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Berkman Center for Internet and Society, September 28, 2008
The Role of the Internet in Burma’s Saffron Revolution
Authored by Mridul Chowdhury, Internet and Democracy
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Abstract
The 2007 Saffron Revolution in Burma was in many ways an unprecedented event in the intersection between politics and technology. There is, of course, the obvious: the event marks a rare instance in which a government leveraged control of nationalized ISPs to entirely black out Internet access (…)

On behalf of the organizers, the Free Software users Group-Bangalore cordially invites you to The National Public Meeting on Software Patents
==Venue==
2nd Floor, Ecumenical Resource Centre, United Theological College, Millers Road, Benson Town. (Behind Cantonment Railway Station) Bangalore-560046
==Date and Time==
10:00-17:00 Saturday, October 4, 2008
==Background==
Software patents in India occupy a contentious and indeterminate legal space. While recent amendments to the (…)

Secular Perspective, October 1-15, 2008
The police as such has strong minority bias right from the dawn of freedom. Our freedom came at the cost of partition and partition further increased Hindu-Muslim divide and the police could not remain unaffected by communalization of society. Though communalism and communal violence has changing graph in India it reached its crescendo during Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid controversy and during the decade of eighties communal discourse became almost (…)

The Nation, October 1, 2008
Nepal’s Evolving Identity
Drew Haxby: Pushpa Kamal Dahal, newly elected Maoist Prime Minister of Nepal, provides insight into his country’s political dilemmas.
But Nepal defied the usual story line. Galvanized by King Gyanendra’s grab for power, the parliamentary parties put aside their differences and began peace talks with the Maoist rebels. Weeks of protests forced the King to reinstate the Parliament. The Maoists agreed to peace accords overseen by the (…)

Standard textbooks either ignore Jinnah maturing into a seasoned and liberal politician, or, as is the practice in Pakistani historiography, underplay his articulation of a secularised rather than a communitarian-based polity. To his detractors he appears flighty; his followers and disciples are dazed by his brilliance. The fact is Jinnah’s feet were as frequently off the ground as on it.