Re: [Indic-computing-users] Sad news... on the Santhali front

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My reply below:

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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fr...@by...>
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> Below is a self-explanatory entry from http://blogs.randomink.org/ 
> It is from 
> "Weekend Aantel". Sayamindu from Kolkata was mentioning the 
> Santhali project 
> recently.
> Adieu Mandal Hembrom!
> Weekend Aantel  21/02/2005 - 17:23    Mandal Hembrom passed away at 
> TMC, 
> Mumbai, today in the early morning. 
> Mandal-da was the lead linguist (as also being a native speaker) in 
> our 
> Santhali CASTLE Project. His death is not just a great loss to our 
> project, but 
> a loss to all the Santhals struggling to establish their identity 
> in a 
> globalised world that dictates a lop-sided homogeneity at the cost 
> of losing 
> unique cultural traits, language and social structures.

The selfless contributions being made by volunteers like Mandal-da in the area of FLOSS localization is simply outstanding. I agree with Sayamindu and Fred that the best way of paying a tribute would be to scale up our efforts in localization!

Regards,

Venky