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Elections are expensive.
If you have friends, you would by now have received some ten thousand forwards on this elusive little section in the People’s Representation Act – a fabled 49-O. Here’s what it says.
49-O. Elector deciding not to vote.-If an elector, after his electoral [...]
Posted on December 4th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Governance, India, Politics, Rants and Rambles, Rights | 12 Comments »
Meanwhile, in Bangladesh, the military backed interim government isn’t exactly fond of judicial processes or the free press. Bangladeshi journalist and blogger Tasneem Khalil was arrested yesterday. Since the state of emergency curtails rights of the citizens, it doesn’t look like the government needed a reason. Rezwan has an excellent roundup of bloggers’ reactions from [...]
Posted on May 11th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Global Voices, Governance, Media, Rights, South Asia | 2 Comments »
I am struck by the wisdom behind this wonderful patriarchal move.
In a bid to curb cases of women getting duped or harassed in marriages to NRIs, the government is considering a proposal to make it mandatory for the husband’s passport number to be stamped on the wife’s passport.
The proposal has been made by the [...]
Posted on May 6th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Gender, Governance, India, Marketplace and All Things Current | 7 Comments »
I cannot digest this.
If Indian Railways has its way then soon idlis and dosas will be on their way out from the railway cuisine. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC ) is planning to introduce a new system to create uniformity in its catering service across the country.
As per the plan only [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Governance, India | 9 Comments »
Forget George Orwell. This one may have been an elaborate April Fools joke. But maybe the Government of India is the fool.
Women civil servants in India have expressed shock at new appraisal rules which require them to reveal details of their menstrual cycles. Under the new nationwide requirements, female officials also have to say when [...]
Posted on April 11th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Gender, Governance, India, wtf | 20 Comments »
In some supremely air-conditioned room, cops will sit on their computers, logging into Orkut. They will then meticulously wade through all the offers of “fraandship”, “oye, sexy pic you got” and what not to track down the very bored people who form hate groups. Not just if you hate India. If you hate Ambedkar, Shivaji, [...]
Posted on March 13th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Governance, India, Marketplace and All Things Current, Rights, Social Software, Technology and Internet | 18 Comments »
That any government will eventually descend into foolishness is obvious. That they will find any slight offensive is also obvious. So when the government gets really heated up about some random YouTube video showing someone dressed as Mahatma Gandhi doing a pole dance – it’s not out of the ordinary. But what I find priceless [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Governance, India, Media | 16 Comments »
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