[Imc-india] Disturbing development

[Harsh Kapoor]

Dear Ravi

I warmly welcome your offer to volunteer. I am familiar with some of 
your work elsewhere, and draw attention of others re the excellent 
mailing list  (run by Ravi) 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianmediawatch/,
trying precisely to counter hateful ways of Hindutva in the media.

Harsh

At 2:36 PM -0500 9/10/03, Ra Ravishankar wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>I apologize for the prolonged silence, didn't have anything new to say.
>In principle, I am all for local control but given the internet
>connectivity problems in India, I think it makes sense for outsiders
>(those not residing in India) to help out with the newswire. While
>allowing free speech, I think we should clamp down on hate speech. Why
>let some fanatics hijack an alternative news source?
>
>What applies to the newswire also applies to the editorial, though local
>participation is more desirable here. If the local folks had the time &
>energy to manage the site, we wouldn't be discussing this at all. while
>we wait to hear from them (for how long?), I think it's Ok for outsiders
>to also manage the editorial page. If and when the local folks can take
>charge again, there could be a smooth transition.
>
>I think Harsh mentioned this in one of his mails, but its worth repeating
>that he has been running a progressive newswire
>(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/act/). And Ganesh has the enthusiasm and
>took the initiative, so I welcome their (and any one else who is willing)
>taking charge of the newswire and the editorial page. If more of us
>participate -- I know some of you have been active -- then there's no
>reason why this should look like a coup. The onus is on us, I think.
>
>I would like to volunteer. If we can get a headcount of how many would
>like to volunteer, then may be we could assign responsibilities among
>ourselves, discuss the policies (on the list) and keep the whole process
>transparent. This does sound like a reasonable *stop gap* measure. As for
>the long term, it's for the local folks to decide. What do you all say?
>
>Regards,
>Ravi
>
>>  If you support Indymedia, then please offer practical support and save
>>  it from these warped Hindutva fanatics.
>>
>>  Ganesh.
>
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