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Sanjukta

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TED Fellow, Founder, Samyukta Media, a social media and branding and communication agency for small and medium businesses. Used to be a lawyer, always a feminist, writer, photographer & traveler. Passionately blogging since 2005 at http://sanjukta.wordpress.com

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18 April 2012

India: Professor Arrested for Forwarding “Defamatory” Cartoon in West Bengal

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The week had seen a lot of backlash and protests on the Indian social media scene against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the tyrannical attempts to gag any criticism against her or her governance.

10 December 2011

India: Kapil Sibal vs. the Netizens on Filtering Social Media

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The Indian Union Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal has asked Internet giants such as Facebook, Google and Yahoo to pre-screen derogatory, defamatory and inflammatory content about political leaders and religion. What followed was a wave of insult, ridicule and sarcasm.

23 June 2011

Slut Walk is Besharmi Morcha in India

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Slut Walk, a fresh feminist movement that originated from Toronto Canada, and had been taking rounds of various western cities, is now coming to New Delhi, the Indian capital. Amidst criticism of the use of the word slut, which is uncommon in India, the event organizers attempted to contextualize the movement by renaming it 'Slut Walk Delhi Besharmi Morcha'.

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