I saw the discussion going on earlier, but was unable to participate because of exams (which got over 2 hrs ago as a matter of fact *grin* )
The current background, while true, could be rephrased in a better way. We in India know what we're talking about; we see the good parts and the bad parts and can judge our merit in our own way. But looking at "Backward country, illiteracy, human rights abuse' paints a hostile picture. This event is meant for conditions to get better, let's start with being less hostile... Cheers Bakshree :) On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 6:48 PM, María Leandro <[email protected]>wrote: > /me really happy to see that there is some debate on the background > section. > > Greetings from Venezuela. > > > 2013/6/7 Jisha <[email protected]> > >> Definitely prefer this version, less negative, more encouraging :) >> >> J >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Satabdi Das <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Forwarding Svaksha's mail since she is not in our group (yet). >>> >>> Satabdi >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: स्वक्ष <[email protected]> >>> Date: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:18 AM >>> Subject: Re: [IndiChix] Poster Competition >>> To: LinuxChix - India <[email protected]> >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:23 AM, A. Mani <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > WFS India in collaboration with Glug-Cal, Fedora and Mozilla announces >>> > a poster competition on women's, LGBT and gender-related issues in >>> > India using free software tools as part of the extended Cultural >>> > Freedom Day celebrations. >>> > >>> > >>> > http://www.wfs-india.org/p/poster-competition-womens-and-lgbt-issues >>> >>> Hey, Where can I submit a patch for the "Background" section? I found >>> the language quite brusque which wont help if we want to bridge the >>> gap. Since it is about women, I am taking the liberty of providing a >>> bug-fix below :) >>> >>> First a short note on why I'm rooting for a change: Like most Indian >>> woman I too have experienced all the issues first-hand, written >>> (erm..ranted on my blog and in IRL discussions) a lot on sexism and >>> other issues we women face BUT all that has been limited to my blog or >>> IRL discussions. When we are creating a poster to get more women and >>> students involved in FOSS, it is easier to use language that is more >>> professional and inviting. People respond better to politeness (I >>> know, I do) than sarcasm and rudeness. We can speak the truth about >>> women and LGBT in a friendlier, polite manner - the impact will be >>> greater. >>> >>> That said, here is the patch (its not perfect, so feel free to bug-fix >>> it): >>> >>> Background >>> >>> India being a multi-ethnic, multi-racial country, while coping with >>> challenges of corruption and a billion (and growing) population is >>> slowly coping with the silent half - women and the LGBT populace. >>> India has a 5000-year history that straddles the the modern - the >>> spectrum of a cell-phone totting farmer, a tweeting teenager, a >>> technophile home-maker, an artistic designer, and half a billion more >>> who are embracing technology in Planck time. >>> >>> And yet, this majority are still finding their voices in their >>> struggle to retain their space while retaining basic human values >>> within our society. Your challenge is to bring out your virtual >>> brushes and paint away your thoughts that will pictorally depict this >>> struggle while celebrating their diversity. >>> >>> Can you retain the essence of India's 5000-year history that straddles >>> the modern world? Exercise your creative freedom with Free/Libre open >>> source software and other technologies. Your poster may just be the >>> inspiration that gives them a voice to fight for their rights, a >>> vision of a better tomorrow, a tomorrow that has the freedom and space >>> for their dreams while allowing them to remain rooted in the Indian >>> ethos. >>> >>> >>> </end-patch-for-Background-section-Poster-Competition-on-Women's-and-LGBT-Issues> >>> >>> If you have hosted the poster text on github (or any other dvcs), >>> please point me to it so that I can make a pull request for the above. >>> I just spent over an hour being creative in my editing (instead of the >>> Julia workshop announcement) and its 3 am, so please be kind in your >>> criticism. I have also tried to retain some text that talks about the >>> social problems in a discreet manner - it alludes to problems that >>> need solutions but does not explicitly describe it. In a country that >>> struggles to keep the "girl child" in schools, its easy to scare them >>> off with words like "sex education" - At some schools, parents would >>> be up in arms over it. >>> >>> I also wish the rule #2 would be relaxed a bit. When I started >>> volunteering in 2005 as a list-admin for two mailing lists at >>> linuxchix.org, I was still using Windows on a partitioned drive. It >>> took me a few months to ditch the dual-boot and switch over completely >>> to Ubuntu Linux. ...and I still have never used more than half the >>> tools listed there. So yeah, I plead ignorance to the xcf and eps >>> formats too. >>> >>> Hope you can consider some of my suggestions ! >>> >>> Thank you ! >>> -- >>> svaksha ॥ http://svaksha.com ॥ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> IndiChix mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.linuxchix.org/mailman/listinfo/indichix >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important >>> that you do it <http://bangalore.aidindia.org/>. >>> Find me on the internet <http://about.me/satabdi> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> WFS-India mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> >>> Message archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> Unsubscribe: To unsubscribe, please login to your account at >>> http://www.wfs-india.org/ and unsubscribe to the WFS-India list from >>> your account settings. >>> >>> -- WFS-India - http://www.wfs-india.org >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> WFS-India mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> Message archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> Unsubscribe: To unsubscribe, please login to your account at >> http://www.wfs-india.org/ and unsubscribe to the WFS-India list from >> your account settings. >> >> -- WFS-India - http://www.wfs-india.org >> >> > > > -- > tatica > Maria Gracia Leandro > http://www.tatica.org > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:tatica > LinuxUser= 440285 GPG Public Key: E1CDCC56 > > _______________________________________________ > > WFS-India mailing list > [email protected] > > Message archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Unsubscribe: To unsubscribe, please login to your account at > http://www.wfs-india.org/ and unsubscribe to the WFS-India list from your > account settings. > > -- WFS-India - http://www.wfs-india.org > >
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