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Mamata Banerjee

Pardon Me Madam Chief Minister, but Your Slip is Showing

The headlines in Hindustan Times flashed: Not paid salary, transport worker commits suicide. According to the report, Vikram Singh, a non-technical casual employee of Calcutta Tramways Corporation (CTC) had committed… Read more »

Team India

Adelaide, the Final Indian Whitewash

Letting the chances go by, suffering and finally humiliation. Summing the theme of the first three Tests, Team India came into the fourth after a long gap and one wonders… Read more »

salesforce.com

We the People and the Emergence of Social Enterprises

The intense public anger against SOPA and PIPA last week and how it browbeat a determined government to shelve it for the time being is an eye opener about the… Read more »

Apple iPad 2

Whining Karnataka MLAs want iPod 3

No, the headline is not wrong and I did not make a mistake and call the iPad an iPod! And I am well aware that iPad 3 is not yet… Read more »

Man Utd vs Arsenal

Wenger Crushes Arsenal Hopes, Team Bows to Manchester United 2-1

August 28 2011. It’s a date that would be etched in my memory forever. Not because of any fond memories that I would love to cherish; rather it was a… Read more »

DNS1

In Defence of Freedom of the Net

On January 18 2012, when the world tried to log into its favourite online encyclopaedia, they saw a black screen with the site’s logo and a message: Imagine a world without… Read more »

Google blackout

SOPA Vote Put Off for Now, but what Happens the Day Atlas Really Shrugs

In my high school days, I read a book called Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand’s bestseller, which, for some time, made me a rebel without a cause. Just like many others…. Read more »

Yosmite

Journey to Yosemite, Land of Hidden Treasures & Grand Temples in Granite

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the… Read more »

Jan 18 blackout

SOPA and PIPA: An Attempted Colonization of the Internet

Some 500 years ago, education was considered a luxury and was controlled by a few elite groups, who held their grip over the expensive enterprise of handwritten manuscript production and… Read more »

Wikipedia shuts

Netizens of the World Unite, You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Voice

The three mantras of the Great Bolshevik Revolution in Russia were “Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood”. Beautiful words which perhaps encapsulates everything that’s good about the human race. Since then, we have… Read more »