Photos! Photos!!... More Photos!!!

Hi All,
Browsing through the photos on our group-site, I thought that for a group of 1500+ members, the number of albums/photos is rather low. Those who are into photography in any big or small way, are invited to display their craft on our group-site.

Goa is more famous for its beaches & churches, but the temples of Goa are equally worth seeing. I have captured a few through my camera. The images are available in the Goa Photos album. Kindly browse through them. Some feedback/tips would be great!

To access the Photo archives, visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marathidtnet

Sign in, and go to the Photos department.

Keep clicking, keep sharing!

Yours,
-G.

Welcome to Marathi.Net !!

Namaskaar !!

Welcome to Marathi.Net blog. This blog would serve as an companion site to our Yahoo! Group, the Marathi.Net. Primary objective is to keep a record of discussions & decisions that have shaped the group over the years. We might also be able to note how - or, whether - the group has evolved for better!

Those who are unaware about Marathi.Net Yahoo! Group may take a look in here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marathidtnet/

-Gautam.
15 July 2007

MdN Mind Storms volume III

Dear All,
Welcome to third edition of Marathi.Net Mind Storms!

Mind Storms is a collection of some of the interesting debates and discussions held at our Yahoo! Group, the Marathi.Net. This volume is 45 pages long and contains 12 debates. The selection of these debates was a personal choice, and I hope to have done justice to it, in terms of content and interest-level. No change has been made to the contents, except a rudimentary spell-check, and some formatting to make the text more readable.

A disclaimer: The views and opinions presented here belong to the respective contributors, and they should not be taken as collective mindset of Marathi.Net group as a whole.

You may wonder what purpose such a compilation serves. The benefits are manifold.

1. Not many of us would browse through message-archives to read upon past stuff. However, to have a compilation like this makes us at least take a glance.
2. Message archives are accessible only to group-members. This document is something that you can share with your friends.
3. Creating this document is itself something of a joy. It makes me take a ride down the memory-lane and re-live those past months once again.

The document is available for dowload at http://www.esnips.com/web/MarathiNet

Do go through it. Am sure once you begin reading, you will not close it until you have been through it completely.

A genuine Thank-You to all whose names feature in pages to follow. You make Marathi.Net a place worth being a part of.
Keep writing, keep arguing!

MdN File Archives open to all

Dear Friends,

As you will be aware, Yahoo! has increased the group file space from 20 MB to 100 MB. This is something we have been asking for long, as we always had to remove some files to make space for others to upload. Now, we no longer need to bother about such constraints... there is ample space for all! We believe that our members are mature enough not to misuse this freedom of file-space.

MdN Files section is open to all members to upload their stuff. Please do not forget to drop a mail to group informing about the upload. On our part, we are uploading some of the files that were removed earlier due to space-crunch. Of course, MdN veterans would be having most of those. New members are requested to go through them... they truly represent the Best of MdN.

To access the files, visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marathidtnet
Next, go to Files link. MdN Archives are available at, where else, MdN Archives folder.

Browse, Upload, Download, & Enjoy!

Ganapati Bappa Morya !

Dear All,
Ganesh Chaturthi is here ! To allow you to share your joy with other members of Marathi.Net, we have following :

1. One folder has been created in Photos department, titled as "2006- Ganesh-Utsav." You are invited to upload the photos of your Ganesh Idols. Do not forget to put your name & location in the photo description field. Please upload photos which you have clicked, not the ones from websites and mail forwards.
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/marathidtnet/photos

[Photo: Maharashtra Mandal-Singapore. Courtesy: Amit Jadhav]

2. Those from same city can visit each other at home or at sarvjanik ganesh mandals. For this you can make use of our Database department. Go to MdN-Pune, or MdN-Mumbai, and enter your name and mobile number. Next, you can get in touch with those who have already entered their details.

If there are any suggestions, feel free to write to: marathidtnet-owner@yahoogroups.com
Marathi.Net wishes all its members a very happy and enjoyable Ganesh Chaturthi. May the Vighna-harta drive away all your worries and troubles.

Ganpati-bappa Morya !!

With Best Wishes,
- Team MdN.

Dialog with New Members

Hi,

I extend a whole-hearted welcome to all the new members of our Marathi.Net family. Thanx to a spirited effort by Tushar, during last one week MdN has grown by 70% .

All new pals, do take a look at our group-site at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marathidtnet

A couple of mails came along asking why members were not allowed to upload files on MdN.
Let me explain. As per Yahoo! policy, each group gets a meager 20 MB space for file storage. Out of which we have already used upto 90 %. So we have blocked access to more uploads.

I suggest that you have all the currently hosted files downloaded. They will be removed by end of this month, and Files section will be made accessible to members for their uploads.

Alternatively, you can post your files to group by mailing them to marathidtnet-owner@yahoogroups.com . Group Moderators will upload them on group-site as and when it is possible to do so.

Suggestions about improvement and including constructive criticism is always welcome.

Need For Moderators

Well, this mail is in regards to a query as to whether there is any need for a moderator panel.

In my opinion, Yes, there is. The idea of putting a group entirely into the hands of members looks great theoretically, but if implemented will lead to nothing but chaos.

We have democracy in India, right? Does that mean that each one of us takes part in governance? No. There is only a tiny fraction of population, called as Government, which is formally responsible to the country.

Having a moderator panel doesn’t mean that we distrust our members. It means that we care for our friends who are a part of our online family and wish to spare them from bulky forwards, virus threats and in-consequential one-line mails.

Besides, members can - and do - leave a group as per their whims and wishes... A moderator cannot, or at least is not expected to! He/she is a part of its philosophy.

Before concluding, I wish to note that such mails indicate a genuine interest in group activities. We always welcome such open-minded discussion as well as constructive criticism!

Why is MdN a non-focussed group?

Hi,

First n foremost, abt the lack of a centralized theme.. But hey, such a theme is there:- To provide a common platform to all Marathi people with varied interests !!

Let me explain it a bit.. see, if one has to express views regarding Sonia Gandhi as India's PM, they cannot do so in group dedicated to Indian Classical Music or if one wants to post a technical article on Visual Basic.NET, they can't do so in a group dedicated to promotion of Marathi language, can i ?

That’s the very reason MdN is a Non-Focussed Group...A common meeting place to ALL Marathians where they could come together and discuss any topic under the sun. In doing so, MdN may have suffered (for a while) from excessive posts and unwanted forwards, but that's the price we had to pay.

Also, there will be some mails which might interest me and some which might not. But it does keep us abreast of a large number of issues. For example, over last couple of months we have fought over as diverse topics as Sonia Gandhi as Indian PM , Reservations in Educational Institutes n Govt Jobs, Gandhi v/s Godse, Linux v/s Windows, and a host of others. Such a range wouldnt have been possible in any grp dedicated to a single cause.

MdN started 8 months earlier with just 4 members n myself. Today we have 480 members. And this has been possible without much effort on my part. People joined MdN n felt happy with the experience. What else would one ask for?

What Are We Looking At ?

It was a Thursday night.
I was walking back to my rooms. There was a family walking a few paces ahead of me:
husband, wife and their five-year old son walking in between them.

The road ahead was a straight one. It was clear night. A full moon had risen just above the horizon.
It was a beautiful sight. and I was looking at it, mesmerized.
The kid too must have seen it, because he exclaimed," बाबा, तो बघा चांदोबा!!"

The father murmured something, but the mother shouted,'' अरे, नीट खाली बघून चाल रे.... धडपडशील नाहीतर!!"

The kid never once looked up at the sky till they reached their apartment.

I felt a bit sorry for the kid, and a bit angry towards the lady. No doubt, her reprimand had
come out of concern for her child. But in doing so, she had prevented him from savouring one of the beautiful sights in the world.

What would have happened at most? The boy might have stumbled on to something and
might have had a fall. But parents were there to take are of that.


When we keep looking at only at the obstacles in our path,
we often lose sight of our true goal.
But if we are focused on our goals,
there is God with us to care our care.

MdN in Top 10 Yahoo! Marathi Groups

Hi Pals !,

Well, I am indeed pleased to make this announcement.
Marathi.Net, which was launched barely two months ago, has already achieved its place in Top 10 Yahoo! Groups in Marathi category.

Yaaahoooo !!
I owe this to all of you ... Thank a Lot .

Yours,
Gautam.