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(a)prathambooks.org> wrote:
From: Gautam John <gautam(a)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"
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Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 11:30 AM
On 26 February 2011 16:57, Basavaraj
Itnal <basavarajitnal(a)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
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