The hazards of ‘Cause and Community’ Groups on Facebook
byTwo years back, students in my class started a social media page on Facebook called ‘Stand against Eve teasing’. One of the girls was…
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Encounter with a sex ‘worker’
byI was driving to a place few kilometers away from the center of the city. As I was nearing my destination, the view outside…
Monitoring the Free Tibet Movement: Chinese Internet Censorship
byInternet censorship is the new method devised by the political parties across the world to curb down the voice of the masses. Many countries,…
Will peace dividend withstand infiltration influx into Kashmir valley?
bySrinagar: Infiltration from across the Line of Control into the Kashmir Valley has increased since August, but intelligence officials assert that the numbers are…
Manual Scavengers: Curse of a Civilized India
bySince times immemorial the humiliating practice of Manual Scavengers has been prevalent in our society. The Constitution also guarantees the right to live with…
Mandi Police on Facebook: The aim is to produce ‘Social Cops’
byI met a Police constable while traveling from Mandi to Manali, who told me ‘n’ number of things about Facebook and how it helps…
A Step Closer to the Real World, But at What Cost?
byIt has started. It’s that time of the year when all that mad frenzy begins. Competition, ruthlessness, selfishness, desperation (you name it!), is in…
Nehru: The casualty of India’s first historical revision
byAmong its founding fathers, Americans have been particularly critical of Thomas Jefferson in the later part of 20th century. A defendant of slavery who advocated…
Ramdev in Anna’s vacant spot?
byIt’s a Third Front with a difference. While the earlier versions were non-Congressnon-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combinations, the group conjured up by Baba Ramdev…
Plans to revive hockey – in hues of pink and blue
byChandigarh: With the present Indian hockey team giving its worst performance in the London Olympics, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal wants a colourful…