OMG this sounds amazing! Is there going to be a recording of the zoom meeting? Sunday, exam week, student commitments, and the rest of it means I won't be able to make it synchronously. I really hope there will be recordings! Warmest, Nishant
<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM Udhay Shankar N via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > Many of you know about The Goa Project and its current online avatar. > Tomorrow 16 Nov, we're talking about early Indian internet communities, > with silklist itself being one example. > > I will be leading this session (online via Zoom, at 5:30 PM IST), and hope > to see several of you there. (Register at https://bit.ly/TGPSessions ) > > Udhay > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > > > [image: logo] > <https://us6.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthegoaproject.wordpress.com&xid=178dfbd3f8&uid=14033991&iid=a109958f5a&pool=cts&v=2&c=1763171860&h=2e7e557d085396be00493d99b540f6f2af902b7b442b8efbe96c43bffeada440> > > > > Dear TGPian, > > > > This Sunday, 16th November, we try out a new format, an ‘open table.’ That > is, there will a few pre-agreed speakers, but anyone else in the room — > we’re looking at YOU — is welcome to ask for a seat at the table. Think of > it as a round-table flavoured by the unconference spirit. > > > Our topic is the early Indian online communities. We are particularly > interested in hearing about communities that took shape in the period > between 15 August 1996 (when VSNL first launched a publicly available > Internet service) and 2000, but earlier groups are very welcome, and a wee > bit later is fine too. Let’s say no later than the early days of blogging. > > We hope to discover many different kinds of communities and the diversity > and optimism and the finding of tribes that they fostered. But we are open > to hearing the darker tales too. > [image: On a yellow background, a faint wave pattern runs down the right > side. On top, in a yellow rectangle: Open Table Below, the headline: > Dial-up days Below, a subhead: Lists, forums, and the early Indian webscape > Next, the session date: 16 November Next, a circular window with a picture > in it; this one is the old Windows graphic for a modem connection, an > old-style telephone connecting two desktop computets Next to that, the > name: You And below that, a descriptor: And your memories Below, at centre, > the logotype for The Goa Project Sessions, which has the words ‘The Goa > Project’ in white text next to a stylised sunset-and-water image, and next > to that, the word ‘Sessions’ within a stylised video camera image. In a > black strip at the bottom: Once every four weeks on Sundays, 5:30 p.m. to > 6:30 p.m. IST, on Zoom.] > <https://us6.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FTGPSessions&xid=178dfbd3f8&uid=14033991&iid=a109958f5a&pool=cts&v=2&c=1763171860&h=60c023b8958e742d45099b69cbb3c400b88019a9ec7fde1edddbf99c9246e45a> > > > The discussion will be steered by *Udhay Shankar*, who, besides being one > of TGP’s founders, has been active on various internet communities since > the 90s, and previously founded one of India’s oldest surviving listservs. > Among the folx who have volunteered are *Nadika Nadja*, who got online > in 1995 and found affirmation in LGBTQI+ communities and Madras groups, *Swati > Sani*, poet, author, translator, and entrepreneur, *Amitha Singh*, > writer, storyteller, marketer, self-described ruiner of workplaces since > 1993, and possibly the first female webmaster in India, *Frederick > Noronha*, an online community builder since 1995, mostly preferring > old-fashioned email lists and long involved in India’s FOSS networks, > Creative Commons and Wikipedia, *Peter Griffin*, who spent countless > hours immersed in Geocities, chat and messengers, message boards, and a > now-defunct writing community, all using his workplace internet connection, > and helped persuade his then-employer to use online tools. > > > If you have stories about finding community in the early public internet > in India, please write back to [email protected] and > [email protected] (you can also just raise your hand on Sunday). > > > *Register here to attend via Zoom* > <https://us6.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtZwsc-GvqToiG9DeS6OYGVGYKJcO0Le_fpVr&xid=178dfbd3f8&uid=14033991&iid=a109958f5a&pool=cts&v=2&c=1763171860&h=d1e759228d2ff10d7f7c7edb3f5ff448035892e6f6a495719b824e9608efe4fa> > . > > > [image: Against a neon yellow background are the names of the tracks: ‘The > Arts, Society, Science & Technology, Design, News & Media, Intersections, > Fringe & Geekery. Then, below, at centre, the logotype for The Goa Project > Sessions, which has the words ‘The Goa Project’ in white text next to a > stylised sunset-and-water image, and next to that, the word ‘Sessions’ > within a stylised video camera image. In a black strip at the bottom: Once > every four weeks on Sundays, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. IST on Zoom.] > <https://us6.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtZwsc-GvqToiG9DeS6OYGVGYKJcO0Le_fpVr%23%2Fregistration&xid=178dfbd3f8&uid=14033991&iid=a109958f5a&pool=cts&v=2&c=1763171860&h=c2e90a6e5ac5ed4aaec2fd6cb7958929c382af432199a020ceba4d5b35863b52> > > *TGP Sessions Tracks* > > • *The Arts:* Performing Arts (Theatre, Music, Dance, Spoken Word), > Visual Arts (including Sculpture, Installations, Mixed Media, Design from > the art perspective), Literature. > > • *Society:* Includes Access and Inclusion, Social Entrepreneurship, > Environment, Development, like the topics under the UN Sustainable > Development Goals. Basically, things aimed primarily at a better world. > > • *Science, Technology:* Which includes the social sciences and > information technology. > > • *Design:* Including design of public space and utilities, and > technology from the user perspective (like user interface design, and > product design that changes paradigms). > > • *News and Other Media: *Journalism as a practice, Cinema, TV, > Newspapers, Magazines and Internet-based Media, Social Media, Public > Relations, Interactive Media. > > • *Intersections: *Topics that straddle two or more tracks > > • *Fringe & Geekery:* Fringe = not mainstream, doesn’t get much public > attention; Geekery = deep knowledge of, obsession with, a subject. > > > *Sessions formats* > > • Talks, Presentations, Explainers, Provocations, Debates > > • Workshops and other interactive formats > > • Showcase (Performances and Exhibitions) > > Each fortnight, we’ll have two to three sessions in one of the tracks, > cycling through the tracks one by one. We’ll post the names of presenters > and their topics in advance within the Facebook event page, in this mailer, > and on our social media. > > Our presenters will also start conversations about their topics in the TGP > Community group on Facebook. > > > More about the Sessions > <https://us6.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthegoaproject.us6.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D46c40a24aedda6de63b9f08ab%26id%3D41eabfa212%26e%3D09ffef1ea2&xid=178dfbd3f8&uid=14033991&iid=a109958f5a&pool=cts&v=2&c=1763171860&h=eeb0dfb7ac877f061da3512961d655d0fdaf1dd3a4c85d9e59cd750a761a63fb> > . > > > Want to pitch a Session? 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