The film of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children is set to be released on 1 February. If the team behind the movie adaptation is at all nervous...
What reception will India give new Rusdhie film?
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Mahima Kaul
Mahima Kaul
Mahima Kaul is a Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, Delhi and writes about internet/media governance, inclusion and security issues.
Fatwa calls for ban on female receptionists
A recent fatwa issued by a leading Indian Islamic seminary advises women to refrain from working as receptionists, describing the job as un-Islamic...
Worried about girls marrying for love? Just ban them from using mobile phones
A village council in Northern India last week banned women from using mobile phones. The leaders of Sunderbari village, population 8000, hope that...
India and social media: When will it be safe for the average citizen to critique the powerful?
Last week, in the small town of Palghar, Maharastra, a 21-year-old was arrested for a Facebook post questioning a citywide shutdown to mark the...
Why are India’s politicians scared of social media?
A war over free expression between Indian citizens and their government is raging, with social media serving as the battlefield. Two girls were...
India changes its internet governance position — backs away from UN proposal
Following outrage from India's civil society and media, it appears the country's government has backed away from its proposal to create a UN body to...
Sedition laws: India’s colonial-era threat to free expression
Aseem Trivedi’s arrest for his anti-establishment cartoons shocked and outraged India. Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code, under which Trivedi was...
India discusses proposals to regulate the internet
The Indian government’s proposal to the United Nations General Assembly, to form a 50-member United Nations Committee on Internet Related Policies...
India’s telecoms revolution must be extended to all
Across the world, debates around freedom of expression have intensified, in part due to people’s increased participation because of the many avenues...