Can India’s 2023 G20 Presidency Stitch Together A Fragmented Global Digital Landscape?
India is set to assume the G20 Presidency in 2023: it can use this position to balance national interests and promote global trust and capacity building.
Shouldn’t eGov Software Be Free and Open Source?
Featured image courtesy Jon Moore on Unsplash
Understanding the Context
Bureaucratic transactions are no longer confined to stuffy sarkari offices. At the Centre and state levels,...
How the Draft Data Protection Bill Bodes Ill For Social Media Platforms and Users
The Draft Data Protection Bill is holding social media platforms hostage by risking their safe harbour protections. It also risks the privacy and freedom of speech that users are entitled to.
The Non-Personal Data Report: Do We Really Need Another Data Regulator?
This article is the first instalment of a two-part series by Mohit Chawdhry of Esya Centre on the new government-led regulatory framework proposed in...
The Regulatory Regime for Digital News Media in India — The story so far
Do the 2021 IT Rules actually emerge from a policy need? What types of risks do they pose to the fundamental rights of users and the freedom of our digital news ecosystem?
#Dialogues: Decoding Cyber Sovereignty with Pukhraj Singh
Interview by Bharath Pottekkat
Edited by Malavika VN
The past few years have witnessed a change in the way countries attempt to govern the vast, deep...
Bringing Indian MSMEs into the 21st Century through Digital Payments
A development-oriented approach can bring small Indian businesses into the Digital Century.
Why Subjectivity is Essential for the Media’s Objectivity
Researched and written by Aarathi Ganesan
"It was hard to paint the world and men and, at the same time, to live with them.”
─Albert Camus,...
Friends or Foes? The Right to Information vs. The Right to Privacy
Written by Anushka Jain
The government’s push to make Aadhar an integral part of the Indian’s daily life has seen a lot of opposition. At the...
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...
