@dialogue

A place for commentary on the intersections of Indian pop culture, politics, and current affairs.

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Smartphones Transformed India. Now Indians Are Turning Them Against The Modi Government. buzzfeednews.com/article/pra… #longread

Smartphones Transformed India. Now Indians Are Turning Them Against The Modi Government.

Cheap data and inexpensive smartphones brought millions of people online in India this decade. As the country’s government cracks down, protesters are using the internet to resist.

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Scoop: Kashmiris disappeared from WhatsApp overnight due to a FB policy that deletes inactive accounts automatically after 120 days. The internet has been shut down in Kashmir for 4 months now. (By @PranavDixit) buzzfeednews.com/article/pra…

Kashmiris Are Disappearing From WhatsApp

Kashmiris enduring their region's ongoing internet blackout are losing their WhatsApp accounts because of the platform's policy on inactive accounts.

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“I’ve developed a chronic cough since I came to Lahore — and I haven’t even seen the worst of the smog season yet.” - by @NishSwish buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/nis…

These Teens Are Demanding The Truth About The Smog Choking Pakistan

“I’ve developed a chronic cough since I came to Lahore — and I haven’t even seen the worst of the smog season yet.”

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India is Creating a national facial recognition system, and critics are afraid of what will happen next -@PranavDixit buzzfeednews.com/article/pra…

India Is Creating A National Facial Recognition System, And Critics Are Afraid Of What Will Happen...

“Unless we all get plastic surgery at the same time, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

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Violators will be jailed for up to three years and fined up to $7,000. buzzfeednews.com/article/pra…

A Huge Market With Millions Of Smokers Just Banned Vapes Entirely

Violators will be jailed for up to three years and fined up to $7,000.

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“Human rights are being snatched away as we speak.” (via @PranavDixit) bit.ly/2NMJAf6
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An Indian court is trying hard to get WhatsApp to break its encryption, possibly at the behest of the government. The ruling could have major consequences on not just WhatsApp but all tech platforms in the country. buzzfeednews.com/article/pra…

WhatsApp Is Fighting To Keep India’s Government Out Of Your Messages

WhatsApp is “a space for private conversations online.” An Indian court could make it public.

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#ExpressExplained | What are Articles 370, 35A? — a quick explainer you must read indianexpress.com/article/ex…

Explained: What are Articles 370 and 35A?

What is Article 370 and 35A: A recent central ordinance, which extends reservation to SCs and STs in J&K, throws the spotlight on Article 35A, as well as Article 370 from which it derives. What are...

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The announcement comes at the same time the company said that it lost 130,000 subscribers in the United States from April through June. bit.ly/2JTLJSG
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The order issued by Higher Education Secretary R Subrahmanyam last week lays down a mechanism seeking to “connect all the student’s Twitter/Facebook/Instagram account” with social media accounts of higher education institutions as well as the HRD ministry bit.ly/2XDZRcb
"Water is provided only to the Brahmins and people fight with us when we approach the hand pump." Dalit residents in the UP's Chitrakoot region are being denied access to water sources by upper castes. thewire.in/caste/caste-discr…

Caste Discrimination in UP’s Bundelkhand is Worsening the Water Woes of Dalits

Dalit residents in the state's Chitrakoot region are being denied access to water sources by upper castes.

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Ayushmann Khurrana’s new film 'Article 15' is the latest addition to the archives of the Brahmin-Saviour complex huffp.st/iX7Lmma
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"Brace yourself. Indian subscribers are coming!!!" (via @PranavDixit) bit.ly/31H8Ck1

American YouTubers Are Making Videos Reacting To Indian Pop Culture To Go Viral

"Brace yourself. Indian subscribers are coming!!!"

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From woke to broke: @aktalkies has the inside story of how AIB crashed and burned huffp.st/zdmzsKb
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Here's 10 ways you can help victims of #CycloneFani in #Odisha right now [a thread]
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More than 120 million of the app’s 500 million users are from India. bit.ly/2VKVQ0C

TikTok Just Got Banned In India Over Fears It Is Exposing Children To Porn And Sexual Predators

More than 120 million of the app’s 500 million users are from India.

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“We don’t want our services to be used to manipulate people," Facebook wrote in a blog post. bit.ly/2FMhFGb
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The Congress had on Monday moved the EC to stall the release of the film on the grounds that it is a politically-motivated film. thewire.in/politics/adr-gove…

Jobs and Basic Facilities Are Top Priorities for Voters, Survey Finds

Voters rated the government's performance on all 31 issues listed by the Association for Democratic Reforms as 'below average'.

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The author talks about her memoir, shedding her secret, and how a wave of Dalit assertion in art, music and culture could change the game for a new generation. thewire.in/caste/coming-out-…

Interview | 'But You Don’t Look like a Dalit': Yashica Dutt on 'Coming Out as Dalit'

The author talks about her memoir, shedding her secret, and how a wave of Dalit assertion in art, music and culture could change the game for a new generation.

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Copies of diary entries that are with the IT dept note that BS #Yeddyurappa paid the BJP central committee 1,000 crore; Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari 150 crore each; Rajnath Singh 100 crore; and LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi 50 crore each. bit.ly/2Fsspec
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