नैसर्गिक जलस्त्रोत व दरडोई पाण्याची असलेली उपलब्धता या बाबतीत जगातील कोणता देश सर्वात श्रीमंत असेल तर तो म्हणजे बांगला देश. ब्रह्मपुत्रा नदी व तिला येऊन मिळणार्‍या पद्मा वगैरे सारख्या इतर नद्या, आपली जलसंपत्ती बांगला देशात अक्षरश: ओतत असतात. या शिवाय वर्षातले सहा ते आठ महिने वरुणराज आपली कृपादृष्टी या देशाकडे वळवतोच.

असे असले तरी हे एवढे पाणी या देशाला सोसतच नाही. नद्यांना सारखे पूर येतात. समुद्री तुफानांच्यामुळे किनार्‍यालगतचे भाग खार्‍या पाण्याने जलमय होतात. आणि चहुकडे पाणीच पाणी असताना बांगला देशातील गरीबांना पिण्याच्या पाण्याचा प्रश्न सतत भेडसावतो असे सांगितले तर खरे सुद्धा वाटणार नाही. पण ही सत्य परिस्थिती आहे. नद्यांना सतत येणार्‍या पुरापासून शेती, गावे यांचे संरक्षण व्हावे म्हणून जागोजाग संरक्षक तलाव बांधण्यात आलेले आहेत. या हजारो तलावांपैकी खूपसे तलाव आंर्तराष्ट्रीय मदत संस्थांच्या मार्फतही बांधले गेलेले आहेत. नद्यांना आला की पुराचे पाणी या तलावां त साठवले जाते व ते शेतीत, गावांच्यात शिरत नाही.

गेल्या काही वर्षांपासून या तलावाचे पाणी पिणार्‍या नागरिकांना, अनेक विचित्र आजारांनी सतावते आहे. तीव्र स्वरूपाच्या पोटातील वेदना, अतिसार, ओकार्‍या व हातापायात असह्य पेटके या सारखे त्रास या पाण्याचे सेवन करणार्‍यांच्यात आढळून आले आहेत. जास्त प्रमाणात पाणी जर पोटात गेले तर काही जण मृत्युमुखी पडल्याचेही आढळले आहे. तसेच या भागात रहाणार्‍या नागरिकांमधे मुत्राशय, मुत्रपिंड, फुफ्फुसे व त्वचेच्या कर्करोगांचे प्रमाणही वाढत चालले आहे.

या आजारांचे कारण शोधण्यासाठी या तलावांच्या पाण्याचे जेंव्हा पृथ:करण करण्यात आले तेंव्हा या पाण्यात आर्सेनिक या धातूचे प्रमाण 50 मायक्रोग्रॅम प्रति लिटर या हानी न पोचवणार्‍या पातळीपेक्षा बरेच जास्त आहे असे आढळून आले. या चाचणीमुळे असे म्हणता येते आहे की बांगला देशच्या नागरिकांवर हा एक प्रकारचा विषप्रयोगच होत आहे.

या विषबाधेचे स्वरूप इतके विस्तारले आहे की सध्याच्या अंदाजाप्रमाणे बांगला देशच्या 14 कोटी लोकसंख्येपैकी अडीच कोटी लोकसंख्येला ही विषबाधा होणे संभवनीय आहे. जगाच्या इतिहासात एवढ्या विस्तृत प्रमाणात विषबाधा होण्याची ही पहिलीच वेळ आहे.

या विषबाधेचे कारण शोधणार्‍या शास्त्रज्ञांना, आता या तलावांच्यात, प्रमाणाबाहेर असलेल्या आर्सेनिकच्या हजेरीचे, खरे कारण सापडले आहे. 1970 सालापर्यंत बांगला देशी शेतकरी व ग्रामीण हे अशा प्रकारच्या तलावांचे पाणीच फक्त पीत असत. या पाण्यात रोगराई पसरवणारे बॅक्टेरिया असल्यामुळे हे पाणी पिण्याऐवजी बोअरवेलचे पाणी लोकांनी प्यावे अशी सूचना UNICEFF व WHOने केली व त्यांच्याच मदतीने 80 लाखांहून आधिक बोअरवेल 1970 नंतर खोदण्यात आल्या.

या बोअरवेलच, आर्सेनिकच्या विषबाधेचे खरे कारण असल्याचे आता आढळून आले आहे. कोणत्याही जमिनीत, आर्सेनिक हा धातू, 2 मिलिग्रॅम प्रति किलोग्रॅम, या प्रमाणापर्यंत असतोच. हे आर्सेनिक प्राणवायुसारख्या इतर मौलांबरोबर संयुगे तयार करते. नद्यांचे वाहणारे पाणी ही आर्सेनिकची संयुगे पाण्याबरोबर वहात नेतात व शेवटी गाळाबरोबर नदीच्या मुखापाशी जमवत जातात. बांगलादेशमधल्या नद्या कोट्यावधी वर्षे हेच करत असल्याने, तिथल्या जमिनीत ही आर्सेनिकची संयुगे साठत आली आहेत. बोअरवेलमधून जमिनीखालील पाण्याचा उपसा सुरू झाला की हे आर्सेनिक मिश्रित पाणी जमिनीबाहेर येते व शेवटी वहात जाऊन या तलावांच्यात साठत जाते. सध्या या तलावात असलेले आर्सेनिकचे अतिप्रमाण हे अनेक वर्षांच्या बोअरवेल पाण्याच्या उपसामुळे झालेले आहे.

ही विषबाधा टाळण्यासाठी आता विविध प्रकारचे फिल्टर वापरण्यात येऊ लागले आहे. पण बांगला देशाच्या गरीबांना मात्र हे विषमिश्रित पाणी पिण्याशिवाय दुसरा पर्यायच सध्या उपलब्ध नाही ही सत्य परिस्थिती आहे.

18 नोव्हेंबर 2009

Quale sarà il futuro del Pakistan? Il 25 agosto l’agenzia Reuters  ha dato notizia della conferma ufficiale della morte del capo dei talebani pakistani, Mehsud, ucciso da un drone volante americano. Al di là della domanda che questa morte solleva (“chi sarà il prossimo capo?”) l’esistenza stessa dei “talebani pakistani” (foto) evidenzia ancora una volta lo strettissimo legame fra Afghanistan e Pakistan, la famosa area strategica AfPak che oggi costituisce una delle culle dell’ideologia islamista. E sui rapporti fra Pakistan e Afghanistan alla luce delle elezioni afgane vale la pena di leggere anche un intervento apparso il 17 agosto su Equilibri.net.

La progressiva islamizzazione dello Stato e della società pakistana costituisce a mio parere il più interessante filone dell’analisi sviluppata da Elisa Giunchi nel suo ottimo libro «Pakistan. Islam, potere e democratizzazione», pubblicato da Carocci (pp. 220, euro 16,50). Giunchi, docente di Storia e istituzioni dei Paesi islamici all’Università Statale di Milano, illustra il lungo processo di islamizzazione del Paese prendendo in esame vari terreni: la scarsa attenzione allo sviluppo economico e sociale del Paese; il dibattito filosofico-politico sui rapporti fra Islam e Stato, e l’influenza esercitata in tale dibattito dal rigorismo wahabita dell’Arabia Saudita; il predominio ideologico esercitato dalle scuole coraniche (madrasa) a fronte della scarsità di risorse per la scuola pubblica, progressivamente islamizzata; la mancata elaborazione di una interpretazione moderna della religione attraverso i mass media e i testi scolastici; i mutamenti nel diritto e nella magistratura e la progressiva “caduta” del senso di laicità dello Stato; il peggioramento della condizione sociale delle donne (cui l’autrice dedica pagine illuminanti); il ruolo predominante giocato dalle Forze armate e dai servizi segreti, che hanno impedito le democratizzazione del Paese; e si potrebbe continuare….

La materia è complessa, ma l’autrice riesce a coniugare nel suo libro profondità di analisi, ricchezza di fonti documentarie e grande chiarezza espositiva (dote rara, quest’ultima, fra gli accademici italiani).

L’esame di questo processo di islamizzazione attraversa un lungo arco di tempo prendendo in considerazione tutte le tappe principali della storia pakistana: a partire dall’affermarsi dei movimenti islamici nel subcontinente indiano durante l’età coloniale britannica, seguita dalla partition del subcontinente e la nascita del Pakistan, passando poi per le guerre combattute con l’India e la trasformazione del Pakistan Orientale in Bangla Desh, le tensioni fra le varie etnie del Paese, i diversi governi di Ali Bhutto (padre di Benazir), Zia ul-Haq e Pervaiz Musharraf, per giungere infine all’omicidio di Benazir Bhutto (foto) nel dicembre 2007, alla conquista democratica del potere da parte del vedovo Asif Ali Zardari,  nel 2008, e ai precari equilibri politico-militari nell’area AfPak agli inizi del 2009.

L’analisi della società pakistana è condotta peraltro senza dimenticare mai il quadro internazionale, quindi i rapporti del Paese – unica potenza nucleare del mondo musulmano – con l’India, la Cina, gli Usa, l’Afghanistan, al-Qaeda e il movimento dei talebani (movimento che nacque nei primi anni Novanta proprio dal legame fra madrasa pakistane, estremisti afgani, esercito e Isi, i servizi segreti pakistani).

Se una piccola critica si può fare a questo libro brillante, è quella di avere dimenticato di dedicare qualche riga in più alla condizione sociale delle minoranze religiose pakistane: hindu, sikh e cristiani, così spesso oggetto di attacchi da parte di fanatici musulmani anche in tempi recentissimi, per la contestata “legge sulla blasfemia” di cui ora i cristiani chiedono l’abolizione attraverso una raccolta di firme (foto). Ma si tratta di una critica che non offusca certo i meriti dell’opera: una sicura autorevolezza, un’attenzione quasi amorosa per i dettagli, e un linguaggio capace di rendere fruibile la materia anche ai non specialisti.

Sozialistische Schmierenkultur.

Wie wichtig die Diskussionen und Ermittlungen gegen Korruption ist  zeigen die Probleme der EU mit den ehemaligen Ostblockstaaten Rumänien und Bulgarien*. Gerade die in den sozialistischen Ländern gab es sie offiziell nicht, dafür wurde unter der Hand geschmiert, was das Zeug hergab. Und was früher Recht war, kann heute nicht Unrecht sein. Eine dieser deutschen Tugendensprüche, die man hier im Land von Honecker und Kohl so gerne vergisst.

Anfüttern

Von daher ist die Diskussion in Österreich um das Antikorruptionsgesetz so wichtig**. Und die Geldwäscherjagd in der Schweiz von Nöten, da die Alpenrepublik in einem schlechten Ruf steht***.

“Die EU-Neumitglieder Rumänien und Bulgarien unternehmen im Kampf gegen Korruption und organisiertes Verbrechen zu wenig und stehen darum weiter unter Beobachtung der EU-Kommission”.* Denn es geht ja um wichtige Gelder, Steuergelder von uns EU-Bürgern.

Ein generelles Problem in Europa

“In ihrem Bericht machte die Kommission keine Angaben zum Umgang der beiden Länder mit EU-Geldern. Dazu solle es im Herbst einen eigenen Bericht geben. Wegen anhaltender Korruption in Bulgarien hatte die EU im vergangenen Jahr Hilfen im Wert von rund 500 Millionen Euro gestoppt. 200 Millionen Euro wurden ganz gestrichen”.*

Europaschmiere.

Man kann nur hoffen, dass die EU-Kommisssion endlich Ombudsleute für alle EU-Mitglieder fordert und einrichtet, nach dem Muster von Bangla Desh, das heißt, der Ombudsmann ist Mitglied der EU, pro Land einer und hat Weisungsbefugnis gegenüber Staatsanwälten in den einzelnen Ländern. Auch für Deutschland fehlt ein Ombudsmann mit Weisungbefugnis und von daher ist ie EU gefordert. Der Fall Siemens sei hier nur am Rande erwähnt, gegenauso wie der Parteispendenskandal der CDU in der Ära Kohl.

*http://www.zeitong.de/news/fulda/d/da/2009/07/22/zu-viel-korruption-in-rumaenien-und-bulgarien/

**http://harrygambler2009.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/osterreich-fuhrt-eine-wichtige-korruptionsdiskussions/

***http://harrygambler2009.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/die-schweiz-ermittelt-gegen-kenyansiche-geldwascher/

Geld stinkt nicht.

Warum wohl? Dieser Frage will die Autorin eines intressanten Artikels zur mangelnden Korruptionsbekämpfung in Deutschland anhand von “Siemens und den Griechen” nachgehen, was ihr leider nicht sehr gut gelingt. “Der Fall brachte jetzt ein paar Nachwehen, weil sich zwei griechische Mitarbeiter von Siemens dem griechischen Gericht und möglicher Haft durch Flucht ins Ausland entzogen haben.” Schon ziemlich merkwürdig ist folgende Argumentation. “Niemand bei Siemens war korrupt! Jedenfalls nicht in den großen Skandalen. Soweit bekannt, haben die Verantwortlichen bei Siemens Geld abgezweigt, um Aufträge zu gewinnen. Sie haben also das getan, was jeder gute Angestellte macht, nämlich das Beste für das Unternehmen herauszuholen”. Was ist dann für die gute Frau den Schmiergeldzahlung und Bestechung?

Werte Frau Julia Bug, lesen sie regelmäßig die Blogs vom Detektiv mit der Sonnenbrille und sie werden dann vielleicht verstehen.

1. Termin: Am 24. Juli 2009 veranstaltet Universität Konstanz eine Interdisziplinäre Tagung mit dem Titel, Internationale Antikorrutionsregime in Europa.  

2. Termin: Eine internationale Veranstaltung findet “vom 2. bis 3. Juli 2009 …. in Genf (statt), das Global Ethics Forum statt. Die Veranstaltung richtet sich sowohl an Unternehmensvertreter, als auch an Vertreter von Regierungen, Universitäten und NGOs.” Global Ethic ist der Begriff für Antikorrutioon, also eine saubere Ökonomie.

 Om kinderarbeid te doen verdwijnen moet je hem eerst zichtbaar maken, zegt fotograaf GMB Akash.

Jainal is elf. Hij werkt al drie jaar in deze kookpottenfabriek. Zijn werkdag begint om 9 uur en eindigt om 18 uur. Hij verdient 7,6 euro per maand.

Een bloemenverkoopstertje in Dhaka

Voor elke duizend bakstenen die dit jongetje transporteert, verdient hij 0,7 euro.

Zevenjarige Jasmine is een van de meer dan duizend mensen die overleven door recycleerbaar materiaal te sprokkelen op de vuilnisbelt van Dhaka

 Meer aangrijpende foto’s van Akash over de kinderarbeid in Bangla Desh zijn te zien op:

http://www.zoriah.net/blog/2009/04/guest-photographerphotojournalist-gmb-akash-child-labor.html

 Neem ook een kijkje op de website van deze getalenteerde fotograaf:  

 http://www.gmb-akash.com/

David Davis

No, sorry. This is a wind-up. There are not thousands of Moslem young men after our blood, here, in the UK. Yes there may be a couple, maybe two or three, here and there in sad places like Luton and Leicester, and maybe (even sadly as it’s North?) Bradford…or even Blackburn (a sad socialistically-socialised city – just try driving round it sometime) or even somewhere else. But “they’ve” got tabs on the poor sad buggers. This is just all part of the Police-State-thingy that we whinge about.

These poor young men are not really trying to kill us all. I now believe Sean Gabb more than I did before.

No: they just want to have sex with other Year-10 and year-11 girls, just like their chums do, who are Christian secularised.

Erle Frayne Argonza

Good morning from Manila!

Let’s see what we got across Asia and the Pacific recently, concerning development engagements, relief and humanitarian activities. Below are news captions about Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Japan, and Sri Lanka.

On a very emotional night, Bob Gainey and his lovely kids watched as his old number 23 was raised to the rafters. Then, right after that, Bob’s team sucked fumes.

Why is that? Why couldn’t Montreal, in a big-time playoff race, on a night honouring their boss who is liked and respected by all, come out flying on all cylinders and trounce a supposedly inferior team such as the Columbus Blue Jackets? Instead, they play uninspired, lacklustre hockey at a time when they should be playing full-speed ahead, fire wagon hockey and grabbing those all-important two points.

Bullshit.

Now they’ve lost to Pittsburgh and shut out 3-0 by Columbus. They’re letting in too many goals a game, and in a playoff run, you’re suppose to tighten up in this area. It’s a real concern.

Next up is the visiting Atlanta Thrashers, a team who strikes fear into no one. Which Montreal team will show up for this one?

If the team comes up flat again, I think I’ll take up cricket. And if you want to join me, I looked up the top five cricket teams in the world. They are: Sri Lanka with 35 points. England with 30, West Indies – 20, India – 13, and Bangladesh with 12.

Not sure who my favourite team will be. Sri Lanka seems to be having a fine year, but England is close behind. Not sure who I’ll choose. Maybe I’ll go with the nicest uniforms, but then again, aren’t they all white?

Canonical has released the stable version of Bazaar – A Distributed Software Version control system for distributed teams of innovative and open source, modern sommunity based software development.
Bazaar 1.0 has been written in Python software language – a software language that is much in demand and commands a lot of respect in the Open Software community – which sadly is lacking in India – presently – even though Indian software majors have garnered immense amounts of profits but for strategic reasons are not very happy to promote the spread of free and open source software among Indian schools, colleges, and universities due to fear of disturbing their monopolies and business models.
Among the features of BAZAAR are :
1. Software developers who are familiar with ECLIPSE Software development platform, can begin to be very productive as they can learn and use BAZAAR easily and in short learning curve.
2. It is based on stable Python API and is compatible with Python versions 2.4 and above. It already has a set of about 20 Plugins, available for immediate use by communities of software developers.
3. No need for coordination with central code base as Commits can be made independently.
4. Features and fixes can be developed in independent branches and merged into main development trunk at any time. This feature is ideal for teaching distributed software development to students in remote locations of India.
5. Software development can be done in creative models, whether as creative and intelligent individual developers, who contribute more code than others, or as cooperating software teams.
6. Dual level of support is available for the GNU GPL licensed Bazaar as users can buy commercial support, or if their software developers and teams are really world class, they can use freely available and generous shared community support.
More information : http://www.ubuntu.com/news/bazaar-v1-release

Canonical has released the stable version of Bazaar – A Distributed Software Version control system for distributed teams of innovative and open source, modern community based software development.
Bazaar 1.0 has been written in Python software language – a software language that is much in demand and commands a lot of respect in the Open Software community – which sadly is lacking in India presently even though Indian software majors have garnered immense amounts of profits but for strategic reasons are not very happy to promote the spread of free and open source software among Indian schools, colleges and universities due to fear of disturbing their monopolies and business models.
Among the features of BAZAAR are :
1. Software developers who are familiar with ECLIPSE Software development platform, can begin to be very productive as they can learn and use BAZAAR easily and in short learning curve.
2. It is based on stable Python API and is compatible with Python versions 2.4 and above. It already has a set of about 20 Plugins, available for immediate use by communities of software developers.
3. No need for coordination with central code base as Commits can be made independently.
4. Features and fixes can be developed in independent branches and merged into main development trunk at any time. This feature is ideal for teaching distributed software development to students in remote locations of India.
5. Software development can be done in creative models, whether as creative and intelligent individual developers, who contribute more code than others, or as cooperating software teams.
6. Dual level of support is available for the GNU GPL licensed Bazaar as users can buy commercial support, or if their software developers and teams are really world class, they can use freely available and generous shared community support.
More information : http://www.ubuntu.com/news/bazaar-v1-release

Now that more and more intelligent Indian school, college, university students are beginning to hear and learn about Ubuntu and Kubuntu laptops / desktops from their school friends, who are more enterprising, than even some of the professors of computer training academies in India or some of the more well known branded computer resellers – the time for the Indian summer of Ubuntu will surely be in 2008.

So if you are thinking of buying a latest and modern 2008 New Year computer, with the latest and one of the best operating system softwares, and giving a gift of – gyan, vigyan, shiksha – please do try to not let your own ignorance or the marketing speak of big computer vendors come in between your children and their Ubuntu PC. Just buy an assembled computer from a local computer dealer with the best hardware specifications, download your free copy of Ubuntu or Kubuntu, burn it on a CD and get cracking. Great computing in 2008 in Indian schools and colleges !!

Some government purchasing departments and school purchasing committees will surely have big dharam sankat because they cannot get commissions on the purchase of proprietary, closed source, computer softwares / OS – so maybe they will be busy trying to debunk Ubuntu, without even letting the students try it out for themselves and decide on their own.

But those who are surely interested in gyan, vigyan, vidya – just go to Ubuntu website and download your own FREE and LEGAL copy of the latest and best operating system to hit Indian computer markets in ages. Download Ubuntu. Burn a 700 MB CD. Install on your hard disk. Very very sweet !!

Ubuntu downloads – http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Now that more and more intelligent Indian school, college, university students are beginning to hear and learn about Ubuntu and Kubuntu laptops / desktops from their school friends, who are more enterprising, than even some of the professors of computer training academies in India or some of the more well known branded computer resellers – the time for the Indian summer of Ubuntu will surely be in 2008.

So if you are thinking of buying a latest and modern 2008 New Year computer, with the latest and one of the best operating system softwares, and giving a gift of – gyan, vigyan, shiksha – please do try to not let your own ignorance or the marketing speak of big computer vendors come in between your children and their Ubuntu PC. Just buy an assembled computer from a local computer dealer with the best hardware specifications, download your free copy of Ubuntu or Kubuntu, burn it on a CD and get cracking. Great computing in 2008 in Indian schools and colleges !!

Some government purchasing departments and school purchasing committees will surely have big dharam sankat because they cannot get commissions on the purchase of proprietary, closed source, computer softwares / OS – so maybe they will be busy trying to debunk Ubuntu, without even letting the students try it out for themselves and decide on their own.

But those who are surely interested in gyan, vigyan, vidya – just go to Ubuntu website and download your own FREE and LEGAL copy of the latest and best operating system to hit Indian computer markets in ages. Download Ubuntu. Burn a 700 MB CD. Install on your hard disk. Very very sweet !!

Ubuntu downloads – http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Indian computer users, office buyers and students who are thinking of switching their laptops to latest Ubuntu operating system and other latest, useful softwares, or buying a new laptop or notebook computer can check whether the laptop works well with Ubuntu / Linux.

Primarily, you need to be sure that your computer dealer / manufacturer / hardware vendor is supplying all parts and peripherals that work well with Ubuntu Linux.

Ubuntu website has a page where you can check compatibility reports for the new laptop computers you are thinking of buying from an Indian computer shop reseller or manufacturer.

This page has been put up by Ubuntu Laptop Testing Team – https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam

Now that the Christmas and New Year shopping season is fast coming on and box retailers are making a grab for Indian upmarket customer pockets, many Indian papa and moms who live in Indian cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Mumbai are wondering what Christmas gift to buy for their school and college going children.

For some, it is a choice between splurging on a high priced branded computer, with a pre loaded and proprietary operating system from a desi manufacturer like Wipro, Zenith, HCL, or one of the multinationals like Acer, Compaq, Dell, Lenovo. They have been closely watching the Koi Mil Gaya lad showing his super smooth whizzkid antics with an Acer computer when he gets time off from advertising tobacco company ads. But this Greek god like lad does not reveal whether Ubuntu is loaded on the Acer notebook computer, for executive people, short of quality time for their children but having lots of money.

For the school students it is a differnet story. Maybe they are watching if they can run favorite games on a Ubuntu laptop or desktop and if latest Ubuntu version 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon is really as good as some of their more enterprising school mates tell them.

But for some parents, it is going to be an ocassion for spending quality time with the children. School vacations are about to begin and the IT savvy pops and moms, with their mega millions, are thinking that maybe this December they will find some time, to sit down with th children to play some computer games on the Firefox browser. So which Indian computer manufacturers have got their act together and are offering good Ubuntu computers with OS CD ? It seems not many. Most are preferring to give unsuspecting and illiterate customers preloaded copies of proprietary, closed source software rather than a free CD of Ubuntu Linux that people can install themselves.

And of course, not many Indian parents have even heard of Ubuntu Linux or themselves experimented with it. So maybe they will just go out and buy manufactured PC’s for their kids – without Ubuntu.

But the assembled market is beginning to gear up and is offering the more discerning parents, a choice of pre installed Ubuntu / Kubuntu alongwith a free copy of legal Ubuntu operating system software, with loads of latest, modern, office collaboration, and educational software programs, for inquisitive school children and college kids, licensed under GNU GPL and therefore, available for FREE with no risk of piracy.

So when these discerning parents will tie up with good computer hardware assemblers, who are well educated in installing Ubuntu they will be able to really give a gift of a lifetime to their children. And then maybe the pop and the mom will also begin to hesitantly start asking their smart, intelligent children to teach them a little of Ubuntu Linux. And quality time ? Yes, here come the parents and the children, all together, learning to get serious with learning Linux skills.

About time the branded hardware box sellers got a run for their money, rather than locking unsuspecting people into closed source softwares.

Where to download free mera wala Ubuntu from ? – http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Do you live in Kanpur or Lucknow and want Ubuntu installed on your laptop ? Methodist and Jaipuria students ?

We are organizing a free Ubuntu Installation Camp in Kanpur for users who want to have Ubuntu installed on their laptop. The first 10 laptops qualify for a free installation and demonstration and we will have tea and biscuits afterwards. Spread Ubuntu love and discuss your questions about software programming and Linux. We will also be filming the Ubuntu installations.

Email : oskanpur@gmail.com

osKanpur is a – Learn One Teach One – Ubuntu and Python Users and software development community for Kanpur Lucknow Varanasi Agra Mathura Gorakhpur Kathmandu Pokhara Patna computer users who do not want to use pirated software but at the same time want to use the BEST softwares in the WORLD.

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