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Pdewan: /* Copyright */

2018-09-19T16:05:21Z

‎Copyright

Pdewan: /* North East India, Nepal, Tibet, Myanmar */

2018-09-19T16:02:50Z

‎North East India, Nepal, Tibet, Myanmar

Pdewan: /* Finances */

2018-09-19T15:59:09Z

‎Finances

Pdewan: /* Why the North East? */

2018-09-19T15:57:49Z

‎Why the North East?

Pdewan: /* Why South Asia? */

2018-09-19T15:51:43Z

‎Why South Asia?

Pdewan: /* Why South Asia? */

2018-09-19T15:51:03Z

‎Why South Asia?

Pdewan: /* North East India, Nepal, Tibet, Myanmar */

2018-09-19T15:49:11Z

‎North East India, Nepal, Tibet, Myanmar

Pdewan: /* Contribute articles (not money) to Indpaedia */

2018-09-19T15:37:38Z

‎Contribute articles (not money) to Indpaedia

Pdewan: /* Finances */

2018-09-19T15:36:07Z

‎Finances

Pdewan: /* Free content */

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‎Free content

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 ===Copyright===
-There is a school of thought, widely held among internet users, that all information should be free. This school is most popular among those who think nothing of watching a film on a site designed for pirated movies or listening to a song copied illegally.
+There is a school of thought, widely held among internet users, that all information should be free. This school is most popular among those who think nothing of watching a film on a site designed for pirated films or listening to a song copied illegally.
 What this school cannot explain is why medical, legal and financial services should not also be free, leave alone why motor cars, television sets and food should not be free.

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 ====North East India, Nepal, Tibet, Myanmar====
-'''North East''' India-related articles are handled by Parvez himself. (He wrote the text of the book ''Tibet: 50 years later'' and [http://burmashell.blogspot.com ''Burma shell''], a blog about Myanmar. He sanctioned several tourism projects in North East India.)
+'''North East''' India-related articles are handled by Parvez himself. (He wrote the text of the book ''Tibet: 50 years later'' and [http://burmashell.blogspot.com ''Burma shell''], a blog about Myanmar. As Secretary, Tourism, he sanctioned a few hundred tourism projects in North East India.)
 Parvez studied at St Stephen's, Delhi, and  Wolfson College, Cambridge University. He was elected a Visiting Research Fellow of Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

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 Indpaedia is a free encyclopædia/ archive. It does not intend to ever charge readers for browsing the site.
 ===Finances===
-We also resolved not to seek advertising, for the first five and a half years, i.e. till late 2018.  We are meeting the expenses of Indpaedia from a foundation set up by one of our members. Unlike some other online encyclopaedias '''we will not ask for or accept donations.''' If we cannot manage from that member's personal foundation we will have no option but to place a few discreet Google-style advertisements on our pages after mid- or late- 2016.
+We also resolved not to seek advertising, for the first five and a half years, i.e. till late 2018.  We are meeting the expenses of Indpaedia from a foundation set up by one of our members. Unlike some other online encyclopaedias '''we will not ask for or accept donations.''' If we cannot manage from that member's personal foundation we will have no option but to place a few discreet Google-style advertisements on our pages after mid- or late- 2018.
 Please do not offer donations. '''We cannot and will not accept.''' Right now we are managing.

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 Besides, scholarship on and information about this highly-literate, culturally-rich region has been neglected. Someone has to make amends.
-All of the present Indpaedia  team live in New Delhi/ NOIDA, Jammu and Jaipur.  All of us are mayang/ tsumaar/ dakaar/ tephriimia/ wai people. (Translation: We are from J&K, U.P. and Rajasthan, none of us is from the NE.) However, because other 'national' media do not cover the North East, Ladakh, Bhutan, Nepal and the Tibetan diaspora, we believe that it is our duty to fill the void as best as we can.
+All of the present Indpaedia team live in Jammu, Leh, New Delhi/ NOIDA,  and Jaipur.  All of us are mayang/ tsumaar/ dakaar/ tephriimia/ wai people. (Translation: We are from J&K, U.P. and Rajasthan, none of us is from the NE.) However, because other 'national' media do not cover the North East, Ladakh, Bhutan, Nepal and the Tibetan diaspora, we believe that it is our duty to fill the void as best as we can.
 Sometimes the affection comes ''from'' the North East.
-When Indpaedia was being tested (in 2013) readers from Manipur and Assam  overwhelmed us with their patronage, especially of our pages on the cinemas of Manipur and Assam (and Tripura's Kokborok).  In 2015 the Maring went to great lengths to promote Indpaedia.
+When Indpaedia was being tested (in 2013) readers from Manipur and Assam overwhelmed us with their patronage, especially of our pages on the cinemas of Manipur and Assam (and Tripura's Kokborok).  In 2015 the Maring went to great lengths to promote Indpaedia.
-Then why should we not reciprocate?
+Why, then, should we not reciprocate?
 =Free content=

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 Simply because that is not possible.
-Till 1947 the three biggest South Asian countries were one nation. The histories of all three are, in turn, also linked with Afghanistan. Some of the best articles on the history of pre-1947 India and the literature and culture of post-partition India , which we are in the process of uploading on Indpaedia, have been taken from Dawn.
+Till 1947 the three biggest South Asian countries were one nation. The histories of all three are, in turn, also linked with Afghanistan. Some of the best articles on the history of pre-1947 India and the literature and culture of post-partition India have been taken from Dawn.
 The histories of Sri Lanka and India, too, are intertwined. Bangladesh and West Bengal; and Pakistan and the Indian Punjab share the same language. Bhutan and Ladakh share the same sect within Buddhism. Maldives and Lakshadweep boast of the same people, the same ocean. Myanmar has strong links with India’s north-east.

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 =[[Contribute]] articles (not money) to Indpaedia=
-Hopefully some day (maybe in 2016 itself) readers will be able to post new articles and update existing ones directly on Indpaedia—as they can on Wikipedia. Till then readers can send new articles, updates and corrections to our Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia?ref=hl Indpaedia.com].
+If you really want to do something for Indpaedia, donate your time:
 ''' ‘What should I write about?’ ''' you ask.