By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal Unlike our western border with Pakistan which is heavily patrolled, manned and fenced, our eastern border that we share with Bangladesh pose one significant hurdle in its security, the geography. When it comes to mountains, rivers, marshes and dense forests, there will always be problems […]
Editorial
Editorial
Technology, Rumor Mill and the Surveillance State
By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal I would have commented on the hug-antics in monsoon session of Parliament but there is much more need worthy issue that needs your attention as a reader. In a short span of few weeks we have heard of mobs beating innocent people to death over […]
Dangerous Country, Perception of Danger or Tinkering of Data
By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal Data is simply a number, what you can make out of it is where the talent lies. You can use data to show that there is 50% chance of rain the day after tomorrow, it may or may not rain that day but surely some […]
Blaming the Engineers
By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal There is a joke that’s quiet famous among engineering graduates in India, Civil engineers work hard studying about stresses, material strength, structural mechanics and surveying and whole lot of other subjects only to become a software developers in IT sector. I work in the IT […]
Running Out of Water and Time
By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal If you are living in India, the headline of this article is sufficient to convey the future we are heading towards at an unprecedented rate. Like innumerable problems that plague our county and like typical Indian reaction to those problems, we’ll deal with it when […]
Tuticorin Massacre: Jallianwala Bagh Revisited
By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal Rarely in our modern times have we seen such cruelty being inflicted on innocent citizens as was wrought upon protesters in Tuticorin. The depths of immorality to which people in power can go to kill unarmed citizens in cold blood, to protect corporate interest, are […]
The Fascination of Power: How Far is Too Far
By The Editor: Siddharth Sehgal Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing. ~Chanakya This is a quote from Chanakya, one of the greatest statesmen in Indian history. He […]
Why Jinnah Has No Place In This Country?
By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal If there is a boundary line between freedom of expression and foolishness, its quite thin and it’s called common sense. Few day ago it became public knowledge that Aligarh Muslim University or AMU has a picture of Pakistan’s founder and so called “Quaid-i-Azam” Muhammad Ali […]
Kathua & Unnao: The Question Mark on Our Conscience
By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal The rape cases in two cities of India have brought us to same ugly spot we were couple of years ago in Nirbhayas case. The brutality with which eight year old Asifa was gang raped and murdered and the impunity with which Unnao accused roamed […]
Life In Divisions: Reservation, Violence & Politics
By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal When I came to my hometown Gwalior yesterday there was stillness in the otherwise vibrant city that gave an eerie reminder of the caste violence that the city and its residents witnessed few days ago. Police barricades, rapid action forces, riot gear and what not. […]