Aparna Ray
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AuthorHailing from Kolkata, India, I am an ethnographer who loves to travel across Myriad Spaces. Passionate about cultures, people and issues related to ICT4D, governance, community, gender and social inclusion, I am ever willing to engage in a good conversation over a steaming cup of tea.
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17 February 2012
Bangladesh: Government Observation of Facebook Ignites Debate
For a while now, the Bangladeshi authorities have been keeping an eye on the social media space and the country's Facebook users are increasingly finding themselves in the eye of the storm. Recently the country's High Court sentenced an university teacher to a 6 month jail term after he failed to appear in court to face trial regarding his Facebook status update.
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11 January 2012
India: The Curious Case of Draping Statues to Ensure Fair Elections
Netizens react to the recent order by the Indian Election Commission that all statues in the state of Uttar Pradesh of current Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati and her party symbol, the elephant, be draped by Wednesday 11 January, 2012.
30 December 2011
India
Arun Prabhudesai at Trak.in points out a Comscore research report which claims that 3 out of every 5 Indian Internet users now shop online.
India
Freelance travel writer and photographer Arun sums up his India travels in 2011, through a series of images.
I guess this story is supposed to make us Haitians proud of something , just...