Choice in Chaos: A Wikipedian’S AutobiographyAuthor Gangadhar Bhadani was once described by Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia, as the most prolific Indian Wikipedian. He was in the top ten worldwide contributors for months. In Choice in Chaos, Bhadani shares his life story, a tale spanning the six decades of his life so far. It features several streams that flow concurrently: autobiographical accounts and anecdotes, along with a number of select books that passed through his life with a golden streakhis activities, his contributions, and his experience as a Wikipedian. In colorful and candid language, Bhadani describes his childhood, adolescence, and multidimensional adulthood, painting a vivid picture of India along the way. At the age of fifty-five, he began to engage seriously with the English version of Wikipedia, and that connection has profoundly changed his life. This unusual memoir presents the personal narrative of an Indian bank officer who has made extensive contributions to Wikipedia since 2005. |
Contents
Shadow Of Vikramshila | |
Summer Capital | |
Patna University | |
Be Bold But Not Overbold | |
Big Bright And Beautiful | |
Parkinsonnites Playing Pranks | |
Champanagar And The Anga | |
A Mahuri In Magadha | |
All Roads Lead To The Silk Road | |
Better Than The Best Blockhead | |
Across The Vindhyas | |
Indraprastha To Mayanagri 8 Land Of Five Rivers | |
The Grand Chord | |
Nine Months Of Madhuyamini | |
A Village Is Everything | |
Karharbari Coal Veins | |
Armenian Street To Mount Road | |
The Indian French Reverie | |
Not Exactly Rural | |
Johar Jharkhand | |
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