Dear Sir,
The 'Kolkata Book Fair' has been organized by the 'Publishers &
Booksellers Guild' is one of the most prestigious and active cultural
event in India for last thirty five years. It is the world's largest
non-trade book fair, Asia's largest book fair and the most attended
book fair in the world. Other than books it houses television, radio
and other multimedia companies as well.
I think that, the presence of Wikipedia in physically to the coming
'Kolkata Book Fair 2012' will be a most valuable way to reach a very
large number of well learned persons to increase it's user growth.
It is learned from a verbal reliable source that in 2010 the stall
charge was about Rs. 500/- per squire feet. The minimum space allotted
of 100 sqft. Apart from the fair space there will be other costs (viz.
decorations, lights, projector & computers with mobile broadband etc)
involved to have the exhibition successfully.
I propose for consideration to make a twelve day show to the
'Wikimedia India Chapter' for the exhibition. The detail of the guild
is placed below:
***********************
GUILD HOUSE
2B Jhama Pukur Lane, Kolkata 700 009
West Bengal, India
Telephone: +91-33-2360 4588, 2354 4417
Fax: +91-33-2360 4566
E-mail: guild@cal2.vsnl.net.in,pbguild@vsnl.net
http://www.kolkatabookfaironline.com/index.php
***********************
With regards.
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+919433005886
Wikipedia, the encyclopedia that anyone can edit, turns 11 on 15 January
2012!
Come celebrate this joyous occasion with us at:
*Atmabikash Samiti*
77, Satish Mukherjee Road,
Kolkata 700026
West Bengal, India
Nearest Landmarks
- Two minutes from *Kalighat Metro*
- Beside *Deshbandhu College for Girls*
- Behind *Patanjali Chikitsalaya*
*Time: 1630-1830 hours, 15 Jan 2012*
The Wikipedia community is made up of everyday people from all walks of
life, and we’re all united by one common mission: a world in which every
single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
Our birthday wish for our ten years is just this: We want more people from
all backgrounds to get involved, contribute, edit and grow wikipedias in
all the languages of the world in which we think, speak, and dream.
For more details and registration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata8
--
With Warm Regards,
*Jayanta Nath*
Calcutta,West Bengal
FYI...
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Date: 24 December 2011 08:56
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To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." <
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December 2011 12:00 UTC and 3 January 2012 24:00 UTC.. Among all users
contributing 500 or more new translations to Wikipedia Mobile, Kiwix,
MediaWiki core and MediaWiki extension used by Wikimedia,
translatwiki.net will divide 1,000 Euro (approximately 1,308 US
Dollar). The money comes from a grant by Wikimedia Nederland, the
Dutch Wikimedia chapter and is facilitated by Stichting Open Progress.
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
If I am only for myself, what am I?
If not now, when?
Folks,
We are organizing a Photo Walk in Kolkata on 18th December 2011 (Sunday)
morning. We'll cover the central business districts of Dalhousie
(B.B.D.Bag) and Esplanade (Dharmatala). Everyone is welcome to the event.
We are still finalizing the list of buildings and architectures that we
would like to cover. Therefore, any suggestions regarding the event are
welcome.
Thanks and regards,
Kalyan Sarkar
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Hisham <hisham(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Good luck on this wonderful initiative, folks. It would be fantastic to
> have many more good images of your fascinating city!
>
> fyi: you might want to put this up on the India mailing list as well -
> because some folks might be on that list but not on the West Bengal list.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> hisham
>
> On Dec 7, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Biswarup Ganguly wrote:
>
> Dear Kalyan,
>
> Thank you for a much hoped and encouraging proposal for the ‘Photowalk’!
> The Commons needs more good quality photographs of Kolkata. I welcome to
> Mr. Rangan Datta, the list of the heritage buildings that given by him is
> really useful to us. May i re-propose with the following points:
>
> 1. It is open to all, Wikimedians or non-wikimedians, anybody can
> participate with camera or without camera.
>
> 2. We will meet at the CSTC bus stand of Esplanade, Kolkata at sharp
> 6:55 am on 18th December, 2011.
>
> 3. After having a cup of tea we will start to north up to Victoria
> building, then turn left towards Dalhousie area up to Strand road, then
> Aakasbani Bhaban and return to Chittada’s tea shop to have tea again with
> snacks. Total time required is about 2.5 to 3 hours.
>
> 4. I suggest please bring a note book and pen to write down the
> details of whatever (s)he photographed for uploading purpose.
>
> 5. There will not be any subject bar.
>
> 6. We encourage uploading to Commons, but it is optional.
>
> 7. Please see the general guidelines at Wikimedia Commons:Image
> guidelines:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images_guidelines
>
> Wth regards.
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan.sarkar(a)gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
>
> Let me introduce you to Rangan Datta, the renowned travel photographer,
>
> whose travelogues are a regular feature in the columns of The Telegraph,
>
> Hindustan Times and other dailies. He would be joining us at the Kolkata
>
> Photo Walk on 18th December 2011 (Sunday). He has suggested below, a list
>
> of buildings that we can cover along with some important tips.
>
>
> Biswarup da, As discussed, would you kindly send the schedule and route
>
> map that you intend to propose?
>
>
> Let us make this Photo Walk a grand success!
>
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Kalyan Sarkar
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Rangan Datta <rangan_datta(a)yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
>
> Dear Kalyan and othe wikipedia Calcutta members
>
>
> Here is a list of buildings to be photographed:
>
>
> 1. Metropolitan Building*
>
> 2. Victoria House
>
> 3. Statesman House
>
> 4. Tipu Sultan Mosque*
>
> 5. Defence East India Headquarters
>
> 6. Raj Bhavan
>
> 7. Junior Staff quaters of Raj Bhavan.
>
> 8. National Assurance Building
>
> 9. Currency Building*
>
> 10. Central Telegraph Office.
>
> 11. St John's Church
>
> 12. Town Hall
>
> 13. High Court
>
> 14. Metcalf Hall*
>
> 15. GPO
>
> 16. Calcutta Collectorate
>
> 17. Eastern Rail Headquaters
>
> 18. Writer's Building (there is restriction)
>
> 19. St Andrew's Church
>
> 20. Lal Bazar
>
> 21. Beth el Synagogue
>
> 22. Magen David Synagogue
>
> 23. Portuguese Church
>
> 24. Armenian Church
>
>
> The ones marked with * are best photographed in the afternoon.
>
> This list is not exhaustive,
>
>
> Some related links from my website & Blog
>
>
>
> - Calcutta Architecture<
> http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=26>
>
> - St. John's Church<http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=41
> >
>
> - Links from my Blog<
> http://rangandatta.wordpress.com/tag/calcutta-heritage-building/>
>
>
> I think we should restrict ourselves to outdoor shots only. Apart fro St.
>
> John's Church we need we ned permision to shoot the interiors of other
>
> buildings.
>
>
> Looking forward for the photowalk.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Rangan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Biswarup Ganguly
> Phones:
> +919830022449
> +919433005886
>
Just went through the pictures. There are so many wonderful images from the firewood seller to the sugar cane juice machine to the road-side shave to the wonderful stained glass inside of St John to Kolkata's delightfully quaint trams!
Thank you so much!
I am guessing the thank you should be directed to everyone in this image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Photowalk_-_Kolkata_2011-1… (and the photographer who took it!) You all look like you had a wonderful time!
There's something cooking in the West Bengal community and it tastes sweet as sandesh!
Warm Regards,
hisham
On Dec 21, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Kalyan Sarkar wrote:
> I missed the following from my mention.
>
> 17. Metro Cinema
> 16. United Bank of India Building
> 18. Emerald House
> 19. Kolkata High Court
> 20. Town Hall
> 21. Hong Kong House (HSBC)
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Kalyan Sarkar
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Deepon Saha <hideeponhere(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> missed it..:(
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:05 PM, <wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the report Kalyan, the first Kolkata Photowalk was a resounding success from what I gather. What is the Commons Category under which your uploading these pictures? Would love to see them.
>
> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:01:47 +0530
> From: kalyan.sarkar(a)gmail.com
> To: wikimedia-in-wb(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> CC: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Kolkata Photo Walk (Esplanade & Dalhousie)
>
>
>
> We met at the foot of Shahid Minar at 7AM in the morning. It was a bit foggy and chilly. We are enjoying an early winter chill and record low temperatures in Kolkata this year. After enjoying a steaming cup of tea at the CSTC Canteen and began our walk.
>
> ROUTE
> We crossed the J.L.Nehru Road and Lenin Sarani crossing and took Bentinck Street. Then we took left along the Waterloo Street, reaching the Great Eastern Hotel, we took right along the Hemanta Basu Sarani to B.B.D.Bagh Square. Then we proceeded along B.B.D.Bagh Sarani and took left turn to Red Cross Place to reach the entrance of Raj Bhawan. From there we proceeded along the Government Place to St John's Church and took right along Council House Street and Netaji Subhash Road and ended at the Writers Buildings.
>
> MONUMENTS
> We covered the following monuments.
> 1. Shahid Minar
> 2. Metropolitan Building
> 3. Tipu Sultan Mosque
> 4. Victoria House
> 5. Statesman House
> 6. Aaykar Bhawan
> 7. Great Eastern Hotel
> 8. Central Telegraph Office
> 9. National Assurance Building
> 10. Junior Staff Quarters of the Governor
> 11. Raj Bhawan
> 12. St. John's Church
> 13. General Post Office
> 14. Kolkata Collectorate
> 15. Writers' Building
> 16. St. Andrews Chapel
>
> STATUES
> 1. Lenin
> 2. Asutosh Mookerjee
> 3. Prafulla Chaki
> 4. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
> 5. Binay Badal Dinesh
>
> Please correct me if I missed out something.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Kalyan Sarkar
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Congratulation to all for our first step of success. Please anyone tell
> what we cover
>
> --
> With Warm Regards,
> *Jayanta Nath*
> Calcutta,West Bengal
>
> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-wb>
>
FYI
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From: Noopur <noopur.raval(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Invite for WikiWomenCamp
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
Wikipedia Mumbai Mailing List <wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
Wikipedia Pune Mailing List <wikimedia-in-pun(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Dear all,
This is to invite all the women editors and contributors on Wikipedia and
other sister projects from India to *WikiWomenCamp*. I'd like to invite all
our fellow women members from the chapter and contributors outside to
attend the conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina in May 2012. While the
conference is largely aimed at women involved in the Wikimedia movement,
the organisers feel that women editors from Wikipedia, helping on Indic
communities can also offer a unique perspective that can be of use to
female leaders inside the Wikimedia movement and help expand the movement
to make it inclusive for all. In turn, we hope that we can provide them
with contacts and assistance with their work related projects. Details
related to the conference can be found at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp
Do pass this on to the other lists concerned and hope to see substantial
participation from India.Let's do it! :)
Warmly
Noopur
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Arts and Aesthetics
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled as part of the India Programs team. (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251….)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_S…) was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise his potential and to support the community and movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
Hi Dear All,
Please do comments on Nitika's proposal..........
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nitika <ntandon(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:07 PM
Subject: Support for Book Fair
To: Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com>
Hi Jayanta,
Hope you are doing good. :)
I'm writing with a request for advice and to forward some help to you. The
Campus Ambassadors in Pune are a really nice and energetic and hard working
bunch of guys. (I think you already know Debanjan - who is one of the
them.) I mentioned the Kolkata Book Fair and they were really excited and
offered to help. (In fact, a bunch of them were helping other community
members in Pune to be at Wikipedia stall at the recently concluded CDMA IT
Expo in Pune. I hear it was a good success!)
Some of them have volunteered to come down to Kolkata and help out in the
Book Fair (for some of the days.) Some of them are native Bengali speakers
and some can do outreach in English.
Do you think it would be useful? If so, would you ask the other folks from
the West Bengal community if they think it is a good idea?
Do let me know and I'll make sure we organise this well.
Thanks
Nitika
--
With Warm Regards,
*Jayanta Nath*
Calcutta,West Bengal
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Dear Kalyan,
Thank you for a much hoped and encouraging proposal for the ‘Photowalk’!
The Commons needs more good quality photographs of Kolkata. I welcome to
Mr. Rangan Datta, the list of the heritage buildings that given by him is
really useful to us. May i re-propose with the following points:
1. It is open to all, Wikimedians or non-wikimedians, anybody can
participate with camera or without camera.
2. We will meet at the CSTC bus stand of Esplanade, Kolkata at sharp
6:55 am on 18th December, 2011.
3. After having a cup of tea we will start to north up to Victoria
building, then turn left towards Dalhousie area up to Strand road, then
Aakasbani Bhaban and return to Chittada’s tea shop to have tea again with
snacks. Total time required is about 2.5 to 3 hours.
4. I suggest please bring a note book and pen to write down the
details of whatever (s)he photographed for uploading purpose.
5. There will not be any subject bar.
6. We encourage uploading to Commons, but it is optional.
7. Please see the general guidelines at Wikimedia Commons:Image
guidelines:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images_guidelines
Wth regards.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan.sarkar(a)gmail.com>wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Let me introduce you to Rangan Datta, the renowned travel photographer,
> whose travelogues are a regular feature in the columns of The Telegraph,
> Hindustan Times and other dailies. He would be joining us at the Kolkata
> Photo Walk on 18th December 2011 (Sunday). He has suggested below, a list
> of buildings that we can cover along with some important tips.
>
> Biswarup da, As discussed, would you kindly send the schedule and route
> map that you intend to propose?
>
> Let us make this Photo Walk a grand success!
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Kalyan Sarkar
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Rangan Datta <rangan_datta(a)yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear Kalyan and othe wikipedia Calcutta members
>>
>> Here is a list of buildings to be photographed:
>>
>> 1. Metropolitan Building*
>> 2. Victoria House
>> 3. Statesman House
>> 4. Tipu Sultan Mosque*
>> 5. Defence East India Headquarters
>> 6. Raj Bhavan
>> 7. Junior Staff quaters of Raj Bhavan.
>> 8. National Assurance Building
>> 9. Currency Building*
>> 10. Central Telegraph Office.
>> 11. St John's Church
>> 12. Town Hall
>> 13. High Court
>> 14. Metcalf Hall*
>> 15. GPO
>> 16. Calcutta Collectorate
>> 17. Eastern Rail Headquaters
>> 18. Writer's Building (there is restriction)
>> 19. St Andrew's Church
>> 20. Lal Bazar
>> 21. Beth el Synagogue
>> 22. Magen David Synagogue
>> 23. Portuguese Church
>> 24. Armenian Church
>>
>> The ones marked with * are best photographed in the afternoon.
>> This list is not exhaustive,
>>
>> Some related links from my website & Blog
>>
>>
>> - Calcutta Architecture<http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=26>
>> - St. John's Church<http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=41>
>> - Links from my Blog<http://rangandatta.wordpress.com/tag/calcutta-heritage-building/>
>>
>> I think we should restrict ourselves to outdoor shots only. Apart fro St.
>> John's Church we need we ned permision to shoot the interiors of other
>> buildings.
>>
>> Looking forward for the photowalk.
>>
>> Regards
>> Rangan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
--
Biswarup Ganguly
Phones:
+919830022449
+919433005886
