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The Gamosa Metaphor

Amita Shah

BJP banks on development, Congress plays the CAA card—and the battle remains essentially Assamese

The Algorithm of Freedom

Aprameya Radhakrishna

We can either surrender to global tech giants or lead the way

Killing the Slow Brain

Nitin Pai

How social media feeds unreason

A Toolkit for the Post-Truth World

Rahul Pandita

If you care about democracy and liberty, stop distorting the undistorted

Who’s Afraid of Social Media?

Madhavankutty Pillai

Empowering. Liberating. Polarising. Incendiary. The interface between democracy and the digital noise

Standing Up to Big Tech

Sudeep Paul

Why Australia is telling Google and Facebook they are not bigger than governments

On February 10th, when Narendra Modi, in a first for an Indian Prime Minister, defended the private sector in parliament, it signalled the country’s readiness to embrace its wealth creators, ending a prolonged injustice

The Last Mutiny

Pramod Kapoor

It’s the 75th anniversary of the naval insurrection that shook the empire. It’s also the story of how the rebellious sailors of the Royal Indian Navy were let down by a divided political leadership