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As a filmmaker I always looked at stories that would excite me. I did not want to make a film just for the sake of making one. I wanted a powerful story that would stand apart from the rest. I wanted to work on a strong, woman-centric story. Normally when we think of the heroine, we always see her as a part of the story waiting for a song or to be romanced. That was not what I wanted to do. I wanted her to have her own standing and have tried something new with Law .
I would credit my upbringing, my mother and other women in my family for my depiction of women. They are all strong women and have always stood by me. That is what I wanted to bring on screen and that is what you will see. In Law you will see what happens when a woman fights for justice. The lead character, knowing that it is a male-dominated society, still fights. The film follows what happens in the court room. She fights within the boundary of the law. All I can say is it is a different portrayal of a woman on screen.
We wanted a fresh face as we did not want people to have any pre-conceived notions about the character. We approached Ragini and she was thrilled to accept. Her family was also supportive of her facing the camera. She has done a brilliant job. Having a fresh face has its advantages. She holds her own against all the seasoned actors.
It is a mainstream movie and the original plan was to have a theatrical release. However, COVID-19 and lockdowns put paid to those plans. After putting in so much into the film, we wanted it to reach as many people as possible and a streaming platform made sense.
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Kannada is one of the major languages in India and is widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. CIS-A2K has taken up Kannada Wikipedia as one of the focus language areas as part of its work plan during April 2013 - June 2014. Based on the lessons and challenges in implementing the work plan, it has been decided to further deepen our work in growing the Kannada Wikipedia project and the associated community. The plan starts with a critical overview of CIS-A2K's work since April 2013 and presents the plan of activities for the year starting July 2014 to June 2015. We have also proposed to take on the development of Kannada Wikisource during this year, details of which are available in the implementation plan below.
During the consultations with the Kannada Wikimedia Community last year, outreach was identified as a major need. Thus CIS-A2K gave maximum priority to organising and conducting Kannada Wikipedia outreach programs. From April 2013 until now, 28 outreach workshops were conducted across Karnataka. Some of these were targeted at bringing in editors from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. For instance, special interest groups like Kannada science writers, bloggers, teachers, etc., were actively trained to contribute to Kannada Wikipedia. To increase public awareness, CIS-A2K ensured greater media visibility of the Kannada Wikipedia in the print and electronic media. There were about 70 mentions in various forms of media during 2013-14.
To address the need to grow diverse and high quality content on Kannada Wikipedia, edit-a-thons were organized during the tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia at National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore and at Sagara. A significant achievement of CIS-A2K towards content addition was through the Wikipedia Education Program at Christ University. Students added articles on topics of varied nature which included articles on achievers, folk arts of Karnataka and neighboring states, science, places of Karnataka, history of Karnataka and more.
Efforts were also made to address the need for Wikipedia editing training materials in Kannada like Tutorials and KN WP Cheatsheet. On the technical front, a need was expressed to have the most popular Kannada keyboard layout on Kannada Wikipedia, which has now been made available. CIS-A2K's feedback also helped resolve some critical font rendering issues on all Kannada Wikimedia projects. All these efforts have resulted in positive growth of the Kannada Wikipedia project and the community. See the latest quarterly reports here[1],[2]
The tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia was celebrated on 17 November 2013 at National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore. This was one of the major celebration meetups for the Kannada Wikipedia community in recent years. This ushered in renewed enthusiasm in the existing community and also created a lot of buzz in the media.
One of the significant challenges faced during the last year was in conducting Wikipedia training workshops in small cities and towns. Most of these locations still lack good internet connectivity, computer labs, and stable power supply. Although many people who attended the workshop were keen to learn editing on Wikipedia, the infrastructural challenges did not allow for it. Another important challenge was to engage with the active editors to retain them on Kannada Wikipedia. This consumed a significant amount of resource from the team in the form of time and energy that was not anticipated earlier.
An important learning for the team is not to focus on engineering colleges, while doing outreach. Workshops were conducted at engineering colleges like Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management (SCEM, Mangalore), Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management (SMVIT, Udupi). It was found that although the engineering students were tech savvy and could learn Wiki mark-up very fast, they lacked the necessary motivation and writing skills to contribute significantly to the Kannada Wikipedia.
Though efforts were made to build various institutional partnerships, many of them are yet to come to fruition. CIS-A2K partnered with the Mysore University towards a major Encyclopaedic Content Donation (under CC-BY-SA 3.0 license) that will infuse quality content into Kannada Wikipedia. Some institutional partnerships were not successful and made us realize the risks involved and the newer strategies that we need to adopt henceforth. For example, one major institutional partnership which expected to bring in good content but could not be achieved so far is the partnership with Kannada University, Hampi.
In spite of the challenges we faced, CIS-A2K's efforts at reviving the growth of Kannada Wikipedia have showed positive impact. There is noticeable increase in the number of editors, active editors, and general awareness about Kannada Wikipedia. However, the number of edits and the growth of articles still need to improve considerably.
Among the goals set, some were partially met and some were exceeded. As pointed out earlier, the growth in the number of articles is still an area of concern. CIS-A2K has devised plans for the next year which will address this.
The Wikipedia in UG program, which is nothing but the tailored Wikipedia in Education Program, conducted in collaboration with Christ University, Bangalore, resulted in a lot of articles and new editors on Kannada Wikipedia. Retaining these as active editors will be a difficult task. Writing article on Wikipedia was a compulsory activity for the students. Only a small percentage of these students have realised the importance of writing on Wikipedia and promised to continue editing Wikipedia. A spinoff of the Christ University project is the production of training videos for editing Kannada Wikipedia. This is a huge benefit for the Kannada Wikipedia community which wanted resources on learning editing Kannada Wikipedia.
The table below, which gives year-on-year statistics of the Kannada Wikimedia projects, presents a useful comparative picture that will help highlight the efforts put in by CIS-A2K in catalysing the growth of Kannada Wikipedia.
Awareness about the Kannada Wikipedia has significantly improved because of CIS-A2K's efforts. There were about 70 articles and reports in the print media about Wikipedia in general and Kannada Wikipedia in particular. There were two radio interviews and one television interview. All these helped in creating awareness about Kannada Wikipedia.
One notable instance is the effect of a panel discussion in Suvarna News TV channel, telecast on 13 June 2013, where a member from CIS-A2K participated. The process of becoming an editor in Kannada Wikipedia was demonstrated in the program. This resulted in about 250 persons registering as new editors in Kannada Wikipedia in the next 24 hours.
The efforts of CIS-A2K have resulted in rejuvenating the community spirit which had not been visible for some time. This has happened by bringing in new editors. Some old editors also have become a little more active again.
Another impact is the creation of a diverse set of editors. The Kannada Wikipedia community includes people from different backgrounds like retired teachers, retired government employees, students, home makers, science writers, bloggers, etc. The age group range of editors of Kannada Wikipedia varies from 13 to 78.
Detailed analysis of the Kannada Wikipedia, the community and their needs was taken up, and the needs were listed in the 2013-14 plan. Looking back after one year we can say that many of the needs have been fully met, and a few met partially. Some needs like regular follow-up and motivation are permanent in nature. Based on the experience and interactions with the community in the last one year, CIS-A2K has arrived at an understanding of the current needs of the Kannada Wikipedia and the community.
It has been found that partnering with engineering colleges and institutions last year did not produce much result. This year the strategy will be to partner with colleges where they have journalism and communication as a course. These students will be better candidates to write on Wikipedia. SDM College, Ujire and Alvas College, Moodabidre are the colleges where this partnership has been already initiated and will be rolled out. These colleges have students who have come from rural Karnataka and have studied in Kannada medium till high school. Most of them aim to become a journalist in Kannada media. Hence they will be best suited candidate to edit Kannada Wikipedia. More such colleges and institutions will be targeted. The partnership with Christ University will be continued this year also.
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