Recent amendments to the Indian IT act now require web mail providers to have their servers physically located in India. As I understand, this is to make sure that information required by investigating agencies will be within the jurisdiction and easily retrievable. There is also some talk of enforcing the .in domain as well. [Continue]
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The Indian FOSS Manifesto
The FOSS Manifesto for India. I firmly believe that open source has special applications in countries like India. I have seen educational institutions use decade old software, either because of budget restrictions or because their vendors do not have updated information. [Continue]
Indian Bloggers Facing Legal Problems
Indian bloggers are getting in legal tangle. Bloggers have already faced legal threats from the mainstream media. But, because of the lack of laws, an individual usually chooses to back off and retract his/her opinions. [Continue]
Entrepreneurship In Schools
Sramana Mitra, as part of her series of entrepreneurship in India, asks if entrepreneurship should be taught to students. I firmly believe that school is the right place to inject the entrepreneurship bug. However, I believe it does not fit in the current marks-oriented curriculum in Indian schools. [Continue]
The First WordCamp India
WordCamp is coming to India. I am sure this is stale news for most of you, but if you like WordPress and you haven’t thought about it, do your best to be there. It is being organized by Delhi Bloggers Bloc along with Blog Design Studio. [Continue]
Entrepreneurship Ecosystem In India
Sramana Mitra has a good discussion going on about what is lacking in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India. Contribute to the discussion, we need more such pieces to bring about a change. Here are my thoughts. [Continue]
Mumbai Dabbawalas Inspire Tiffin Meals In US
Tiffin Meals, a food delivery service in US inspired by the mumbai dabbawalas! No technology, no operations research, illiterate workers lower literacy rates (updated after speaking to my dabbawala), using bicycles, crates and public transport, and still almost zero errors. Quite unique characters, wouldn’t you say! [Continue]
Our Rs. 500 Laptop Is Not A Laptop After All
The wait for our Rs. 500 laptop is over, because it is not going to be a laptop after all. It is being called a computing device. [Continue]
Waiting For India’s Rs. 500 Laptop, With Hope And Disbelief
India’s Rs. 500 laptop is all set for Feb 3rd 2009. A laptop that cheap can turn the whole hardware industry upside down. [Continue]
Beating City Traffic
I am happy to know that Infosys is taking initiative to encourage their employees to beat the traffic. The system of financial rewards is a good incentive. However, I wonder if companies will be willing to let their employees work from home whenever possible. [Continue]
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