[Techtalk] [IndiChix] Fwd: [WFS-India] Fwd: Poster Competition

[स्वक्ष]

On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 8:06 PM, A. Mani <a.mani.cms at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:52 PM, स्वक्ष <svaksha at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Kendra made some nice edits, so I've updated it. Here is the link:
>> http://mailman.linuxchix.org/pipermail/techtalk/2013-June/025133.html
>
>
> This write up is more or less all right but flawed when it comes to
> framing the cultural perspective and has outright lies in it.

Hi Mani, I'll take the fall for that since she edited my text and was
only trying to help. Feel free to tell me where I'm wrong.

For the rest of the folks reading this, the meeting is going on at
#wfs-india on freenode now. Feel free to join in.

> So here is a second modification:
>
> Some points:
>
> 'to a first world country' : that is framing with a development model in mind.
> half a billion Indians on Internet ..... SOURCE?.
> souls ... nonsense :)
> planck time = 5.39106(32) × 10−44 s
> So very few people actually go online .... :)
> Cell phone adoption figures are not clear due to people having too
> many subscriptions.
> "remain rooted in the Indian ethos" ... that is condemning them to a
> wretched life.
> _________________________________
>
>
> *India is a multi-ethnic, multi-racial country one billion strong and
> growing. The road of a developing nation is a long
> and arduous one, and among India's most pressing problems are official
> corruption and the suppression of women and the LGBT community.*
> *
> *
> *Though India is an ancient nation with a 5000-year history, a
> substantial section of
> its well-off people have embraced modern technicality, from cell-phone
> toting farmers to
> tweeting teenagers, technophile home-makers to artistic designers, and
> more who are coming online, communicating, coding and interacting
> in real time. *
> *
> And yet, these people are still struggling to finding their voices while
> retaining basic human values within our society. Your challenge is to bring
> out your virtual brushes and pictorially depict this struggle while
> celebrating their diversity.
>
> Do you see any point in India's history while looking forward into
> its future? Exercise your creative freedom with Free/Libre open source
> software and other technologies. Your poster may be the inspiration that
> gives them a voice to fight for their rights, a vision of a better tomorrow,
> a tomorrow that gives them the freedom and space to dream while allowing
> them to explore the problems of their culture.*
>
> ________________________________________
>
> The current plan is to restrict possible topics for posters
> I think we need a additional section for that because of the above.
>
>
>
>
> Best
>
> A. Mani
>
>
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> A. Mani
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