Pushing back the surveillance machine

The state has always held information about citizens. The power of the state to track its citizens, and its disciplining and discourses of obedience, are well understood historically. What Snowden did was reveal the panspectronism that marks state power today – a shift from the panopticon gaze under which some were surveyed to an always-everywhere-everybody surveillance.

District ranking based on SSLC results – a zero sum game

This is an analysis of the process of "district ranking" of the SSLC results and what needs to be done with the results for improving educational outcomes.

A shorter version of this article was carried by Deccan Herald, May 22, 2015.

guru 22 May 2015 - 1:44pm

Opening up the Debate

The much anticipated conversation on Net Neutrality has finally gained momentum and it is indeed the time to celebrate as India's vibrant public sphere has done it again with over 3 lakh people sending out petitions and recommendations to TRAI. However, the debate now runs the danger of becoming an insular dialogue between the community of Internet users and Airtel.

Why are we not asking these questions of Internet.org?

ITfC at the World Social Forum

IT for Change attended the Forum Social Mondial 2015, in Tunis, Tunisia, primarily to co-organise a workshop on 'Organising an Internet Social Forum - A call to occupy the Internet' as an active member of the Just Net Coalition, a coalition championing a Just and equal Internet. This was immediately after the terrorist attacks that took place in Tunis on the 18th of March, so security was ubiquitous.

IT for Change 15 April 2015 - 12:28pm
Using computers to teach English

Article "Tech know" -  SANJAY GUPTA and  PRIYA VISWANATH.  source - http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/tech-know/article6868339.ece

Good idea.... bad design???

 

guru 9 February 2015 - 1:20pm
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