବୀକୁ ଥୋପ କରି ଫେସବୁକର ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ  କେବଳ&amp;nbsp;ନିନ୍ଦା ପାଇଛି । ଲୋକଙ୍କ ସମର୍ଥନ ପାଇବାକୁ ହେଲେ କିଛି ପରିମାଣରେ ସଚ୍ଚା  ହେବାକୁ ଯେ ପଡ଼ିବ ଏ କଥାଟି ଫେସବୁକ ଏବେଠୁ&amp;nbsp;ହେଜିଲେ ଆଗକୁ ମଙ୍ଗଳ ହେବ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଲେଖକ ପରିଚୟ:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଶୁଭାଶିଷ ପାଣିଗ୍ରାହୀ ବେଙ୍ଗାଳୁରର ସେଣ୍ଟର ଫର ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ଆଣ୍ଡ ସୋସାଇଟିରେ  ଭାରତୀୟ ଭାଷାରେ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଓ&amp;nbsp;ଉଇକିମିଡ଼ିଆ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ତଥା ସ୍ୱେଚ୍ଛାସେବୀ ସମୂହର  ବିକାଶ ନିମନ୍ତେ ବିଗତ କିଛି ବର୍ଷ ଧରି କାମ କରୁଛନ୍ତି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଆଗରୁ ଇଂରାଜୀ&amp;nbsp;ସମେତ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଏସୀୟ ଭାଷାରେ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ବିକାଶ ପାଇଁ ସେ  ଉଇକିମିଡ଼ିଆ ଫାଉଣ୍ଡେସନରେ ସକ୍ରିୟ ଥିଲେ ।&amp;nbsp;ଉଇକିମାନିଆ ହଂକଂ, ଲଣ୍ଡନ ଓ ମେକ୍ସିକୋ  ସିଟି, ଓପନ ନଲେଜ ଡେ ବର୍ଲିନ, ଗ୍ଲୋବାଲ ଭଏସେସ ସମିଟ ଫିଲିପାଇନ୍ସ ଆଦି&amp;nbsp;ଦେଶବିଦେଶରେ  ଭାଷାର କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟରୀକରଣ ଓ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଟେକନୋଲୋଜି ବିକାଶ ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧରେ ସେ ବିଭିନ୍ନ  ସମ୍ମିଳନୀରେ ନିଜର&amp;nbsp;ବକ୍ତବ୍ୟ ପ୍ରଦାନ କରିଛନ୍ତି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଦୀର୍ଘ ଦିନ ଧରି ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ସହିତ ମୋଜିଲା, ଓପନ ଗ୍ଲାମ, ଗ୍ଲୋବାଲ  ଭଏସେସ,&amp;nbsp;ଓପନସୋର୍ସ ଡଟ କମ ଆଦି ବିଶ୍ୱସ୍ତରୀୟ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ସହ ସକ୍ରିୟ ଭାବେ ଜଡ଼ିତ । ଜଣେ  ନିୟମିତ ସ୍ତମ୍ଭକାର ଭାବେ ସେ ବିଭିନ୍ନ&amp;nbsp;ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଓ ଇଂରାଜୀ ଖବରକାଗଜ, ବ୍ଲଗ ଆଦିରେ ଓ  ନିଜ ବ୍ଲଗ http://psubhashish.comରେ ନିଜର ନିବନ୍ଧ ଲେଖନ୍ତି ।ଟୁଇଟରରେ  ଶୁଭାଶିଷଙ୍କ ସହ @subhapa ରେ ଯୋଗାଯୋଗ କରିହେବ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ସେଣ୍ଟର ଫର ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ଆଣ୍ଡ ସୋସାଇଟି, ବେଙ୍ଗାଳୁର&lt;br /&gt; psubhashish@gmail.com&lt;/p&gt;

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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/huffington-post-subhashish-panigrahi-january-25-2016-why-its-essential-to-grow-indian-language-wikipedias">
    <title>Why It's Essential To Grow Indian-Language Wikipedias</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/huffington-post-subhashish-panigrahi-january-25-2016-why-its-essential-to-grow-indian-language-wikipedias</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;On 15 January, Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia celebrated its 15th birthday, meeting this milestone with 36 million articles in more than 290 languages (the English-language Wikipedia alone has crossed the 5-million article mark). But here I want to address some major questions that we need to ask as Indians. &lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;This was published by &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.in/subhashish-panigrahi-/when-wikipedia-is-turning_b_9025690.html"&gt;Huffington Post&lt;/a&gt; on January 25, 2016. Also mirrored on &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://globalvoices.org/2016/02/26/why-its-essential-to-grow-indian-language-wikipedias/"&gt;Global Voices&lt;/a&gt; on February 26, 2016. The post was translated &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://el.globalvoices.org/2016/05/33834"&gt;into Greek&lt;/a&gt; by Maria Souli. It was translated &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://es.globalvoices.org/2016/03/26/la-importancia-de-cultivar-las-wikipedias-sobre-los-idiomas-de-la-india/"&gt;into Spanish&lt;/a&gt; by Daniela Diaz and &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://ru.globalvoices.org/2016/04/20/47945/"&gt;into Russian&lt;/a&gt; by GV Russian&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;First, what is the state of Indian-language Wikipedia projects? What does India have to take from and give to Wikipedia?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;With the growth of free and open source software in India, &lt;a href="http://www.gndec.ac.in/%7Elibrarian/sveri/dbit2306009.pdf" target="_hplink"&gt;people are equipped with more freedom than ever.&lt;/a&gt; Especially with the recent &lt;a href="https://opensource.com/government/15/6/indian-government-includes-open-source-rfps" target="_hplink"&gt;federal policy-level changes&lt;/a&gt;, the nation is enjoying better collaboration with people of different cultures speaking different languages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="callout" style="text-align: justify; "&gt;According to UNESCO, 197 of the total of 1652 Indian languages are dying despite having a long literary and linguistic heritage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;However, there is a huge gap in the access to knowledge on the internet domain. Of a population of about 1.26 billion only about 15-18% people are connected online, largely from mobile devices. A tiny fraction of this population comprises the technical community. It would be useful to have a metric on the percentage of this community's contribution to grow the languages of this country and its cultural heritage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Wikipedia as a family&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Wikipedia is not just an encyclopaedia. It is also a "family" of several other Open Knowledge members. Wikipedia itself is available in over 290 languages, but it also has other multilingual sister projects such as Wikisource (an online library of many public domain and other important texts), Wikimedia Commons (the world's largest repository of media files and documents), Wikibooks (a free library of educational textbooks), Wikivoyage (a free and open travel guide) and Wiktionary (a database of various languages).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;These projects don't just house millions of images, videos, documents  and texts, but allow anyone to contribute their knowledge to this ever  deepening pool of information. Four Indian languages made an early entry  to the Wiki-world back in 2002 -- &lt;a href="http://as.wikipedia.org/" target="_hplink"&gt;Assamese&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ml.wikipedia.org/" target="_hplink"&gt;Malayalam&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://or.wikipedia.org/" target="_hplink"&gt;Odia&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://pa.wikipedia.org/" target="_hplink"&gt;Punjabi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/UNESCO.png" alt="UNESCO" class="image-inline" title="UNESCO" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Language neutrality&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;According to UNESCO, 197 of the total of 1652 Indian languages are dying despite having a long literary and linguistic heritage. It's quite shocking. In a blog post on content localisation, social entrepreneur Rajesh Ranjan asks if free and open source software can help save these dying languages. In the context of Wikipedia, there are already 23 South Asian-language projects. Out of these 20 are languages listed in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India. Many might not have noticed that the "en" in the URL of Wikipedia that denotes the language code of English could be altered with "or" for Odia Wikipedia or "pa" for Punjabi Wikipedia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Most Wikipedia projects in Indian language projects are relatively small compared to their counterparts. But the Wikimedia communities are thriving.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="callout" style="text-align: justify; "&gt;There are a fairly large number of native speakers waiting out there to access knowledge in their own languages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;When only parts of government websites are available in Hindi, the Hindi  Wikipedia has crossed 10 million articles already. The Tamil and  Malayalam Wikipedia communities have played a central part in  implementing Wikipedia basics learning in the state-run school syllabus.  Needless to say that these communities have played a significant role  in implementing several free and open source software by pushing for  policy-level change. Many Indian languages are in the pipeline to become  active Wikipedia projects under the scope of the  &lt;a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Incubator:Test_wikis/code/valid" target="_hplink"&gt;Wikimedia Incubator&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikipedia/" target="_hplink"&gt;Maithili Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/15/konkani-wikipedia-goes-live/" target="_hplink"&gt;Goan Konkani Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; are the two Indian-language Wikipedias that have gone live in recent  years. The world has seen how digital activism has brought a new life to  the Hebrew language. There are a fairly large number of native speakers  waiting out there to access knowledge in their own languages. Wikipedia  could be a great tool for digital activism with openness and sharing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/WikipediaEditors.png" alt="Wikipedia Editors" class="image-inline" title="Wikipedia Editors" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Addressing gender bias in Wikipedia: Implications for India&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;India &lt;a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/gender-inequality-index-in-south-asia-india-leads-in-poor-condition-of-women/" target="_hplink"&gt;tops South Asia in the gender inequality index&lt;/a&gt; in the entire South Asia. The &lt;a href="http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2009/en/pdf/EN_SOWP09_ICPD.pdf" target="_hplink"&gt;female literacy rate is an alarmingly low 65.46%&lt;/a&gt; as compared to 82.14% for men. This disparity is evident in many other sectors as well as in politics.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="callout" style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Digital India aims at digital literacy and availability of digital resources/services in Indian languages. This is closely aligned with the Wikimedia movement's goal....&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;But gender bias is not just a problem in India. The global free and open  source software (FOSS) community has always been worried about the &lt;a href="https://books.google.co.in/books?id=AJpACwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PT49&amp;amp;lpg=PT49&amp;amp;dq=gender+bias+in+foss+community&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=HqLdhzKwcD&amp;amp;sig=bewvZdJG3wGtbqWXxSIS9qLIxSM&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwjkwfznvqTKAhVKH44KHZFVBMQQ6AEIJzAB#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=gender%20bias%20in%20foss%20community&amp;amp;f=false" target="_hplink"&gt;low presence of women&lt;/a&gt; contributors -- in the &lt;a href="https://people.cs.umass.edu/%7Ewallach/talks/2011-04-05_JHU.pdf" target="_hplink"&gt;range of 2-5% range.&lt;/a&gt; Wikimedia Foundation's former executive director admitted that  Wikipedia, like many other collaborative and open projects, does not  have a conducive environment for women. But the Wikimedia community and  Wikimedia Foundation are both working on improving this state of  affairs. Indian-language Wikipedia projects are directly impacted by  this global drive, be it the Women's History Month edit-a-thon where  Wikipedia content largely related to women are improved every year or  the &lt;a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%27s_Daughters_Edit-a-thon" target="_hplink"&gt;Lilavati's Daughters project &lt;/a&gt;where biographies of Indian women scientists were created and enriched in Wikipedia projects.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Complementing Digital India&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;With a population of over &lt;a href="http://dazeinfo.com/2015/09/05/internet-users-in-india-number-mobile-iamai/" target="_hplink"&gt;354 million&lt;/a&gt; netizens India still has a long way to go in  &lt;a href="http://tdil.mit.gov.in/wsi/papers/Issues_&amp;amp;_Challenges_for_Enabling_Mobile_web_in_Indian_Languages.pdf" target="_hplink"&gt;increasing Indian language content on the web&lt;/a&gt;. The Government of India's new campaign &lt;a href="http://www.digitalindia.gov.in/content/vision-and-vision-areas" target="_hplink"&gt;Digital India&lt;/a&gt; aims at &lt;a href="http://www.cmai.asia/digitalindia/" target="_hplink"&gt;digital literacy and availability of digital resources/services in Indian languages&lt;/a&gt;.  This is closely aligned with the Wikimedia movement's goal to provide  free access to the sum of all human knowledge. In addition to Wikipedia,  many other open educational resources and free knowledge projects that  are not already a part of the Digital India campaign signal the need for  the federal-run campaign to be more collaborative and open.  Community-government collaborations like the &lt;a href="https://blog.creativecommons.org/2013/08/14/india-launches-national-repository-of-open-educational-resources/" target="_hplink"&gt;NROER project&lt;/a&gt; to make NCERT books under Creative Commons licenses and &lt;a href="https://www.itschool.gov.in/glance.php" target="_hplink"&gt;IT@School project&lt;/a&gt; in the state of Kerala to provide education using free and open tools  have gained massive traction and helped more Indian language content  come online.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/huffington-post-subhashish-panigrahi-january-25-2016-why-its-essential-to-grow-indian-language-wikipedias'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/huffington-post-subhashish-panigrahi-january-25-2016-why-its-essential-to-grow-indian-language-wikipedias&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
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    <dc:creator>subha</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-05-28T06:52:53Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/geographical-indications-in-india-edit-a-thon">
    <title>Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/geographical-indications-in-india-edit-a-thon</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;Between 25 January and 31 January 2016, CIS-A2K is organizing an edit-a-thon to celebrate India's republic day. The goal of this edit-a-thon is to create and improve Geographical Indications articles.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;Expectations&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We expect that if you participate in this edit-a-thon, you'll create or expand at least 3 articles. However you may work on as many as articles you want.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Rules&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For an article to be considered as part of this Geographical  Indications in India Edit-a-thon, it must adhere to the following rules&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The new article must be created between 0:00 UTC on 25 January 2016 and 23:59 UTC on 31 January 2016.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Creation/Expansion rule&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;b&gt;If you are creating a new article&lt;/b&gt; the new article must have a size of at least 3,500 bytes and a minimum  length of roughly 300 words (the word count excludes templates,  infoboxes, references, etc.), &lt;b&gt;If you are expanding an existing article&lt;/b&gt;, you need to expand this article by at least 3000 bytes, (the word count excludes templates, infoboxes, references, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The articles should not copyvio content and should follow verifiability and other important policies of Wikipedia.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The articles should have decent references;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The article must not be purely machine translated.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;There should not be any maintenance tags in the articles&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The article must have a direct relation to Geographical Indications in India (see &lt;a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Geographical_Indications_in_India_Edit-a-thon#Articles"&gt;Proposed articles&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Participants&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please add your username below. If you can not find your community name,  please add a section using level 3 header (eg. === Ukrainian Wikipedia  ===). &lt;b&gt;We also encourage you to start an event page on your Wikipedia.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt; &lt;/ol&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/geographical-indications-in-india-edit-a-thon'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/geographical-indications-in-india-edit-a-thon&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>praskrishna</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Edit-a-thon</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Event</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-01-26T15:19:56Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Event</dc:type>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-for-mechanical-engineering-students-of-sagara">
    <title>Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon for Mechanical Engineering students of Sagara</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-for-mechanical-engineering-students-of-sagara</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;In Sagara, Karnataka, a Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon is being planned to be organised during January 26-27.&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;Kannada Wikipedia has turned 13 this year. Started in June 2003, the 
free Kannada-language online encyclopedia is one of the major resources 
in the language on the Internet. With over 19700 and even with many 
broader topics like art, literature, politics, science and culture 
covered in Kannada Wikipedia, there is significantly low content about 
Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering enthusiasts of the city 
are coming together to bridge this gap by creating and enhancing content
 in Kannada on the internet. Out of the three days, the whole day of the
 25th is dedicated for clicking pictures of historical places of the 
city which will additionally contribute to articles related to the city.
 The event is being organised by the Kannada Wikimedia community that 
voluntarily contributes to grow Kannada Wikipedia and several other 
Kannada Wikimedia projects, and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge programme. The edit-a-thon will
 include demonstration and practice sessions of input in Kannada script,
 basics of Wikipedia editing and its policies and guidelines, searching 
for references from various journals and notable books, and translation 
of technical content, and is open to all. Anant Subray, Programme 
Associate who is the organiser of the event could be contacted at 
9739811664 for more information.&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-for-mechanical-engineering-students-of-sagara'&gt;https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-for-mechanical-engineering-students-of-sagara&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>Ananth Subray</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Kannada Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-03-01T13:56:54Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/100-konkani-articles-added-to-wikipedia-in-one-day">
    <title>100 Konkani Articles Added to Wikipedia in One Day</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/100-konkani-articles-added-to-wikipedia-in-one-day</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;This was published in the Times of India.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Konkani.png/@@images/9d691e8f-f4cd-4885-ab2c-e22545dc7876.png" alt="Konkani Wikipedia" class="image-inline" title="Konkani Wikipedia" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/100-konkani-articles-added-to-wikipedia-in-one-day'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/100-konkani-articles-added-to-wikipedia-in-one-day&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>praskrishna</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-02-12T15:17:02Z</dc:date>
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    <title>ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ କିଛି ଅନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ </title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b13b21b3cb3fb06-b2db3eb37b3e-b2ab3eb07b01-b15b3fb1bb3f-b05b28b4db24b30b4db1cb3eb24b40b5f-b07b23b4db1fb30b28b47b1f-b2ab4db30b15b33b4db2a</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;With more free and open software coming in, more people are coming together and collaborating. The ownership of various projects are coming from bigger corporations to the hands of people. It is essential to learn about the global, collaborative and multilingual projects in our language so that it come out of the four walls of literature and become the language of economy and knowledge. In this piece, I have discussed about three open knowledge projects Odia Wikipedia, Odia Wikisource and Global Voices Odia, how they work and how anyone can contribute in these projects.

&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The article was published in &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://odia.yourstory.com/read/9fc7c70a93/-"&gt;Your Story&lt;/a&gt; on January 14, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଭାଷାଟି ଆମର ଏ ଦେଶର ମୋଟ ୬୦୦ରୁ ଅଧିକ ଭାଷା ଓ ତହିଁରୁ ୬ଟି ପୁରୁଣା ଭାଷା ଭିତରୁ ଗୋଟିଏ ବୋଲି ମାନ୍ୟତା ପାଇଲା । ଭାଷା ଭିତ୍ତିରେ ରାଜ୍ୟ ହେବାରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ହେଉଛି ଏସିଆରେ ପ୍ରଥମ । ଆମ ଭାଷା ମୂଳ ବିଶାଳ କଳିଙ୍ଗ ଭୁଖଣ୍ଡର ସତ୍ତାକୁ ଧରି ରଖିଥିବା ବୋଧେ ଏକୋଇ ଭାଷା । ଏତେ ସବୁ ପରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଆମ ଭାଷା ଆନ୍ତର୍ଜାତିକ ସ୍ତରରେ କେତେ ପରିଚିତ ତାହା ନ କହିବା ଭଲ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="callout"&gt;ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭଳି ଏତେ ପୁରାତନ ଭାଷା ଜଗତରେ ରହିଛି ବୋଲି କେଇ ଶହ ବର୍ଷ ତଳେ ଆମ ନିଜର ଥିବା ଆମ ପଡ଼ିଶା ବଙ୍ଗ, ବିହାରର ଲୋକେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଜାଣିଥିବେ କି ନାଁ ସନ୍ଦେହ । ଯେଉଁଠି ନିଜ ରାଜ୍ୟର ଲୋକେ ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ କଥା ହେବାକୁ ନାରାଜ ସେଠି ଦେଶବିଦେଶରେ ପତିଆରା କଥା କହିବା ତୁଚ୍ଛା ପାଗଳାମି ବୋଲି ପାଠକେ ହୁଏତ ଭାବୁଥିବେ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ତେବେ ଏ ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗ ଆଲୋଚନା କରିବା ପଛରେ ରହିଛି ଆମ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଜାତିର ମାନସିକତା । ବିଦେଶରୁ ଆସିଥିବା ଲୋକଟେ ଅଧିକ ଆଦର ପାଏ, ନିଜ ଲୋକେ ବିଦେଶ ଯାଇ ବାହୁଡ଼ିଲେ ଅଧିକ ସମ୍ମାନର ଅଧିକାରୀ ହୁଅନ୍ତି, ଏମିତିକି ଲୋକେ ମଦ ପିଇଲେ ବିଦେଶୀ ଭାଷାରେ ବକନ୍ତି ବୋଲି ଶୁଣାଯାଏ! ଏଣୁ ନିଜ ରାଇଜ ଆଉ ଦେଶରେ ଯେବେ ଆମ ଭାଷାଟି ଗାଁ କନିଆଁ, କାଳେ ବିଦେଶରେ କାଟତି ବଢ଼ିଲେ, ଭାଷାଟି ଏକ ଆନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ଭାଷା ବୋଲି ବିଖ୍ୟାତ ହେବ ଆଉ ନିଜ ଲୋକଙ୍କ ତା ପ୍ରତି ଆଦର ବଢ଼ିପାରେ ବୋଲି ବିଚାରିବା । ଏ କଥାଟି ଯେ ଆମ ବିଲାତ ଫେରନ୍ତା ବାବୁ ମାନେ ହେଜିନଥିବେ ତା' ନୁହେଁ, ହେଲେ ଯେଉଁଠି ଖଣ୍ଡି ଇଂରାଜୀ ଓ ହିନ୍ଦିରେ କାମ ଚଳି ଯାଉଛି ସେଠି ସେମାନେ କାହିଁକି କଷଣ ସହି ଯେ ପ୍ରାଞ୍ଜଳ ଇଂରାଜୀ ଶିଖିବେ ଆଉ ପାଞ୍ଚ ଦେଶର ଲୋକଙ୍କ ଆଗରେ ନିଜ କଥା ସଳଖେ ବଖାଣିବେ? କାମ ତ ଚଳିଯାଉଛି!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;କେଇଦିନ ତଳେ ଇଟାଲିରୁ ଜଣେ ସାଙ୍ଗ ଜଣାଇଲେ "ଓଡ଼ିଆ" ଶବ୍ଦଟି (ସେମାନେ, ପର୍ତ୍ତୁଗୀଜ ଓ ସ୍ପାନିସ ଭାଷୀଏ "ଓଦିଆ" ବୋଲି ଉଚ୍ଚାରଣ କରନ୍ତି) "ଘୃଣା କରିବା" ପାଇଁ ବ୍ୟବହାର ହୁଏ । ମୁହଁରେ କହିଲି ନାହିଁ, ହେଲେ ମନରେ ଭାଜିଲି ଆମ ଲୋକେ ନିଜ ଭାଷାକୁ କଣ କମ ହିନିମାନ ନ କରନ୍ତି । ଯଦି ଆମ ଭାଷା ଜଗତର ଛାମୁଆଁ ଭାଷା ଭିତରୁ ଗୋଟେ ହୋଇପାରନ୍ତା ତାହେଲେ ଏ "ଘୃଣାର ଭାଷା" ହୋଇ ଆଉ ନ ରହନ୍ତା । ତେବେ ଆମମାନଙ୍କ ଭିତରୁ କେତେ ଜଣ ଜଗତର ଆଉ ଭାଷା ଗବେଷାଳିଙ୍କ ସଙ୍ଗେ ନିଜ ଭାଷା କଥା ପକାଉଛୁ? ଆମେ ଯେଡ଼େ ବଡ଼ ଆଁ କରି ଆଉ ଜଳପ୍ରପାତକୁ ଟିଭିରେ ଦେଖୁଛୁ ଆମ ଖଣ୍ଡାଧାର କି ବରେହିପାଣିର ଛିଟିକାଏ ପାଣି ନିଜ ଦେହରେ ବଜେଇ ଚାଖୁଛୁ କି ତା'ର ମଜା?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="callout"&gt;ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସୀମା ଡେଇଁଲେ ଓଡ଼ିଆମାନେ ଏତେ ଅନର୍ଗଳ ହିନ୍ଦୀ କହିବେ ଆପଣଙ୍କୁ ବୋଧ ହେବ ବୋଧେ ଏମାନେ ଅଭିମନ୍ୟୁ ହୋଇ ବୋଉ ପେଟରୁ ହିନ୍ଦୀ ଶିଖିଥିଲେ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଅଧିକ ଭାଷା ଶିଖିଲେ ଭଲ, କାମରେ ଆସେ । ହେଲେ ନିଜ ଭାଷାକୁ ତୁଚ୍ଛ କରି, ତା' ଉପରେ ମଳ ଅଜାଡ଼ି ଦେଇ କିଏ ନୂଆ ଭାଷାରେ ଏତେ ପାରଙ୍ଗମ ହୁଏନା । ଆଜି ଯାଏ ଆମ ଭାଷାର ଏତେ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଯେ ଗଢ଼ା, ତା ଭିତରୁ କେତେ ଅନ୍ୟ ଭାଷାରେ ଅନୁବାଦ ହୋଇଛି । ଯେଉଁମାନେ ଆମ ସାହିତ୍ୟର ମୁଖିଆ ବୋଲାଇ କାଳ କାଳ ଧରି ଗାଦି ମାଡ଼ି ବସିଛନ୍ତି ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ପୁଚ୍ଛିବାର ବେଳ ଆସିଛି କାହିଁକି ଆମେ ଖାଲି ଅନ୍ୟ ଭାଷାରୁ ଅନୁବାଦ କରୁଛୁ, କାହିଁକି ଆମର କାଳଜୟୀ ଲେଖାମାନ ଦେଶ ଓ ଦେଶ ବାହାରେ ପଢ଼ାଯାଉନାହିଁ? ଭାରତୀୟ ଭାଷା ଭିତରୁ କେବଳ ତାମିଲ ଭାଷା କଥା ଚର୍ଚ୍ଚା ହୁଏ ଦେଶ ବିଦେଶରେ । କାରଣ କଣ ଜାଣନ୍ତି? ବାକି ସବୁ କାରଣ ବାଦେ ସବୁଠୁ ବଡ଼ କାରଣଟି ହେଲା ସେ ଭାଷାର ପୁରୋଧାମାନେ ରାଜ୍ୟ କି ଦେଶ ଭିତରେ ବାନ୍ଧି ନ ହୋଇ ନିଜ ଭାଷାକୁ ସାରା ଜଗତକୁ ନେଇଛନ୍ତି । ଖାଲି ପଇସାର ଟାଣରେ ଏ କାମ ହୋଇନାହିଁ, ଏଥିରେ ଧନ, ରାଜନୀତି ଆଉ ଡିପ୍ଲୋମାସି ଲାଗିଛି । ଆମ ସାହିତ୍ୟିକମାନେ ଥରୁଟେ ବିଦେଶ ଗଲେ ସେଠି ନିଜ ଭାଷା, ରାଇଜ କଥା କେତେ ଯେ ଗପନ୍ତି ତା' ମା' ଗଙ୍ଗେଇଙ୍କି ଜଣା । ଗପୁଥିଲେ ତାଙ୍କ ପରିଚିତ ମହଲରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବାବଦରେ ମଞ୍ଜିଟିଏ ପୋତା ହୋଇଥାନ୍ତା, ଅନ୍ତତ କିଛି ଭାଷାରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବହି ଅନୁଦିତ ହୋଇଥାନ୍ତା, ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷାର ପୁରୁଣାପଣ ବାବଦରେ ବିଦେଶୀ ବ୍ଲଗରେ, ଖବରକାଗଜରେ, ଟେଲିଭିଜନରେ ଚର୍ଚ୍ଚା ହୋଇଥାନ୍ତା । ହୋଇଛି କି ଏଥିରୁ କାଣିଚାଏ? ଆମେ ନିଜ ଭାଷାର ବିଶ୍ୱବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ କଥା ବିଚାରୁଛୁ, ହେଲେ ଆକାଶ କଇଆଁ ସ୍ୱରୂପ "ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ମାନ୍ୟତା କେନ୍ଦ୍ର ଅନୁଦାନ ରାଶି" ଆସିବାକୁ ନ ଚାହିଁ ବିଦେଶରୁ ରାଶି କେମିତି ଆସି ଏ କାମରେ ଲାଗିବ ତା' ପାଇଁ ବାଟ ତିଆରୁଛୁ କି? ତେବେ ଏ ଦୁଃଖ ବଖାଣିଲେ ନ ସରେ । ଚୋରକୁ ମାନ ମାରି ଖପରାରେ ଖାଇଲେ ଏଠି ଘରବୁଡ଼ି ଆଣ୍ଠୁଏ ହେବ । ତେଣୁ ବେଳ ଥାଉଁ ଥାଉଁ କିଛି ନିଅଁ ପୋତା ଚାଲୁ, ତେଣିକି ଘର ଯେବେ ଗଢ଼ାଯିବ ଏ ସାହା ହେବ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଓଡ଼ିଆର ପରିଚିତି ଦେଶବିଦେଶରେ ଯେତିକି ଉଣା ଜଗତର ବାକି ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ତିଆରି ହୋଇଥିବା ବିଭିନ୍ନ ଜ୍ଞାନର ଭଣ୍ଡାରରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେତିକି ଅଜଣା । ଇଂରାଜୀ ବାଦ ଅନ୍ୟାନ୍ୟ ଭାଷାର ଲେଖାର ପ୍ରକାଶନ ପାଇଁ ଅନେକ ସ୍ଥାନ ରହିଛି । ତେବେ ଏମିତି କେତୋଟି ଜାଗତିକ ସ୍ଥାନରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆର ଚିହ୍ନଟେ ଯେ ରହିବା ଲୋଡ଼ା ତା' କହିବା ବାହୁଲ୍ୟ । କାନ୍ଦି ବୋବାଳି ରାମମୋହନ ଲାଇବ୍ରେରି ସକାଶେ କେଇ ଶହ ବହି ଛାପି ଯେଉଁମାନେ ନିଜର ବା ଭାଷାର ଉନ୍ନତି କରିବେ ବୋଲି ସାଧି ବସିଥିବେ ତାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ନାକରା ଖବର ଆଉ ପିଲେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପଢ଼ୁନାହାନ୍ତି । ଓଡ଼ିଆ କଥା ଛାଡ଼ନ୍ତୁ, ପିଲେ ବହି ପଢ଼ୁନାହାନ୍ତି । ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆଜିକାଲି ଲୋଡ଼ା ଭଳିକି ଭଳି ଗେମ, ଆନିମେସନ ଆଉ ଗ୍ରାଫିକ ନଭେଲ (କମିକ୍ସ ଭଳି, ଛବି ସମ୍ବଳିତ ବହି) । ପୁଣି ପିଲାଏ ମୋବାଇଲ ଆଉ କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟରରୁ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଖୋଜି ବସୁଛନ୍ତି ନୂଆ ନୂଆ କଥା । ଆଜିର ପିଢ଼ି ଯାହା ଦେଇ ଶିଖୁଛନ୍ତି ତାଙ୍କୁ ସେଇ ମାଧ୍ୟମରେ ଶିଖାଇପାରିଲେ ସିନା ସେମାନେ ଶିଖିବେ । ଖାଲି ଏବର ପିଢ଼ିଙ୍କୁ ଦୋଷ ଦେଇ ଭାଷା ମରିଯାଉଛି ବୋଲି କୁମ୍ବୀର କାନ୍ଦଣା କାନ୍ଦିଲେ କି ହେବ? ତେବେ ଆସନ୍ତୁ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷାକୁ ଅଧିକ ବିଶ୍ୱସ୍ତରୀୟ କରିବା ଲାଗି ତିଆରି କିଛି ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ବାବଦରେ ଆଲୋଚନା କରିବା ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ପହଞ୍ଚିଲେ କୌଣସି ବିଷୟ ଖୋଜିବାକୁ ପ୍ରଥମେ ଖୋଲାହୁଏ ଗୁଗୁଲ କି ୟାହୁ ଭଳି ସର୍ଚ ଇଞ୍ଜିନ । ଖୋଜିଲା ପରେ ଯାହା ପ୍ରଥମ ଲିଙ୍କରେ ଆସେ ସେ ହେଲା ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ (Wikipedia) । ହାବାଇ ଭାଷାରେ "ଉଇକି"ର ମାନେ ସହଳ । ଆଙ୍ଗୁଳି ଛୁଆଁରେ ଝଅଟ ମିଳିଯାଉଥିବାରୁ ତା' ନାଁ "ଉଇକି" ଦିଆଯାଇଛି । ଏଇଟି ଜଗତର ବିଶାଳତମ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ । ୨୦୦୧ରେ ଇଂରାଜୀ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆରେ ପରେ ପ୍ରଥମ ଭାରତୀୟ ଭାଷା ଭାବେ ପଞ୍ଜାବୀ ଓ ଅହମିୟା ସହ ଯେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଏଥିରେ ସ୍ଥାନ ପାଇଲା ତା' ଅନେକେ ଜାଣି ନଥିବେ । ୨୦୦୨ରେ ତିଆରି ସିନା ହୋଇଗଲା । ହେଲେ ଏଥିରେ ଲେଖିବ କିଏ? ଇଂରାଜୀର ପାଠକ ଓ ଲେଖକ ଅଧିକ । ଆଉ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଲେଖିଲେ କଉଡ଼ିଟିଏ ମିଳେନାହିଁ । ସ୍ୱେଚ୍ଛାରେ ଲେଖିବାକୁ ବିଦେଶରେ ଯେମିତି ଲୋକ ବାହାରନ୍ତି ଆମର ସେ ଅବସ୍ଥା ନାହିଁ । ତଥାପି ୨୦୧୧ ବେଳକୁ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ବାହାରେ ଥିବା କିଛି ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଏ ତିମିରରେ କିଛି ଆଲୁଅ ଜଳାଇଲେ । ଧୀରେ ଧୀରେ ଓଡ଼ିଶାରେ ଥିବା ଓଡ଼ିଆମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେଥିରେ ଯୋଡ଼ିହେଲେ । ଆଉ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷାର ବିଶାଳତମ ଅନଲାଇନ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ । or.wikipedia.org ରେ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ ଏ ଏନସାଇକ୍ଲୋପିଡ଼ିଆ ସୀମିତ ସ୍ୱେଚ୍ଛାସେବୀଙ୍କ ଦେଇ ସମ୍ପାଦିତ ହେଉଥିବାରୁ ସେତେ ବିଶାଳ ନୁହେଁ ସତ, କିନ୍ତୁ ଏହା ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷାରେ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ ବିଶାଳତମ ୱେବସାଇଟ । ବିଭିନ୍ନ ବହି, ଖବରକାଗଜ ଓ ପତ୍ରପତ୍ରିକାରୁ ଖୋଜି ଲୋଡ଼ି ଏଥିରେ ସ୍ଥାନ, ବ୍ୟକ୍ତିତ୍ୱ, ଐତିହାସିକ ସ୍ଥଳୀ ଓ ଜଣାଶୁଣା ଅନେକ ବିଷୟରେ ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗ ଗଢ଼ିବା ଏବଂ ଆଗରୁ ଥିବା ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗରେ ଅଧିକ ତଥ୍ୟ ଯୋଡ଼ି କଳେବର ବଢ଼ାଇବା ଲାଗି ଲୋଡ଼ା ଆହୁରି ଅନେକ ହାତ । ବିଶାଳାକାର ଏନସାଇକ୍ଲୋପିଡ଼ିଆସବୁ ପାଠାଗାର ଭିତରେ ଆଉ ସେଠାକୁ ଯାଉଥିବା ପାଠକଙ୍କ ଭିତରେ ବାନ୍ଧି ହୋଇ ରହିଯାଇଥିଲା । ତାକୁ ଖୋଲିବାର କଞ୍ଚିକାଠି ସାଜିଲା ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ । ଏକ ସମୟରେ ଲକ୍ଷ ଲକ୍ଷ ପାଠକଙ୍କ କତିରେ ପହଞ୍ଚିବାର ସରଳ ପନ୍ଥା ଆଉ କଣ ହୋଇପାରେ? ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗ ସଂଖ୍ୟା ୧୦ ହଜାରରୁ ଅଧିକ ଓ ମାସିକ ପାଠକ ୫ ଲକ୍ଷରୁ ଅଧିକ । ବହିର ପାଠ ବହି ବାହାରେ ବ୍ୟବହାର ହେବାରେ ପୁଣି ଟାଇପ କରିବାର ଯେଉଁ ବାଧକ ତା' ଏଥିରେ ନାହିଁ । ମଜାର କଥା ଯେ ଅନେକ ସମୟରେ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ଭାଷାଭାଷୀ ଉଇକିଆଳିଗଣ (ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ସମ୍ପାଦକ)ବେଳେ ବେଳେ ଆପୋଷରେ ଏକ ଆଉଜଣଙ୍କ ଦେଶ-ଭାଷା-ଚଳଣି-ବ୍ୟକ୍ତିତ୍ୱଙ୍କ ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧରେ ଲେଖିବା ଦେଖାଯାଏ । ୨୯୦ରୁ ଅଧିକ ଭାଷାଭାଷୀ ଏମିତି ଅଗଣିତ ଲୋକ ଯେଉଁଠି ମିଶି ଲେଖନ୍ତି ସେଠି ଭାଷାଟିଏ ଯୋଜନ ଯୋଜନ ଡେଇଁ ଜଗତର କୋଣ ଅନୁକୋଣ କେଡ଼େ ସହଜରେ ପହଞ୍ଚିପାରେ ଏ ତା'ର ଏକ ଉଦାହରଣ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଆମ ଭାଷାରେ ଏଯାବତ କେଇ ଲକ୍ଷ ବହି ଛପାଯାଇସାରିବଣି । ହେଲେ ଏ ସବୁ ବହି କଣ ସଭିଏଁ ପଢ଼ିବାର ସୁଯୋଗ ପାଆନ୍ତି? କାହାପାଖରେ ପାଠାଗାର ଯିବା ପାଇଁ ବେଳ ନାହିଁ ତ ହାତପାହାନ୍ତାରେ ବହି ନ ଥିବାରୁ କିଏ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଛାଡ଼ି ବାକି ଭାଷାର ଲେଖା ପଢ଼ା ଆଦରୁଛି । ଆମ ଭାଷାର ପାଠକ କମି କମି ଯାଉଛନ୍ତି । ସମାଧାନର ପନ୍ଥା କଣ ହୋଇପାରେ? ଆମ ଭାଷା ଖାଲି କଣ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଆଉ ସାହିତ୍ୟିକଙ୍କ ଭାଷା କି ଲୋକମୁଖର କଥିତ ଭାଷା ହୋଇ ରହିଯିବ? ଆଜିର ପିଢ଼ିଙ୍କ ପାଖରେ ପହଞ୍ଚିବା ଲାଗି ତା'କୁ ମନ ପଢ଼ିବାକୁ, ଜିଣିବାକୁ ହେବ । ଏଥି ପାଇଁ ପ୍ରାଥମିକ କାମଟି ହେଲା ବିରଳ ଓ ଛପା ହେଉନଥିବା ଅନେକ ପୁରାତନ ବହି ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ଜରିଆରେ ପାଠକମାନଙ୍କ ନିକଟକୁ ନେବା । ଆମ ଦେଶରେ ଲେଖକଙ୍କ ଦେହାନ୍ତର ୬୦ ବର୍ଷ ପରେ ବହିର କପିରାଇଟ ଚାଲିଯାଏ । ଏଭଳି ପବ୍ଲିକ ଡୋମେନରେ (କପିରାଇଟ ନଥିବା) ବହିସବୁ କେବେ କେବେ ସୀମିତ ସଂଖ୍ୟାରେ ପାଠାଗାରରେ ଥାଏ । ଯଦି ପାଠାଗାରରୁ କୌଣସି କାରଣରୁ ବହିଟି ଚୋରିହୁଏ କି ପୋକ ଖାଇଯାଏ ତାହେଲେ ଲେଖକର ଶ୍ରମର ଦେଉଳ ଭୁସୁଡ଼ିପଡ଼େ । ଯଦି ବହିଟି ଏକରୁ ଅଧିକ ଥର ପ୍ରକାଶ ପାଇଥାଏ ତାହେଲେ ସେକଥା ଭିନ୍ନ । କିନ୍ତୁ ଅନେକ ବହି ଦ୍ୱିତୀୟଥର ଛପାହୁଏନା । ତାକୁ ସାଇତିବାର ସବୁଠୁ ବଡ଼ ବାଟ ହେଉଛି ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ । ପୁରୁଣା ଓ ବିରଳ ବହିମାନ ଛପାଇବାରେ ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱରର ସୃଜନିକା ଅନୁଷ୍ଠାନର କାମ ଏକ ଐତିହାସିକ ପଦକ୍ଷେପ । ୧୮୪୦-୧୯୪୦ ଭିତରେ ପ୍ରକାଶିତ ପତ୍ରିକା, ୨୫ରୁ ଅଧିକ ଅଭିଧାନ ତଥା ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ଭାଷାକୋଷ ଭଳି ପୋଥିକୁ ମିଶାଇ ୭୪୦ରୁ ଅଧିକ ବହିକୁ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ରୂପ ଦେବାରେ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ଅବଦାନ କାହିଁରେ କେତେ । ହେଲେ ଏ ବହିର ଲେଖାସବୁ ଆଉଥରେ ବ୍ୟବହାର ହେବା, ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଖୋଜିପାଇବା ତଥା ମୋବାଇଲ ଆଦିରେ ପଢ଼ିବା ପାଇଁ ଆଉଥରେ ଟାଇପ ହେବା ଜରୁରୀ । ସବୁଯାକ ବହିକୁ ଟାଇପ କରିବା ସମ୍ବବ ନୁହେଁ, ହେଲେ କିଛି କିଛି ବହି ଧୀରେ ଧୀରେ ଟାଇପ ହୋଇପାରିବ । ସେ କାମଟି ଅଧୁନା ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରରେ ଆରମ୍ଭ ହୋଇଛି । ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ or.wikisource.org ୱେବସାଇଟ ଖୋଲି ପାଠକେ ଏହାକୁ ଖୋଲି ପଢ଼ିପାରିବେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଗବତଠୁ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରି ଭଞ୍ଜ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏବଂ ଗୋପବନ୍ଧୁଙ୍କ ପରି ଏ ଯୁଗର ମହାନ ସାହିତ୍ୟିକଙ୍କ ରଚନାବଳୀ । ଏହାର ଲେଖା ସଂଖ୍ୟା ଅଧୁନା ୨୮୫ରୁ ଅଧିକ । ଖାଲି ସେତିକି ନୁହେଁ, ଆଗରୁ ସ୍କାନ ହୋଇ ରହିଥିବା ଅନେକ ବହିକୁ ଆଉଥରେ ଟାଇପ କରିବା କାମ ସଭିଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଖୋଲା । ତେଣୁ ପୁରାତନ ରଚନାର ବିଦଗ୍ଧ ପାଠକଜଣେ ପୂଜୁଥିବା ଲେଖକଙ୍କ ରଚନା ଏଥିରେ ଟାଇପ କରି ସ୍ଥାନୀତ କରିପାରିବ । ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପଟି ଅଣଲାଭକାରୀ, ଆଉ କପିରାଇଟ ନଥିବାରୁ ବହି ସବୁ ଖୋଲାରେ ପାଠକଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଗ୍ଲୋବାଲ ଭଏସେସ&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଉପର ଦୁଇ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ତ ଗଲା ବହିର ରକ୍ଷଣାବେକ୍ଷଣା ଆଉ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ ବା ଏନସାଇକ୍ଲୋପିଡ଼ିଆ ଗଢ଼ିବାର କଥା । ହେଲେ ଘଟୁଥିବା ଘଟଣା ଆଉ ଜନମତର ମହତ ମଧ୍ୟ ଉଣା ନୁହେଁ । ଲେଖିବାକୁ କଷ୍ଟ ହେଉ ପଛେ ଆମ ଲୋକେ ଏବେ ଯାଏ ଇଂରାଜୀକୁ କମ୍ପୁଟରର ଭାଷା ମାନି ମୋବାଇଲ ବା ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ କେବଳ ଇଂରାଜୀରେ ଲେଖନ୍ତି । ସାଧାରଣ ଲୋକେ କିପରି ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଲେଖିବେ ତା'ର ସଳଖ ବାଟ ଅନେକଙ୍କ ପାଖେ ପହଞ୍ଚି ନଥିବାରୁ ଏ ଅସୁବିଧା । ଘଟୁଥିବା ଘଟଣାବଳୀ ଓ ତହିଁରେ ଜନ-ଅଭିମତକୁ ଭରିବା ଲକ୍ଷରେ ଏକ ବିଶ୍ୱବ୍ୟାପୀ ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନ ହେଉଛି ଗ୍ଲୋବାଲ ଭଏସେସ । ସୌଭାଗ୍ୟର କଥା ଯେ ହିନ୍ଦୀ ଓ ବଙ୍ଗଳା ପରେ ଏଥିରେ ୩ୟ ଭାରତୀୟ ଭାଷା ଭାବେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସ୍ଥାନୀତ । ଅନେକ ସମୟରେ ନଜର ଆଢ଼ୁଆଳରୁ ଛପି ଯାଉଥିବା ଘଟଣା ଏଥିରେ ପଦାକୁ ଆସେ । ଜଗତର ଅନେକ ଲୋପ ପାଇଯାଉଥିବା ଭାଷା, ଚଳଣିଠୁ ଯୁଦ୍ଧଭୂଇଁରେ ଯୁଝୁଥିବା ଲୋକଙ୍କ କାହାଣୀ ତଥା ସାଧାରଣ ମଣିଷର ସ୍ୱର ଫୁଟିଉଠେ ଏଥିରେ । ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପାଠକଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଖବର ବୋଲି ଯାହା ଖବରକାଗଜରେ ଆସେ ତା ବାହାରେ ଘଟୁଥିବା ଘଟଣା ସହ ପରିଚିତି ଲାଭ ପାଇଁ ଏ ଏକ ବଡ଼ ମାଧ୍ୟମ ହୋଇପାରେ । ଏହା or.globalvoices.org ରେ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ । ଏ ମଧ୍ୟ ଏକ ସ୍ୱେଚ୍ଛାସେବୀ ପରିଚାଳିତ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ଯାହାର ଦୁଆର କିଛି ପରିମାଣରେ ଭାଷା ଦକ୍ଷତା ଥିବା ଲେଖକଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଖୋଲା ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଏ ତିନୋଟି ମୁଖ୍ୟ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ବାଦ ଆହୁରି ଅନେକ ଅଣ-ଲାଭକାରୀ ଓ ଖୋଲା ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ରହିଛି । ଓଡ଼ିଆକୁ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଅଧିକ ଜନପ୍ରିୟ କରିବାକୁ ଇଚ୍ଛୁକ ଓଡ଼ିଆଏ &lt;a href="https://or.wiktionary.org"&gt;ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନ&lt;/a&gt;ରେ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ଭାଷାର ଶବ୍ଦ ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ଲେଖିପାରିବେ ଆଉ ନିତିଦିନ ବ୍ୟବହାର କରୁଥିବା ଫାୟାରଫକ୍ସ ବ୍ରାଉଜରର ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଇଣ୍ଟରଫେସ &lt;a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Teams:or"&gt;ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ଅନୁବାଦ&lt;/a&gt; କରିପାରିବେ । ଆଉ ନୂଆ ଘଟଣା ବାବଦରେ &lt;a href="http://odia.yourstory.com"&gt;YourStory ଓଡ଼ିଆ&lt;/a&gt;ରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଲେଖିପାରିବେ ।&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b13b21b3cb3fb06-b2db3eb37b3e-b2ab3eb07b01-b15b3fb1bb3f-b05b28b4db24b30b4db1cb3eb24b40b5f-b07b23b4db1fb30b28b47b1f-b2ab4db30b15b33b4db2a'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b13b21b3cb3fb06-b2db3eb37b3e-b2ab3eb07b01-b15b3fb1bb3f-b05b28b4db24b30b4db1cb3eb24b40b5f-b07b23b4db1fb30b28b47b1f-b2ab4db30b15b33b4db2a&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
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    <dc:creator>subha</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Odia Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Odia Wikisource</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-06-18T16:24:21Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/telugu-wikipedia-education-program-at-andhra-loyola-college-vijayawada">
    <title>Telugu Wikipedia Education Program at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/openness/events/telugu-wikipedia-education-program-at-andhra-loyola-college-vijayawada</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;In collaboration with Andhra Loyola College (ALC), Vijayawada, Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K) of the Centre for Internet and Society is opening up a Wikipedia Digital Centre in the college so that students and local Wikimedians could grow Wikipedia and other Wikimedia content in Telugu and other Indian languages. To begin with this, a two-day long Wikipedia Education Program is also being initiated which will continue to grow further by expanding local content on Wikipedia.&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;As part of this two-day programme 40 undergraduate students (10 each from Botany, Statistics,
    Physics and Telugu) will be taking part and will be creating articles in their respective subjects in four languages; Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the 13th a Wikipedia Digital Centre will be opened at ALC. G Umamaheswara Rao of Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies (CALTS) lab, University of Hyderabad will be joining as the chief guest. This lab will have 10 computers and will be jointly managed by the CIS and ALC where the student-Wikipedians and the local Wikimedia community could conduct regular Wikipedia outreach programmes. Joining in this event are principal of the institution Fr. Kishore, Professsor
    Sivakumari from Department of Botany, Professor Sahayabaskaran, Department of Physics, and Professor
    Kola Sekhar, Department of Telugu. On behalf of CIS-A2K, Rahmanuddin Shaik and Pavan Santosh will be participating and facilitating the Wikipedia Education Program and the inauguration of the lab.&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/events/telugu-wikipedia-education-program-at-andhra-loyola-college-vijayawada'&gt;https://cis-india.org/openness/events/telugu-wikipedia-education-program-at-andhra-loyola-college-vijayawada&lt;/a&gt;
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    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>Pavan Santosh</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Malayalam Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Telugu Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Hindi Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-01-13T07:51:13Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Digital Futures of Indian Languages - Notes from the Consultation</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-futures-of-indian-languages-2015-consultation-notes</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;A consultation on 'digital futures of Indian languages' was held at the CIS office in Bangalore on December 12, 2015,  to generate ideas and structure the Indian languages focus area of the CSCS Digital Innovation Fund (CDIF). It was led by Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS), and Tanveer Hasan, A2K programme at CIS; and was supported by CDIF. Here are the notes from the Consultation.&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The group that gathered at CIS on Dec 12, 2016, brought a wealth of digital Indian language experience to the meeting, including database creation, working to develop wikimedia, TEI initiatives, digital glossary creation, localisation and standardisation, development of open platforms and content management systems for teaching-learning, font development, and optical character recognition (OCR).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There was a detailed discussion of existing digital projects in Indian languages, and presentation of a few new ideas for development of applications that would strengthen digital infrastructure for research and teaching in social sciences and humanities. Among the proposed ideas were:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;concept-clustering tool for multiple language comparisons,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;semantic mapping tool or data visualisation tool that connects concepts to exisiting wikipedia entries,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;online interactive bank of questions, to convert learnables into material that can be grasped conceptually,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;annotation tool that aggregates tagged material across databases, eg. Shodhganga, Digital South Asia Library, Digital Library of India (Hindi example), and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;gamifying as a way of enhancing teacing-learning as well as research process.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The participants agreed that increased archiving and digitisation, and annotation of digitised material, was a priority for Indian language work. Alongside the curation of the material to be thus processed – whether as an archive or a database, it was important also to develop better OCR systems, fonts and typefaces, DIY scanners, tagging and annotation tools.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CDIF would like proposals that might further some of these objectives. Priority will be given to those projects for which there is no funding already potentially available from other sources. Wherever possible, CDIF will try to synergise its work with existing efforts taken up by the government, or by platforms such as Wikimedia. CDIF will see its primary role not as a funding body but as an incubator of new ideas, and to this end will seek to provide technical support and other expertise apart from seed money.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Participants&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tejaswini Niranjana, CILHE, CSCS, CIS&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SV Srinivas, CSCS, APU&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Rajesh Ranjan, Govt of India&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nagarjuna G, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sohnee Harshey, TISS Mumbai&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sherin B.S., EFLU Hyderabad&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Swati Dyahadroy, Pune University Women’s Studies Centre&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tanveer Hasan, CIS&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tito Dutta, CIS&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sneha P.P., CIS&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jnanaranjan Sahu, Odia Wikimedia community&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Spandana Bhowmick,&amp;nbsp; JU, Kolkata and IFA Bangalore&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ravikant, Historian, CSDS Delhi&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Veeven, Telugu wikimedia community&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Rahmanuddin Shaik, CIS&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Abhinav Garule, CIS consultant, Marathi&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ashwin Kumar AP, formerly CSCS, now Tumkur University&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Subhashish Panigrahi, CIS&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ashish Rajadhyaksha, CSCS&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ravichandra Enaganti, Telugu Wikipedia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ananth Subray, CIS consultant, Kannada&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Om Shivaprakash, Kannada Wikimedia community&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pavithra H, Kannada Wikimedia community&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-futures-of-indian-languages-2015-consultation-notes'&gt;https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-futures-of-indian-languages-2015-consultation-notes&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>Tejaswini Niranjana</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Language</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>CDIF</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Learning</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Indic Computing</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Researchers at Work</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-01-15T05:55:53Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Blog Entry</dc:type>
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    <title>ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର: ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ପାଠାଗାର ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନର ନୂଆ ମୁହଁ </title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b13b21b3cb3fb06-b09b07b15b3fb2ab3eb20b3eb17b3eb30-b13b21b3cb3fb06b30b47-b21b3fb1cb3fb1fb3eb32-b2ab3eb20b3eb17b3eb30-b06b28b4db26b33b28b30-b28b42b06-b2eb41b39b01</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;Many would be searching for Odia-language books on the internet. Many would feel like correcting typos and other mistakes when found while reading a book, even online. Odia Wikisource is as a platform all those book lovers who want to read Odia books online and want to make more books available online.&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The article by Subhashish Panigrahi was published in &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://odia.yourstory.com/read/00bfeed0c2/-"&gt;Your Story&lt;/a&gt; on January 12, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଅନେକେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବହି ଖୋଜୁଥିବେ । ପୁରୁଣା ବହିରେ ପ୍ରକାଶନ ବା ଛାପା-ଜନିତ ଭୁଲ ଭଟକା ଆଖିରେ ପଡ଼ିଲେ ଯେମିତି ଆମେ ବହିରେ କଲମରେ ଗାର ମାରିଦେଉ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ସେମିତି ଭୁଲଟିଏ ଦେଖିଲେ ଭୁଲଟି ସୁଧାରିବାକୁ ହାତ ବଳିବ । ଏ ସବୁ ପ୍ରକାର ଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦର ସମାଧାନ ଏଣିକି ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପାଠାଗାର "ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର" ଦ୍ୱାରା ସମ୍ଭବ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଭାଷାଟିଏ ବଢ଼ିଲେ ବଢ଼ନ୍ତି ବ୍ୟବହାରୀ । ବଢ଼େ ସେ ଭାଷାର ଅଭିଲେଖ । ଆଉ ଆମ ଭାଷାଟି  କେଇ ଶହ-ହଜାର ବର୍ଷ ଭିତରେ ଶାଖା ପ୍ରଶାଖା ମେଲି ଯେ କେଡ଼େ ବିଶାଳ ହୋଇଛି ତାହା ଆମେ  ଜାଣୁ । ଭାଷା ନଈଟି ବହୁ ଜାଗା ଦେଇ ବହୁ ବହୁ ଅନେକ ବହି ମଧ୍ୟ ଉତୁରିଉଠିଛି । ସେ  ବହିମାନଙ୍କ ଭିତରୁ ଜଣାଶୁଣା ଲେଖକଙ୍କ ବହିଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଭଲ ଭାବେ ସଂରକ୍ଷିତ ହୋଇ  ପୁନଃମୁଦ୍ରଣ ହେବା ସହିତ ପିଢ଼ି ପିଢ଼ି ଧରି ପଢ଼ାହେଉଛି । ହେଲେ ଗୁରୁତ୍ତ୍ୱପୂର୍ଣ  ତଥ୍ୟ ଥାଇ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅନେକ ବଣମଲ୍ଲୀ ସମ ଉପାଦେୟ ବହି ପ୍ରଚାର ପ୍ରସାର ଅଭାବରୁ ଲୋକଲୋଚନକୁ  ଆସିପାରିନାହିଁ । ତା ଛଡ଼ା ଅନେକ ବହି ପ୍ରକାଶକ ଓ ଲେଖକଙ୍କ ସମ୍ବଳ ଅଭାବ ହେତୁ ବା  ପାଠକଙ୍କ ଅନାଗ୍ରହ ଯୋଗୁ ସାରା ଓଡ଼ିଶା ବା ଓଡ଼ିଶା ବାହାରକୁ ଯାଇପାରନ୍ତି ନାହିଁ ।  ଏମିତି ଅବସ୍ଥାରେ ଆମ ଭବିଷ୍ୟତ ପିଢ଼ି ସବୁଯାକ ବହି ନ ହେଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ କିଛି ବହି ପାଇବେ ତ?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଆଗରୁ  ଆମର କୋଠକାଠିଆ ସମାଜ ଥିଲା । ଏକାଠି ବହୁଲୋକ ବସି ଆଳାପ ଆଲୋଚନା କରୁଥିଲେ । ବହି  ପଢ଼ାଠୁ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରି ନ୍ୟାୟ ବିଚାର ଯାଏ ସବୁ ହେଉଥିଲା ସେଇଠି । ଆମ ବଡ଼ବଡ଼ୁଆମାନେ ସବୁ  ଗୁରୁତ୍ତ୍ୱପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ସିଦ୍ଧାନ୍ତ ସେଇଠି ନେଉଥିଲେ । ଅନେକ ସ୍ଥାନରେ ବୁଦ୍ଧଙ୍କ ଛବି  ଖୋଜିଲେ ଏବେ ବି ଗଛ ତଳେ ଚଉକିପରେ ଏକାଠି ହୋଇ ଲୋକେ ବିଚାର କରୁଥିବା ଦେଖିବାକୁ ମିଳେ ।  ପରେ ଭାଗବତ ଟୁଙ୍ଗିରେ ଆମର ଭାଗବତ ପଢ଼ାହେଲା । ସେ ଥିଲା କେଇଘଣ୍ଟା ପାଇଁ ପାଠାଗାର  ଆଉ ବାକି ବେଳ ପାଇଁ ଚଳଣି ଆଉ ନ୍ୟାୟଘର । ପରେ ବହିର ଆଲୋଚନାଠାରୁ ସଂଗ୍ରହ ଓ ସଂରକ୍ଷଣ  ଲୋଡ଼ା ପଡ଼ିବାରୁ ପାଠାଗାର ଆରମ୍ଭ ହେଲା । ତେବେ ଧୀରେ ଧୀରେ ଲୋକେ ବହି ପଢ଼ାଠାରୁ  ଦୂରେଇ ଯିବାରୁ ପାଠାଗାର ବଣମଲ୍ଲୀ ସମାନ ହୋଇପଡ଼ିଲାଣି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଆଜିର ପିଢ଼ି ଯେବେ ପୂରାପୂରି ଡିଜିଟାଲ ମୁହାଁ ହୋଇସାରିଲେଣି ଆମକୁ ବିଚାରିବାକୁ ହେବ ଏ ରାଶି ରାଶି ପୋଥି କାହା ପାଇଁ ।&amp;nbsp;ସମାଜଟିଏ  ତା'ର ଆଗାମୀ ଭବିଷ୍ୟତର ଆଖିରେ ସପନ ଦେଖେ । ତେଣୁ ଅଧୁନାତନ ପିଢ଼ିର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତାକୁ  ଅଣଦେଖା କରି କେବଳ ବହି ଛାପିଲେ ପାଠାଗାର ଯେ ଅଳିଆଗଦାରେ ପରିଣତ ନ ହେବ କିଏ କହିବ?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଆଗାମୀ ପିଢ଼ି ପାଇଁ କଣ ଲେଖା ହେବ କଣ ଲେଖା ନ  ହେବ ଆଉ କିପରି ଲେଖା ହେବ ତାହା ଏକ ଜଟିଳ ବିଷୟ । ଭାଷା କହିଲେ ଖାଲି ସାହିତ୍ୟକୁ  ବୁଝାଏ ନାହିଁ ବରଂ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଭାଷାର ଏକ ଅଂଶ ବୋଲି ଅନେକଙ୍କୁ ବୁଝିବାକୁ ପଡ଼ିବ ।  ବିଭିନ୍ନ ଧରଣର ରଚନା ଓ ସେସବୁ ସାଇତା ହେବାର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା ବହୁ ଭାବେ ରହିଛି । ଆମେ ଆଗକୁ  ବଢ଼ିବା ବେଳେ ଆଉ ନୂଆ ଭାବିବା ବେଳେ ଆଗରୁ ଘଟିଥିବା ଘଟଣା ଆମ ପାଦ ତଳର ନିଅଁ ଭଳି  କାମ କରେ । ତେଣୁ ନୂଆ ପିଢ଼ି ବହିଠାରୁ ଦୂରେଇ ଯାଉଛନ୍ତି ବୋଲି ଚୋରକୁ ମାନ ମାରି  ଖପରାରେ ଖାଇବା ବୋକାମି ହେବ । ବେଳେବେଳେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଅଣଦେଖା କରି କେବଳ ଛପା ବହି  ପଢ଼ୁଥିବା ଲୋକଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ବହି ଛପାହେଉଛି ବୋଲି ବୋଧହୁଏ । କାଗଜ ପରେ ଛପା ବହି ଯେତେ  ନିଜର ଲାଗିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଦିନେ ନା ଦିନେ ଚିରିବ କି ଉଇଙ୍କ ଆହାର ହେବ । ଆଉ ଆଗତ ଦିନ ପାଇଁ  ତାକୁ ସାଇତି ରଖିବାର ସଳଖ ବାଟଟିଏ ହେଲା ତା'ର ଡିଜିଟାଲ କପି ତିଆରିବା । ଇଂରାଜୀ,  ଫ୍ରେଞ୍ଚ, ସ୍ପାନିସ, ଜର୍ମାନ, ଜାପାନୀ ଆଦି ଭାଷାରେ ଲେଖା ପୋଥିପତର ସବୁ ସେଠାର ପାଠକ  ଆଜି ବି ଆମ ଭଳି ବହି ଧରି ପଢ଼ିବାକୁ ଭଲ ପାଆନ୍ତି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଲଣ୍ଡନରେ କିଛି ଦିନର ରହଣି କାଳରେ ଦେଖି ଅଭିଭୂତ  ହେଲି ସେଠା ଲୋକଙ୍କ ବହି ପଢ଼ାର ସଉକ । ଟ୍ରେନ ଷ୍ଟେସନ ବାଡ଼ାକୁ ଆଉଜି କିଏ ପଢ଼ୁଛି ତ  କିଏ ଜନଗହଳି ଥାନରେ କଣଟିଏ ବାଛି ଫରଦ ପରେ ଫରଦ ଲେଉଟଉଛି । କିନ୍ତୁ ସେଠାର ପାଖାପାଖି  ସବୁ ନୂଆ ବହି ଉଭୟ ଛପା ଓ ଇ-ବହି ବିକ୍ରୀ ହେଉଛି ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ନୂଆ ଟେକନୋଲୋଜି ଆସିଗଲା ବୋଲି ପୁରୁଣା ପୂରା  ଫୋପାଡ଼ିଦେବା କେବଳ ମଝିମଝିଆ ସମାଜର ଲକ୍ଷଣ । ହେଲେ ଉଚ୍ଚତର ସମାଜରେ ପୁରୁଣା ଓ ନୂଆର  ବିଭା ସବୁଠି ଦେଖିବାକୁ ମିଳେ । ତେଣୁ ଆମ ବହିମାନଙ୍କ ବିକ୍ରି କମିଯିବ ବୋଲି ହାଉଳି  ଖାଇ ଆମେ ଏକ ପିଢ଼ିକୁ ଆମ ବହିର ବାସନାପାଣିରୁ ବଞ୍ଚିତ କରୁନୁ ତ? ଯଦି ସତରେ ଆମ ପର  ପିଢ଼ି ଅମା ବହିଯାକ ନ ପଢ଼ନ୍ତି ତାହେଲେ ଏ ଜାତିର ଇତିହାସରେ ଆମେ ଲାଙ୍ଗୁଡ଼ଜକା ଆଉ  ଚିରକାଳ ଦୋଷୀ ହୋଇ ରହିହେବୁ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ଆଉ ବହି କିଣି ହାତରେ ଧରି ପଢ଼ୁଥିବା ଲୋକଟି କେବେ ହେଁ  ମୋବାଇଲ-ଟ୍ୟାବଲେଟ-କିଣ୍ଡିଲ-କମ୍ପୁଟରରେ ପଢ଼ିବାକୁ ସୁଖ ମଣିବ ନାହିଁ । କିନ୍ତୁ  ଫ୍ଲାଇଟରେ ଯିବା ବେଳେ ଲୋଡ଼ା ପଡ଼ିଲେ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ମାଧ୍ୟମରେ ପଢ଼ିବ । ଆଉ ବିଶାଳ  ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥର କେଉଁ କୋଣରେ ଲେଖାଟିଏ ଖୋଜିବାକୁ ଚାହିଁଲେ ସବୁ ପୃଷ୍ଠା ନ ଖୋଜି ପାଠକଟିଏ  ସଳଖେ ସଳଖେ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଖୋଜିପାରିବ ।&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ବହିର ଡିଜିଟାଲ ରୂପ ତିଆରିବାରେ &lt;strong&gt;ସୃଜନିକା&lt;/strong&gt; ନାମକ ଅନୁଷ୍ଠାନର ଅବଦାନ କାହିଁରେ  କେତେ । ପାଖାପାଖି ଦେଢ଼ ଲକ୍ଷ ପୃଷ୍ଠା ସ୍କାନ କରି ସେମାନେ ଅନେକ ଇ-ବହି ତିଆରି  କରିସାରିଲେଣି । ୧୮୫୦-୧୯୫୦ ଭିତରେ ଛପା ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପତ୍ରପତ୍ରିକାସବୁ ପ୍ରାୟ ଏଥିରେ ସାମିଲ  । odia.org ନାମକ ଆଉ ଏକ ୱେବସାଇଟ କିଛି ନିଜ ଉଦ୍ୟମରେ ଆଉ କିଛି ବାକିମାନଙ୍କ  ସହଯୋଗରେ କିଛି ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବହି ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ କରାଇଛନ୍ତି । &lt;a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28odia%29"&gt;ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ଆରକାଇଭ&lt;/a&gt; (archive.org) ସାଇଟରେ ବହିସବୁ ପିଡ଼ିଏଫ ଭାବେ ଅପଲୋଡ଼ କଲେ ତାହା ମୋବାଇଲ ଓ  ଅନ୍ୟାନ୍ୟ ଆକାରରେ ଦେଖିବାକୁ ସୁବିଧା । ହେଲେ ଲୋଡ଼ାଥିଲା ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ପାଠାଗାରଟିଏ ।  ହେଲେ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ଯେତେବେଳେ ଖାଲି ପାଠକ ରହିଲେ କି ମଉଜ? ଦିଆନିଆ ନଥାଇ ସେ କି  ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ? ପାଠକ ଯଦି କେଉଁଠି ଭୁଲଟିଏ ଦେଖିଲେ ତାକୁ ବଦଳାଇ ପାରୁଥିବେ ତାହେଲେ ସିନା ।  ଅନେକେ ହୁଏତ ଜାଣିନଥିବେ ଏ ସମାଧାନର ବାଟଟିଏ ରହିଛି ।&lt;/p&gt;

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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b13b21b3cb3fb06-b09b07b15b3fb2ab3eb20b3eb17b3eb30-b13b21b3cb3fb06b30b47-b21b3fb1cb3fb1fb3eb32-b2ab3eb20b3eb17b3eb30-b06b28b4db26b33b28b30-b28b42b06-b2eb41b39b01'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b13b21b3cb3fb06-b09b07b15b3fb2ab3eb20b3eb17b3eb30-b13b21b3cb3fb06b30b47-b21b3fb1cb3fb1fb3eb32-b2ab3eb20b3eb17b3eb30-b06b28b4db26b33b28b30-b28b42b06-b2eb41b39b01&lt;/a&gt;
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        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Odia Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Odia Wikisource</dc:subject>
    
    
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   <dc:date>2016-01-28T07:25:34Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-times-of-india-january-10-2016-sandhya-soman-read-bengali-malayalam-classics-online-as-free-wiki-libraries-grow">
    <title>Read Bengali, Malayalam classics online as free Wiki libraries grow</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-times-of-india-january-10-2016-sandhya-soman-read-bengali-malayalam-classics-online-as-free-wiki-libraries-grow</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;Content Includes Classics In Malayalam, Bengali.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The article by Sandhya Soman was published in the &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Read-Bengali-Malayalam-classics-online-as-free-Wiki-libraries-grow/articleshow/50515604.cms"&gt;Times of India&lt;/a&gt; on January 10, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;It was a hunt that took Shiju Alex to many places. Finally, his quest ended at Dharmaram College library in Bengaluru as Alex got hold of a copy of the firstever printed book in Malayalam. He scanned it promptly and volunteers uploaded the text on to Malayalam Wikisource, one of the free online libraries run by Wikipedia. Nasim Ali returned to Wikipedia editing only because fellow Odias were reaching out on social media to help upload the 13-volume Bhagavata Mahapuranam.Now, the entire work is available for free at Odia Wikisource.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actions speak louder than words when it comes to preserving books in regional languages. Indian versions of Wikisource have more than 1 lakh pages of classic epics, philosophical tracts, and novels and poems in 10 languages. And the num bers are growing. “These are the books that we grow up with and connect emo tionally. Most of us would like to see them online,“ said Subhashish Panigrahi, Wikipedian and programme officer at the Centre for Internet and Society .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Wikipedians come together in Bengaluru on Sunday to celebrate 15 years of editing and curating the encyclopedia in India, more such stories will be told. The growth has been tremendous in Indian language content creation, especially when it comes to setting up Wikisources, said A Ravishankar, programme director at the Wikimedia India chapter. Malayalam has 26,332 pages, including around 200 of the seminal books in the language. While Telugu has 29,039 pages, Bengali has around 11,000. Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya, Marathi, Gujarati and Assamese libraries are also getting bigger. The content ranges from religious texts such as Ramayan and Bible to first-ever printed literary works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Most of these are books in the public domain or the ones relicensed with Creative Commons licences. This allows anyone to edit or make a copy of the work, making it reusable,“ said Panigrahi. Some of the relicensed works include the Kannada Vishwakosha brought out by University of Mysore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It isn't easy to get works online. Alex finds it difficult to procure the original texts to create their PDF versions. “Every time I go to Kerala, I look for old books,“ said Alex, who uploads the PDFs on a public domain for others to upload them. Editors are also not easy to come by . Panigrahi took to social media to find a new set of editors when he was trying to upload the Bhagavatha volumes. “Wiki's volunteer-editors have their hands full. So we appealed on social media and many people signed up,“ he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the effort is worth it, said Alex. Every time he unearths an old book and posts the link on his Facebook page, the reactions are full of surprise. “Many from the younger generation don't know that Samkshepa Vedartham (the first printed work in Malayalam) was printed in Rome. Also, researchers write to me saying they are happy to see the old books online,“ he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Students Pitch In&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The Wikimedia Foundation has tied up with various colleges to help with typing and proof-reading. Around 120 students of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences in Bhubaneswar typed stanzas from the Bhagavata while Christ University students from Bengaluru uploaded chunks of the Kannada Vishwakosha as part of their curriculum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Tech Hurdle&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Though the project started in 2006 with Malayalam Wikisource, it spread to other Indian languages around five years ago. The biggest hurdle remains technology as the open source optical character recognition (OCR) software isn't compatible with many Indian languages. “Google's OCR that was launched last year is much better as it works with most Indian languages,“ said Ravishankar. The new software “extracts text from images of any printed text -and sometimes even handwriting, which opens the door to old texts, manuscripts, and more,“ reads Panigrahi's blog post.&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-times-of-india-january-10-2016-sandhya-soman-read-bengali-malayalam-classics-online-as-free-wiki-libraries-grow'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-times-of-india-january-10-2016-sandhya-soman-read-bengali-malayalam-classics-online-as-free-wiki-libraries-grow&lt;/a&gt;
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    <dc:creator>praskrishna</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-01-29T15:51:09Z</dc:date>
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    <title>କେତେ ମାଗଣା "ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b15b47b24b47-b2eb3eb17b23b3e-b2bb4db30b3f-b2cb47b38b3fb15b4db38</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;This op-ed was published in Odia newspaper "The Samaja" on January 4, 2016. Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash were quoted.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Facebook has set its foot in 30 developing countries with its app Free  Basics to provide free access to Facebook, Facebook’s products like  WhatsApp and a few websites Facebook has partnered with. This has raised  eyebrows all over India as Free Basics compromises with user security  and privacy and it violates Net Neutrality. This piece quotes from Eben  Moglen and Mishi Choudhury’s &lt;a href="http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/facebook-myths-and-the-facts-about-free-basics-distortion-again-292590.html" target="_blank"&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; where they detail about the security concerns with the app. This piece  also tells why projects like Mozilla’s GrameenPhone project in  Bangladesh and Wikipedia Zero across many nations got wider acceptance  and support for their noble humanitarian effort where Facebook is  getting severe heat across all the 30 nations. Could Facebook dare to  launch such a project in rich nations or it is easy to make poor nations  easy targets with poor services?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read the original &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://psubhashish.com/post/136609149720/free-basics"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;A scanned version of the original article is below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/FreeBasicsSamaja4012016.png" alt="Free Basics Samaja" class="image-inline" title="Free Basics Samaja" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b15b47b24b47-b2eb3eb17b23b3e-b2bb4db30b3f-b2cb47b38b3fb15b4db38'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b15b47b24b47-b2eb3eb17b23b3e-b2bb4db30b3f-b2cb47b38b3fb15b4db38&lt;/a&gt;
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    <dc:creator>subha</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Free Basics</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Odia Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-01-30T11:05:02Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Blog Entry</dc:type>
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    <title>Report of Konkani Wikipedia's progress (July-December 2015)</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/konkani-wikipedia-progress-from-july-to-december-2015</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;Konkani language is one of the 22 languages recognized by Indian union in 8th schedule. As per the 2007 census there are about 7.4 million Konkani speakers.[1] Konkani language has its own Wikipedia created on 15th June 2015. This blog post will try to put out Konkani Wikipedia's growth from a perspective based on Wikimedia stats.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Konkani language has varied scripts used by its speakers. There are more than six different scripts in which Konkani people seem to be writing, of these, Devanagari (same as Hindi, Marathi), Romi (Roman or Latin script) and Kannada script are more popular. The project went out of incubation and became a live Wikipedia project as Goan Konkani Wikipedia (language code &lt;b&gt;gom&lt;/b&gt; and is available at &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://gom.wikipedia.org"&gt;gom.wikipedia.org).&lt;/a&gt;The Konkani community that contributes on Wikipedia is mostly present in Goa with a few contributors living elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Below is the last 6 months' statistics of Goan Konkani Wikipedia:&lt;/p&gt;
 
&lt;table style="text-align: justify; "&gt;
&lt;colgroup span="7" width="85"&gt; &lt;/colgroup&gt; 
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;Total Editors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;New editors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;Active editors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;Very active editors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;Article count&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;New article created per month&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;July 2015&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;124&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;2100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;August 2015&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;125&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;2300&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;September 2015&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;125&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;2400&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;October 2015&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;125&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;2400&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;November 2015&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;125&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right"&gt;2400&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Observations:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align: justify; "&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As we see the total number editors is at a good state as compared to other language Wikipedia projects that have gone live recently. Also the article count seem to be significant.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;But the growth in total number of editors is not that encouraging and needs to be worked upon. This might be probably because of unawareness of Konkani Wikipedia among the native language speakers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The active editor count has been declining over the 6 months. For the month of December, there has been no activity from the active community on Konkani Wikipedia.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Number of the most active Wikipedians  will grow once we proactively engage with the existing community in organising outreach to bring new editors.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;There has been no new article created on Konkani Wikipedia in November and December at all. This is an alarming issue.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;This is slightly disturbing as we can see from &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaGOM.htm"&gt;stats tables. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Of the 40 or so active Konkani Wikipedians, only 2 of them have done some small activity on Konkani Wikipedia, whereas the rest have not visited the site for almost 3 months.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The community needs to be engaged with more and there is a need for bringing leadership. May be Konkani language encyclopedia Konkani Vishwakosh that was &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/re-release-konkani-vishwakosh-under-cc-by-sa-3.0"&gt;relicensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 license&lt;/a&gt; by the Goa University will be a useful resource to enhance the Goan Konkani Wikipedia.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;span class="reference-text"&gt;Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalencyklopedin" title="Nationalencyklopedin"&gt;Nationalencyklopedin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/konkani-wikipedia-progress-from-july-to-december-2015'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/konkani-wikipedia-progress-from-july-to-december-2015&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
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    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>rahim</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Konkani Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-02-05T02:49:29Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Blog Entry</dc:type>
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