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Modi Finally Spoke On Mob Lynchings And His Twitter Bhakts Weren’t Happy
On the evening of 28 June, more than a thousand people gathered at Jantar Mantar to protest against mob lynching in the name of cow vigilantism. I was also one of them. The gathering was one of the many happening across India. There was one taking place in Mumbai, read more
Dear Election Commission, Here’s Why Your EVM ‘Hackathon’ Is A Jokeathon
On the 20 of May 2017 the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that it would offer its electronic voting machines to political parties for them to try and prove that EVMs can be tampered with. The challenge will begin on June 3. The ECI has put forth some conditions for the supposed hackathon. It’s a long […]
Why Demonetisation Is A Bad Idea And Not A Remedy For Black Money
On the evening of 8 November when Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on television to address the nation, many, including me, thought it would just be a video version of his “Mann Ki Baat” address on the radio. Not in my wildest dreams had I imagined that Modi was about to announce a decision that […]
Bihar’s Booze Taliban
There is no question that Nitish Kumar’s prohibition on alcohol in Bihar has had a positive impact on society overall. The problem is with the overzealous, almost Taliban-like approach that Nitish is taking. Ever since Nitish came to power in 2005, read more
I work for AAP: This is what tracking BJP on Twitter revealed to me
As a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and as someone who has led its social media team for three elections, I have had to monitor BJP’s social media strategy closely. Read more In all,