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?