Recently, you asked social media and internet intermediaries (like Twitter, Facebook, etc) to exercise due diligence to block material deemed, threatening, abusive, harassing, blasphemous, objectionable, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever. Well, Mr. Sibal, who decides whether something is abusive or objectionable? You!? Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
No, Minister
Posted in Politics, Technology
The great Indian murder mystery
I was going through India’s Crime Statistics for 2010. These records tell more about the failure to report most crimes in India rather than what the actual crime rate in India is. According to the government’s statistics the highest reported crime rate is in Kerala, followed closely by Pondicherry. Sounds odd? Well, let’s have a look at the comprehensive list below- Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Philosophy, Politics
Say NO to FDI
I have been very disturbed lately. The only way to tackle the present economic crisis is by curbing monopoly ownerships. Amul and Hopcoms also promote organized retail. Are they corporate owned? With giants like Walmart and Tesco entering the market, I personally am very scared about our 60 crore farmers whose lives are being sold to people interested only in making money. I recently wrote an article on the issue on the NRI. Please read it for yourself and if you feel the same way like I do, get vocal against FDI.
Posted in Economy, Personal, Philosophy, Politics
Capitalism, communism and India
In the last century two ideological schools dominated the intellectual landscape and served as a framework for social and economic organizations- one was communism and the other one was capitalism. While the first aimed at equality through a classless society, the other promised freedom, free market and free trade. By the end of 20th century, communism had failed politically. Now is the era, when the world is witnessing capitalism going terribly wrong. Under such conditions, I wonder if communism the only alternative to capitalism? Continue reading
Democracy, liberty, culture, literature
The oldest available copy of Chanakya’s Arthashastra, written in 4th century BC, preserved at Mysore’s Oriental Research Institute (ORI) is peeling off. This manuscript is 450 years old. There is not even a proper locker to keep it safe. Predating Machiavelli by about 1,800 years, well, Chanakya is the righteous father of political science, and this is the state of his work? About 60,000 other manuscripts at ORI have escaped two fires at the institute. The chambers are not fireproofed yet. Continue reading
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 