In January this year Tamil Nadu and the rest of the country was shocked by the silencing of Tamil novelist Perumal Murugan by a cabal of caste and communal forces. A month before, in December 2014, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh burnt copies of his novel in Tiruchengode. They claimed to be offended by the sexual…
“We have not only failed Perumal, but failed ourselves as writers. Perumal’s decision not to write is a terrible solution… What are we doing to make Perumal Murugan write again?” This question posed by writer Kiran Nagarkar at a session on ‘Censorship in Writing: Why Perumal Murugan should not have to die’ haunted the audience…
Facebook said on Monday it is testing a lightweight version of its mobile app for mobile phones with poor-quality internet connections in emerging markets.
A spokesman told AFP in an email that the ‘Facebook Lite’ Android app is designed “for people on 2G (second-generation) connections or in areas of limited internet accessibility.”
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The difference between cities and villages in India has always been stark. Services that people in urban areas take for granted are often simply not available in the countryside. This is particularly true when we look at the digital divide that creates a gulf between urban and rural India. Tilonia is a small village in…
The government claims to have connected 59 village councils with high-speed Internet connections in a pilot project, as part of a programme to provide communications, health and government services on tap to the remotest corners of the nation. The reality, according to a survey by a non-profit group, is anything but that. The survey by…