The article below published in The Guardian, the British newspaper that published the Snowden Revelations is a classic example of missing the wood for the trees. Global Surveillance indeed has privacy and human right angles to it
The FOSS framework is only a means to an end, not an end in itself. FOSS can be used a basic boiler plate to make viable alternatives without the need to reinvent the wheel. The point to keep in mind is Indigenous Technology.
Courtesy the India Post Payment Bank (IPPB), the postman will now be our banker – what a change for the humble khakhi uniformed man or woman who can be seen across the country, delivering mail, writing letters or reading them, handing over money or taking deposits. The postman has been featured in numerous Bollywood movies, and invariably, he/…
Two Nigerian nationals are arrested in Goa in a breakthrough by the Goa Police busting an Online Love and Gift Scam. A number of similar cases have been reported from other parts of the country too, however, the scamster is yet to be arrested. The Nigerian Scam has evolved over the years and I remember…
I am sharing a few facts that show government, bureaucracy and filmi / celebrity apathy towards the soldiers who have laid down their lives or war veterans who have been rendered disabled. Compare with the perks and adulation for the babus and others against the unsung heroes mentioned in this post. Many among us are…
