Some time back I wrote the Blog ‘corona Fatigue’. At that time our strict ‘Lock-Down’ had started showing results. Corona seemed to have been brought under reasonable control by government intervention. The focus of the government(s), then, was on saving lives rather than livelihoods. Economy nose-dived. There was disturbing exodus of migrant labour from urbanContinue reading “Gathering Clouds will wither away”
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Is Malthus prophecy true ?
Thomas Robert Malthus, a British economist wrote in 1806 in his book “An Essay on the Principle of Population Growth” that population growth is potentially exponential while the growth of food supply and other resources linear. In other words according to him, population increased by geometric progression i.e. 2 x 2 x 2 x 2Continue reading “Is Malthus prophecy true ?”
The Human Tragedy
Afghanistan ? Yes. It is not only a geo-political crisis for the neighbours and the international community, but an irreversible, intolerable, and dastardly serious human tragedy for the innocent men, women, boys, girls and children who must continue to live there. Human beings in Afghanistan, who, for the first time had tasted the grandeurContinue reading “The Human Tragedy”
The Renovation of Content Classification
(U/A 13+) “So, what have you been binging on lately?” Has almost replaced, “How’s the weather?” which stood strong as an opening statement for long. It would be unfair to not give the OTT platforms their due credit. There has been a massive change in the way each one of us consumes the content availableContinue reading “The Renovation of Content Classification”
Survival of the fittest
WhatsApp vs Indian Government Year 2016– WhatsApp promises for end-to-end encryption, which means only communicating users can read the messages. This safeguards our data form any third-party interference and assures data privacy. That means even WhatsApp doesn’t have access to any data along with any third party. Year 2020– WhatsApp accepted that it possess metadata whichContinue reading “Survival of the fittest”
It Is Happening
Gathering clouds will wither away. Some time back I wrote about corona Fatigue. Lock-Down had started showing results. Corona was under control. Government intervention broke the chain. The focus then, was on saving lives. Economy nose-dived. Unforeseen exodus of migrants precipitated human crisis. As corona responded to government action, focus shifted to saving livelihoods byContinue reading “It Is Happening”
Corona Fatigue
Corona Virus is perhaps the worst calamity earthlings have suffered since their entry to this planet. It has hit all countries, with different severity. Some have almost come out of its impact, some are still struggling to come out and some are still in the thick of it. Difference in impact is due to fourContinue reading “Corona Fatigue”
Limits To Freedom..
..in a multicultural society When Dan Brown wrote the fiction ‘Da Vinci Code’ depicting a more human version of Christ, Christians all over the world, protested very strongly and boycotted its film version. Even in India complaints from leaders of Christian religion led to a temporary hold on the film. Hindus and Shivsena were greatlyContinue reading “Limits To Freedom..”
Media Intrusion
“No comments, please” Media Intrusion- Concept The publication of any information stepping beyond the privacy line without the consent of the person who is part of the said publication can be called as media intrusion. It is basically unwarranted invasion of privacy by media. Media intrusion includes the paparazzi, which is basically when photographers followingContinue reading “Media Intrusion”
Media-Print-Electronic-Social
Are they not quite different ? Social Media is under fire. Newly found freedom of expression of the people is alleged to be misused. There is a clamour for its control and regulation by the government. This article discusses the hitherto undisclosed facts about all media in the context of this hue and cry MediaContinue reading “Media-Print-Electronic-Social”