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On Hindutva and the “Five Ms” that Pose A Threat To It
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On Hindutva and the “Five Ms” that Pose A Threat To It

December 2, 2014   in |67 comments

RSS should look at the other “Five Ms” that threaten Hindutva.


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MIND GAMES

July 16, 2014   in |14 comments

The lesson learnt from the Facebook Emotion Contagion Experiment.


NSA
Criticles

Why the silence on NSA spying?

July 4, 2014   in |17 comments

The media has not cared to go beyond customary and tepid articles on NSA spying on the BJP.


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Governance

Rebutting “Not By Proxy”

June 17, 2014   in |9 comments

Pune techie, Mohsin’s murder has little to do with the IT Act, social media or IT security loopholes.


Political activism on Social Media
Governance

The 100 Crore Question

February 28, 2013   in |10 comments

Does the Congress really hope to tame or manipulate the social media beast by investing Rs 100 crore in it?


Aaron Swartz Reddit
Critique

Silence On Swartz

January 17, 2013   in Critique |9 comments

In India we fight for online freedom but are silent at Aaron Swartz’s death. Why the hypocrisy?


power of media in 21st century
Critique

Media Goes Into Binary Mode

November 21, 2012   in Critique |9 comments

Big ticket media has been quick to adopt and mimic political binaries. And done very well for itself.


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Governance

The Anarchic Social Media Pie

August 25, 2012   in Critique |no comments

Why our political establishment is finding it difficult to stomach the unfamiliar flavours of the online media world


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