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Mohandas Gandhi as #MoGa and Jawaharlal Nehru as #JaNe #twitter #mustread

A lexical sampler — The shape of words to come Mukul Kesavan, The Telegraph < If we were to apply the new bisyllabic rule of political nick-naming (pioneered by NaMo and unpersuasively mimicked by RaGa) to modern Indian history, Twitter… Continue Reading →

#India – Women in search of work being kidnapped #Vaw

जहाँ काम खोजने आए मजदूर होते हैं अगवा… सलमान रावी बीबीसी संवाददाता, भद्राचलम (आंध्र प्रदेश) से  मंगलवार, 18 जून, 2013 को 07:13 IST तक के समाचार छत्तीसगढ़ में सुरक्षा बलों और माओवादियों के बीच हो रही हिंसा के कारण बड़ी… Continue Reading →

#India – Sterilization for Accomplishing Targets -टारगेट पूरा करने के लिए बंध्याकरण! #Vaw #Womenrights

jUNE 13, 2013, Prabhat Khabar ये है हकीकत.. बंध्याकरण पर दबाव नहीं बंध्याकरण शिविरों में महिलाएं दबाव में नहीं आतीं. वे अपनी मरजी से आती हैं. देश में कुछ ऐसी जगहें हो सकती हैं, जहां इस तरह के मामले हों,… Continue Reading →

Maruti Suzuki – What a sham #Ileadindia , you must say #ImisleadInida

  क्यूँ घर नही सवारते क्यूँ घर मे सब को मारते, क्यूँ परिवार का बना हिस्सा, मजदूरो के  गर्व को दुतकारते … घर मे सब बिखरा सा है, अहंकार और दमन दिखता  है , मजदूरो के मानवधिकारो का , उड़ा दिया चिथड़ा-… Continue Reading →

India should not delay enacting a Privacy Act #mustshare

It is time the government stopped twiddling its thumbs and took action Livemint First Published: Mon, Jun 10 2013. Illustration: Shyamal Banerjee/Mint By modern standards of civility governments snooping on citizens is considered abhorrent behaviour. The admission by the US government… Continue Reading →

#India- Woman ‘gang-raped for over 4 months ,forced to marry one of her attackers #Vaw #WTFnews

but police REFUSED to register a crime A 23-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three persons in Gurgaon for a period of over four months. The incident came to light when the victim approached a local court which directed the… Continue Reading →

#Aadhaar and the art of not-so-subtle persuasion #UID

  ALOYSIUS XAVIER LOPEZ, The Hindu   Many seem convinced the scheme is compulsory A couple of days ago, Lavanya Mohan’s tweet on being ‘sent back in line’ for not wearing a dupatta while trying to get her picture taken… Continue Reading →

Woman without dupatta denied Aadhaar photo #UID #WTFnews

    Christin Mathew Philip, TNN | May 31, 2013, 05.48 AM IST   CHENNAI: Is there a dress code to get an Aadhaar card? An incident on Thursday at an enrolment centre in Chennai shows that there indeed may be one,… Continue Reading →

Connected and Alone #Sundayreading

By Pritha Kejriwal & Sayan Bhattacharya,  Kndle Magazine Professor with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sherry Turkle has continuously explored the psychological dimension to human-technology relationship. In this age of simulated sex, 3D and sociable robots, are we headed for a new… Continue Reading →

Open Letter to Facebook- to take action on gender-based hate speech #FBRape #Vaw

May 21, 2013 An Open Letter to Facebook: We, the undersigned, are writing to demand swift, comprehensive and effective action addressing the representation of rape and domestic violence on Facebook. Specifically, we call on you, Facebook, to take three actions:… Continue Reading →

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