Arun. Enough of talking about imposition and stopping moving fwd. if you don't like it plz don't choose it. You have ur rights to but stop pushing ur idea to others. If you love ur lang plz promote it don't do vice-versa. Nandri. -Arun Prakash
On Friday, September 12, 2014, Deepak Chandrababu <dee...@propco.co.uk> wrote: > On 11/09/14 19:49, ARUN PALANIAPPAN wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > 2014-09-10 21:50 GMT+05:30 Vikas Tara<v...@hamaralinux.org <javascript:;> > >: > > > > > >> I am planning a trip down to Chennai to talk to people about hamara > >> linux and the hamara project generally. > >> > >> > > The Name "Hamara" is derived from Hindi... Right??? > > > > Can I assume that this is another form of Hindi Imposition over entire > > India? > > > > Hamara Linux is a new distribution tailored to the Indian market from > > > >> the perspective of language, design, usability and access. > >> > >> > > Perspective of Language --- What are all the languages you promote? > > I donot see any other language than Hindi on your screens.. > > > > Do you mean that Hindi is the only language being used in India? > > > > When you do not show up any other language in your website, how can I > > assume that it is tailored for my language? > > > > > > We are promoting design that users feel accustomed to, a way to reach a > > > >> larger audience and also stem cultural hegemony. We target intel as well > >> as ARM, to make access to the platform easier/cheaper. > >> > > > > And the cultural hegemony means use of Hindi everywhere instead of > > English.. Am I right? > > > > > > > >> Native language support - you will be able to find us using a search > >> engine without > >> knowing how to read English. > >> > >> > > Can people who know only Tulu be able to usethe search engine? > > Or do they NEED to KNOW Hindi or other language? > > > > Indians have many native languages ....... Hindi is just one among them!! > > > > Please stop all means of Hindi Imposition. > > > > I welcome distirbutions that support our own native language not that one > > which assumes some alien language as my native one as well as recommends > me > > to use that!! > > > > > Dear Arun, > > Kovam Vendham :-) > > Saadhi irundozhiya verillai: Ittar Periyor, Idathaar Izhigulathor [ > Avvaiyar ] . > > The aim is not to create a divide amongst the few individuals who want > to make a change. The aim is to share. > > You are 100% correct - Hindi is just one language and we do need to make > it available to a wider > section of the society and that can only happen with all our support. > Our country has over 700 languages and > we have to start somewhere right. I am hoping to get my retired father > to help in Tamil translation, although, > I am worried about his technical grasp - He has learnt to email my > mother sitting right next to him though :-) > > I will post back a meeting time and location. Date is confirmed on the > 22nd of September in Chennai. > > Please do come along. What's the worst that can happen. Either we will > all agree or we will disagree. Atleast we > can all shake hands in the belief that we had a healthy debate for a > greater good. > > Take care my friend > > Deepak > > > > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > -- thanks with :-):-) M.Arun prakash _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
