Answering the Aadhaar Questions Raised by YourStory Article
I am answering the questions raised by Ritesh Dwivedy on YourStory called 5 questions for the anti-Aadhaar brigade. It’s also available on UIDAI website . Readers may want to read that first. Also everyone is welcome to share or republish my answers under CCBYSA.
Lone Female In The Hilly Terrain
In November 1968, deeply influenced by the Naxalbari incident in West Bengal, a group of revolutionaries in Kerala attacked two police stations in north Kerala which historically came to be known as the Thalassery-Pulpally attacks.
ನನಗೆ ಬಾಲ್ಯದ ತುಂಬಾ ನೆನಪಿಗೆ ಬರುವ ಅಮ್ಮನ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳು ಅಂದರೆ ಶಾಲೆ. ನನ್ನ ಶಾಲೆಯಲ್ಲ ನನ್ನಮ್ಮನ ಶಾಲೆ.
Privacy concerns spill over offline: 5 steps you must take to prevent identity theft
How many times have you put down your name and number in a visitor’s book after making a purchase in a store? And filled in all your life’s details — from birth date to marital status — while registering on an ecommerce site or some delivery app? Next time you are asked to do that, step bac
Clarity and facts on the ground
There are several conflicting accounts of precisely what transpired when senior advocate Shyam Divan made a request late in March for an early hearing of a batch of petitions that question the validity of the unique identification scheme, implemented through the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financ
Megan Jaegerman’s brilliant news graphics
Megan Jaegerman produced some of the best news graphics ever while working at The New York Times from 1990 to 1998. Her work is smart, finely detailed, elegant, witty, inventive, informative. A fierce researcher and reporter, she writes gracefully and precisely.
No easy answers: why left-wing economics is not the answer to right-wing populism
On November 20, less than two weeks after Donald Trump’s upset win, Bernie Sanders strode onto a stage at Boston’s Berklee Performance Center to give the sold-out audience his thoughts on what had gone so disastrously wrong for the Democratic Party. Sanders had a simple answer.
ಒಮ್ಮುಖ ಪಾರದರ್ಶಕತೆಯ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನಾಧಾರಿತ ಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ
ಮಾಹಿತಿ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನು ಆಡಳಿತಕ್ಕೆ ಬಳಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದಂದಿನಿಂದ ಇಂದಿನ ತನಕವೂ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಸರ್ಕಾರಗಳ ಘೋಷಣೆಯೂ ಒಂ
Of elite citizen groups and their campaign of convenience
Politicians behave like politicians. That’s a given. Most of them talk rubbish and act foolish most of the time, and come to their senses only when there is an opportunity to grab a few extra votes.
Un-Holi and Un-safe in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
I was born in Lucknow and grew up in Bareilly and so, there is no doubt about my perfect UP roots. I did choose to leave UP, as I had enough of eve-teasing and living in the constant fear of my safety.
