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- From: t60bss9@mp.cs.niu.edu (Bijoy Sagar)
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- Subject: New newsgroup proposal : alt.culture.bengali
- Date: 26 Dec 1992 16:34:12 -0600
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- This proposal is concurrently and simultaneously posted in alt.config
- soc.culture.indian soc.culture.bangladesh and alt.culture.kerala
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- I am proposing the creation of a new newsgroup called alt.culture.bengali.
- This newsgroup is intented to be a place to discuss Bengali language,
- literature and other aspects of Bengali culture.
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- Why another newsgroup?
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- Bengali is a language spoken by the inhabitants of Bangladesh and three states
- of India, namely Assam, Tripura and West Bengal. Soc.culture.bangladesh as
- it currently exists, is a newsgroup for discussing the national concerns of
- the population of Bangladesh and is not devoted to the discussion of Bengali
- culture. Soc.culture.indian is another newsgroup which concerns the cultural
- needs of all the Indians, but does not adequately represent the individual
- needs of every Indian language/culture. A precedent of alt.culture.bengali
- can be cited in the creation of alt.culture.kerala, alt.culture.andhra and soc.
- culture.tamil, which were discussed to discuss the various aspects of the culture of those states.
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- Why alt. heirarchy
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- While I have enough indication for the interest in this group, at this stage
- I am cautious enough to propose the group in the alt. heirarchy. If the
- popularity demands otherwise, I will be willing to go through the pains of
- establishing a soc. heirarchy for the newsgroup. Also, since this newsgroup
- is mainly to discuss the aspect of the language more than the culture,
- the alt. heirarchy is more appropriate than soc. heirarchy.
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- Draft charter of the newsgroup
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- This new newsgroup is mainly intented to discuss:
- (a) The structure and construction of Bengali language
- (b) growth of Bengali language in post-independent India
- (c) The literature of Bengali people
- (d) The men of letters.
- (e) Bengali language and transliteration.
- (f) Dialects, deviants and schools within the language.
- (g) Other art media that use Bengali language.
- (h) Bengali cultural institutions
- (i) Politics of power and the language.
- (j) Any other topic of relative merit and interest.
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- I hope I will receive a favorable response.
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- - Bijoy Sagar
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