Thanks for sharing it, Bishakha. Journalists do love to mention anecdotes, it seems. :)
While there's a good coverage of Tamil Wikipedia like Fred says in his email, it's a good spotlight on all Indian Wikipedias in general.

- Sundar
 
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture



From: Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta@gmail.com>
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Sat, October 16, 2010 5:39:31 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia

Message: 4
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:47:43 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Fred Bauder" <fredbaud@fairpoint.net>
Subject: [Foundation-l] Aapka Apna Wikipedia
To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Delightful piece about the Tamil Wikipedia:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Aapka-Apna-Wikipedia/698406

Fred