[Reader-list] Re: www.syhlleti.org (Global Sylheti Homeland in Cyberspace)

[broadcaster at syhlleti.org]

> www.syhlleti.org
>
> Global Sylheti Homeland in Cyberspace
>
> Our Context:
>
> We are probably the first website in Internet's History to be
> exclusively dedicated to Sylhetis and Sylheti Culture worldwide. The
> Internet
> Revolution has made us feel all the better the fact that we are a
> large, rich and globally spread out community. We have a very rich
> heritage, very tumultuous historical experiences, a rich corpus of
> linguistic tradition, a large and accommodating heart and above all we
> are proud to be Sylhetis. People sometimes call us of nurturing a kind
> of "exclusiveness", but we remain and will remain an individual,
> powerful and harmonious note in the Symphony of Greater Bengali
> Culture. In the struggle for Bengali Language since its origin, Sylheti
> speaking Silchar and Barak Valley at large made an unique contribution
> in history of languages and to history itself - of the 19th May of
> 1961. www.syhlleti.org's geographical and ideological context lies
> there and beyond.
>
> Who we are:
>
> We are a group of people you will find in the streets, in your daily
> lives. Students, Professionals, businessman, official. Just like you.
> We are not sponsored by anybody. We are privately founded and funded as
> well. We started as documentation site two years ago and growing with
> more and more Sylhetis and non-Sylhetis world over contributing. We are
> not a dot com venture. We are not another Sylheti Organization. Then
> what we are? We are a Community Integrator. We would like to provide a
> platform where our Global Sylheti community can share ideas and
> anguish, seek information (here comes the relevance of our Internet
> presence) and feel that in this dizzyingly fast and changing world,
> there is a community waiting where they can feel intimate.
>
> What we are doing and what we would like to be part of:
>
> We are presently doing Documentation work on Sylheti Dialect/Language.
> Unless documented, some of our linguistic gems will be extinct. We are
> co- operating with organizations worldwide that are working on
> Sylheti/Bengali. We are publishing a weekly e-newspaper. We are
> providing a platform where our Technological Contributors share their
> expertise and experience. We are doing what it takes to be Resource
> Center with core thrust on Sylheti history, culture and Language. We
> are going to offer Sylheti Matrimonial Services over Internet as well
> as in conventional way.
>
> We would like to be a community switch that will connect all existing
> Sylheti Union like this worldwide and those that will come in the
> future. We would like to create an environment using people network and
> technological network a Community Service that will be a self-running
> and resilient organism. And after we work together (like some
> communities already do) we are going to be a stronger, denser and
> richer community. We are going to launch PRABAV (Prabasi Barak Valley
> Association) and visualize it to be running under a philosophy where we
> give a part of our
> intellectual and financial strength along with human presence to the
> immediate community - to which we owe our growth and a part of us. This
> way, we can build up a Venture Corpus Fund which goes into developing
> education, health, training and business for the local community. We
> have this dream.
>
> Where is your place in this picture:
>
> The whole picture belongs to you. We would like to know what you feel
> about all these written above. We will be very fortunate as Documentor
> if you can give us any information about Sylheti Culture, written
> works, Music, Cooking, contact or whatever you consider useful for us
> or even not useful. And finally, we would hope that you would note it
> down and visit us at our Homeland in Cyberspace, at
> http://www.syhlleti.org