Tagged: Politics

Then they came for whistleblowers 3

Then they came for whistleblowers

Today’s Salman Kurshid incident reminds me First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the socialists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t...

Why I support Annulment of Intermediary Guidelines (Indian IT) Rules 1

Why I support Annulment of Intermediary Guidelines (Indian IT) Rules

CIS has a detailed blog post explaining why all of us who care about freedom of expression on the internet should support annulment motion by MP P. Rajeeve. You should actually read that blog post but the following are the most important points No chance to defend. There is no need to inform...

Why I oppose SOPA and PIPA ? 3

Why I oppose SOPA and PIPA ?

My reasons: SOPA and PIPA are the worst laws that anybody can propose to stop piracy They are actually anti-technology than anti-piracy They break internet Even though I am an India, It hurts me and my business Internet is supposed to be international, not yet, it’s mostly controlled by USA India has an...

Constitution of India 2

Visualizing Constitution of India – 1

I am trying to visualize the constitution of India to make it easy for myself. The first one would be of-course a word cloud. Might take a while to load. Click on the image if you want bigger one. More readable one I downloaded the PDF files from Govt site. I have uploaded...

Right to Fight 0

Right to Fight

Well I have many reasons not to agree with Team Anna. But what I agree is their (or anybody’s) right to fight. Specially if its against a corrupt system. What raged me is tactics used by Government to kill the movement even before it started. And probably that is the reason I support...

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Bangalore – BBMP 2010 election results are out

BJP is the clear winner of 2010 BBMP elections. I expected it as BJP is the ruling party here in Karnataka. I should have thought about presenting results in a better way. But then it struck me only in the late noon. I could only create only a small mashup of election results...