Tagged: Policy

July 14, 2025

There won’t be another Emergency

In 1975, India under Indira Gandhi declared an Emergency to enable arbitrary actions by the state, suspending all fundamental rights of citizens. Today, those same powers exist under regular law. Over time, every ruling government has passed laws—like IPC 124A, AFSPA, the now-defunct POTA, NSA, UAPA, Sec 144/IT Act, PMLA, Sec 132/Income Tax,...

Technology

June 9, 2020

Open Data in India: In a Restrictive Copyright Regime, Voluntary Organisations Pitch in to Make Data Accessible

Globally, while there has been a shift towards open data policies, some Government of India’s departments have gone the opposite way. They have decided to stop putting out data in the public domain. Data enthusiasts and voluntary organisations have been pitching in with their efforts to build open data resources in India. My...

ಕನ್ನಡ

January 3, 2020

ಭಾರತೀಯತೆ, ಹಕ್ಕು ಅದು, ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲ

ಭಾರತೀಯತೆ ನಿಮ್ಮಪ್ಪನ ಮನೆ ಆಸ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲ ಕಾಗದ ಪತ್ರ ನೋಡಿ ಕೋಡೋಕೆ ಹಕ್ಕು ಅದು, ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲ ಕಾಗದ ಪತ್ರ ತೋರಿಸಿ ಪಡೆಯೋಕೆ ನಾವು ಭಾರತೀಯರು ಕಾಗದದಿಂದಲ್ಲ, ಹೃದಯದಿಂದ, ರಕ್ತದಿಂದ ಗುಂಡಿಗೆ ಎದೆಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟೇವು ತಲೆಯ ನಾವು ಬಾಗೊಲ್ಲ ಭಾರತೀಯತೆ, ಹಕ್ಕು ಅದು, ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲ ಅದೇನೆ ಆಗಲಿ ಹೋಗೋಲೆ ಕಾಗದ ಪತ್ರ ನಾವು ತೋರ್ಸಲ್ಲ Anti CAA/NRC/NPR ಚಳುವಳಿಯ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದದ್ದು. ಲಕ್ಷಾಂತರ ಚಳುವಳಿಗಾರರ ಹಾಗು ವರುಣ್ ಗ್ರೋವರ್ ಪ್ರಭಾವ ‌ಇದರ ಮೇಲಿದೆ. ತೇಜೇಶ್. ಜಿ ಎನ್...

Life

December 20, 2019

It was like a river…

Yesterday, at town hall it was like a river. Police kept shipping people away but people kept coming. At some point it was too much for police to ship them away. I was happy to see so many peaceful people on the road marching to asset their right. There is some hope. I...