Code Swaraj
is a great contribution. It’s a good beginning, and I hope more and more books from other Indian languages get on the Internet Archive.
Carl, I want to thank you for all your hard work, sincerely appreciate what you have done. I believe you will tell us a little bit more about the Internet Archive, all the books you have put in, and educate all of a little more about what’s going on.
I am delighted to be here at the Internet Archive. It is indeed like coming to a temple. It means a lot to me, because it is a temple of knowledge. I had no idea about the building. I had read about it. I had heard about this from Carl, but I am so happy to be here.
I hope I come here more often, and participate, work with you all, and really learn a bit about what’s going on here. With this, once again, I want to thank you all for coming.
I want to thank my colleagues on the panel. I also want to identify a few key people that I must name, because they are my close friends and family, and they are here. To begin with, I am delighted that my own granddaughter, Aria, is here.
[applause]
This is the first time she has heard me speak. She kept asking me, she said, “Dada.” Dada is grandfather. She says, “What are you going to talk about?” I said, “I don’t know.”
She said, “Have you made notes?” I said, “No.”
[laughter]
She said, “Are you going to talk about your telephone work in India?” I said, “No.”
Then she again asked, she said, “But then what are you going to talk about?” I am delighted that she is here.
My daughter is also here, and when I give public speeches I worry about her, because how to make her happy. If I don’t give a good speech, she will tell me, “Dad, that wasn’t good.”
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