gautham, u r responding to concluding remarks without saying much about the principal point here.
though this is not about sanskrit, i will give u an example. go to a wiki article called lingayatism. it says that lingayatism is a hndu sect. it talks about some pancha acharyas and it says that Basaveshwara started a movement called veera shaiva / lingayat etc..
now they have an external link called lingayatism.net (or is it.org?) click on that. that website says lingayatism is a non-hindu, non-vedic relegion. i spoke to the office bearers of the plenary body of lingayats in India and they claim they are not hindus. i have scriptures of that religion in original and it was essentially a movement against brahmanical tyranny and inequities in hindu faith. its founder was houded to death by the hindus. now isnt it distortion of historical facts to suit brahmanical view of life? most lingayats have no access to internet and tomorrow ur son would click on that link and form a wrong opinion. at some point a new generation of leaders would emerge with a totally lopsided view of history ..
Basavaraj N Itnal
--- On Sat, 2/26/11, Gautam John gautam@prathambooks.org wrote:
From: Gautam John gautam@prathambooks.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] [Wikimediaindia-l] ToI front page: Rs 1 cr for Sanskrit WP To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore, India" wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 11:30 AM On 26 February 2011 16:57, Basavaraj Itnal basavarajitnal@yahoo.com wrote:
wiki has to recognise and be sensitive to these
concerns.
It is, in it's content drawing on it's policies of being an encyclopedia and being neutral. These are very powerful pillars that promote neutrality of points of view.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam ________ http://social.prathambooks.org/
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