This week, TypeRight speaks about privacy, data protection, and 20 years of digital empowerment. "In the digital age, it's easier to collect, access, analyze and use data. Who gets to do these? The internet as a business works when people share their personal data instead of the services you get. As once mentioned: If you are not paying for the service, you need to see if you are the product. You consent to this by using platforms like Facebook or WhatsApp," the article states.

Meanwhile, Shedding Light talks about Thakita: An Initiative by Pravin Mani for independent music. "Having been a long-time associate of AR Rahman with a rich portfolio that includes prestigious projects like Slumdog Millionaire he is shifting gears to independent music.  It's his genuine and ambitious vision to offer an easy portal to novel, paradigm shifting and unconventional South Indian, particularly Tamil, independent music," the article states.

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उत्तरी कोरिया में हँसना मना है और तुर्की में अर्दुआन का सनकी अर्थशास्त्र by Anand Pradhan

उत्तरी कोरिया में हँसना मना है और तुर्की में अर्दुआन का सनकी अर्थशास्त्र

सबसे पहले तो माफ़ी चाहता हूँ कि पिछले सप्ताह दुनिया जहान की हलचलों पर कुछ नहीं लिख पाया. कारण? कुछ आलस्य और कुछ ऊब और खीज. वही घटनाएं, वही चेहरे, वही मुद्दे. कुछ भी खास या नया नहीं. क्या लिखें? ऐसा लगता है कि दुनिया जैसे कुछ उबाऊ सी हो गई है.

nairaah.scrollstack.com

We somehow blamed Nazar for my daughter's Covid by S Mitra Kalita

We somehow blamed nazar for my daughter's Covid

Each fist filled with salt, I circled my 17-year-old three times, trying to hold my breath under the mask. She had just tested positive for Covid-19 and I prioritized this ceremony somehow before the fetching of ginger ale, chicken soup, coconut water and more at-home tests. To conclude the ritual, she was supposed to spit on my hands.

mitra.scrollstack.com

Chapter Twenty-Eight: On Privacy, Data Protection, and our Twenty Years of Digital Empowerment by TypeRight

Chapter Twenty-Eight: On Privacy, Data Protection, and our Twenty Years of Digital Empowerment

A Joint Parliamentary Committee has finalised and finally tabled the Data Protection Bill from 2019 in the winter session of the parliament this year. The bill clearly has gone through several changes in the two years but has still has not really addressed the original criticisms that were raised. As the year comes to an end and the bill gets ready to be passed, this seems to be a good time to get a primer on what exactly personal data is, why it needs to be secure, and how the government right now is merely trying to harvest, surveil, and even help sell it.

typeright.scrollstack.com

Thakita: An Initiative by Pravin Mani for independent music by Shedding Light

Thakita: An Initiative by Pravin Mani for independent music

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Interview with a webcomic artist who traveled Africa for his craft by Vijayendra Mohanty

Interview with a webcomic artist who travelled Africa for his craft

Shikhant Sablania, along with a band of adventurous artists, took a trip to Africa and travelled 10 countries there. I had a live chat with him about his experiences.

vimoh.scrollstack.com

Dil Bekaraar: The Christmas Special We Need by Anisha Saigal

Dil Bekaraar: The Christmas Special We Need

Pre-lib Delhi is fondly looked at as a nostalgic idea to wank to— especially when you’re forlorn for happier times. There’s no doubting the fact that the 80s in Delhi is when the city truly peaked. Dil Bekaraar on Disney+ Hotstar gets the city, the anticipation for privatization and love blossoming over Maggi (sans Fanta) and Nirula’s ice cream right.

snobster.scrollstack.com