http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp
"Seventy-three-year old G. Balachandran from Paravur, Kerala, has a different story to tell. Paralysed for nearly two decades, this retired junior commissioned officer of the Indian Army got a new lease of life, thanks to Wikipedia. When his son presented him with a laptop, Balachandran started contributing to Wikipedia in Malayalam. “Wikipedia not only helped me rediscover myself, but also gave me the strength to fight my condition,” says Balachandran, who has contributed nearly 100 articles to the Malayalam Wikipedia since 2008 and has more than 2,000 edits to his credit."
"Malayalam and Bengali are two other Indian languages that have been witnessing some active contributions in recent times."
Happy to see Wikipedians like BabuG featured on this article. His story will surely be inspiring for lots of people to become Wikipedians.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Ramesh N G rameshng@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp
"Seventy-three-year old G. Balachandran from Paravur, Kerala, has a different story to tell. Paralysed for nearly two decades, this retired junior commissioned officer of the Indian Army got a new lease of life, thanks to Wikipedia. When his son presented him with a laptop, Balachandran started contributing to Wikipedia in Malayalam. “Wikipedia not only helped me rediscover myself, but also gave me the strength to fight my condition,” says Balachandran, who has contributed nearly 100 articles to the Malayalam Wikipedia since 2008 and has more than 2,000 edits to his credit."
"Malayalam and Bengali are two other Indian languages that have been witnessing some active contributions in recent times."
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On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Ramesh N G rameshng@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp
"Seventy-three-year old G. Balachandran from Paravur, Kerala, has a different story to tell. Paralysed for nearly two decades, this retired junior commissioned officer of the Indian Army got a new lease of life, thanks to Wikipedia. When his son presented him with a laptop, Balachandran started contributing to Wikipedia in Malayalam. “Wikipedia not only helped me rediscover myself, but also gave me the strength to fight my condition,” says Balachandran, who has contributed nearly 100 articles to the Malayalam Wikipedia since 2008 and has more than 2,000 edits to his credit."
"Malayalam and Bengali are two other Indian languages that have been witnessing some active contributions in recent times."
Wikiml-l is the mailing list for Malayalam Wikimedia Projects email: Wikiml-l@lists.wikimedia.org Website: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiml-l
