The global semiconductor supply chain is heavily influenced by geopolitical factors, essentially US dominance. India’s foreign policy and its relationships with major powers will significantly limit…
‘The selfie…offers us a window not only to the individual self, but through its deliberate or incidental positioning, allows us to unpack moments in cultural, civic, social, and political life.’
Worries about privacy, surveillance, & unfair exclusions have been raised about Digi Yatra, India’s airport facial recognition system. They are amplified by disturbing reports of airport staff…
It is in India’s interest to addresses the scepticism around its semiconductor policy and provide clarity to stakeholders who wish to associate with it. It has to give up thinking that a policy on…
The globalised semiconductor industry is witnessing plans to build ‘national’ industries. For its part, India, must secure its place in the microchip value chain by playing to its strengths, and not…
"Algorithm recommendations help us find exactly what we like in an incomprehensible number of options. The question is: who decides what the labels are, what gets put into these boxes and,…
Personal data is being extracted and shared by private and state agencies; facial recognition is being used by governments to profile their citizens. What should we do and can we demand to resist…
Our phones are continuously leaking data about who we are, where we are, what we read, what we buy, and a lot more. The data is being collected with and without our consent. It is sold for profit;…
As autonomous ‘citizens’ capable of acting on the responsibilities that go with Constitutional rights have been technologically replaced by populations to be ‘managed’, what we see is the populist…
‘Struggles for a more just, fair, inclusive, or caring politics in the time of Covid-19, need to be grounded in the everyday work of building institutions, supporting the vulnerable amongst us, and…
