What Ed-Tech Looks Like in Rural Maharashtra’s Schools
In a small school in Nashik, Maharashtra, most of the students are drawn towards their coming annual day practice, running around for speakers and...
Technically Speaking, Why is Encryption a Big Deal for the Government?
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
Encryption has been the talk of the tech world for the better part of 5 years now. While...
Time For A Change: Does India Need Another Time Zone?
Does it make sense for India to adopt two time zones? How much would this affect the lives of citizens, especially in Northeast India?
Data Cheque Point: How Paying People For Data Remains A Fever Dream
Compensation for users based on their data points becomes an unnecessary hurdle to cross — mainly because the limitations of such a model would reap more costs than guaranteed benefits.
Where the Mainstream Media Could Not Reach: How Local Information Travelled During the Lockdown
Community media filled the gaps left by the Indian mainstream media while documenting local issues and responses to COVID-19.
To What Extent Does India’s Surveillance Regime Affect Citizen’s Privacy?
Attacks like 9/11 and 26/11 shock the conscience of our societies and states—it is in the background of such attacks, that governments tend to...
For Digital Governance Solutions to Reach the Marginalised, Working With Offline Intermediaries Is Key
It is vital to examine the design and deployment of digital governance mechanisms in India through the lens of inclusion.
A Reprehensible Republic: Republic TV’s Hollow Coverage of the Abrogation of Article 370
In any healthy democracy, the mainstream media is entrusted with the role of a watchdog, expected to always hold power to account. Unfortunately, much...
Reporting on Tech and Society in India: The Perils and Potentials — Episode 5...
Hosted by Megha Bahree
Edited by Manasi Nene
In January 2022, The Wire’s series of articles on the mysterious Tek Fog app sparked a number of...
People First: Reimagining Design and Technology for Community Healthcare
“What is in it for you? Why are you doing this?” asks one of the Health Navigators (HNs) in Channapatna, the “Toy-City'' of Karnataka,...
