Author: Thejesh GN

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Of course Minister

Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid thinks PRISM is nothing to worry about. In his own words “This is not scrutiny and access to actual messages. It is only computer analysis of patterns of calls and emails that are being sent. It is not actually snooping on specifically on content of anybody’s message...

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A Decade of Blogging

By next week I will be a decade old blogger. In internet times I am really old :) It all started with a newsletter ten years back. Never knew It would continue so far, its been an awesome 10 years. Thanks for reading.

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Why AskYourGovt.in ?

For a long time, we (the so-called middle class) didn’t have access to the ruling and administrative classes. We couldn’t ask them questions directly and they didn’t care about us. We were dependent on journalists to question politicians and politicians in turn to question the bureaucracy. It never worked for us. Journalists never...

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Running TCS World 10k Bangalore

This was my first proper long distance running. I finished Open 10k in not so respectable 1:39:00. Its not that bad, considering I haven’t been running at all. I am planning to run a half marathon this year, hopefully with decent timing.

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Library Of Congress

Its been a dream to visit the library from long time. This time I made sure I did. Library of Congress is the largest library in the world (British Library is very a close competitor). It roughly attracts 1.75 million visits in an year and is a reference library. It has books from...

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Ask Your Govt

This is just an idea as of now. Lets call it “Ask Your Govt” where community can ask questions and vote on questions. Questions should be non personal and relevant to the community. If a question gets a certain points (or up votes if you like or retweets). “Ask Your Govt” will raise...