2016-06-09 18:45
Totally mortified that I've neglected this blog for close to a year, and not going to make this mistake again. But while I sharpen my pencil, do indulge me. I was interviewed by SheThe… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
For many years, the Indian public in particular, had very little interest in who controlled the internet and decisions taken at a structural level that shaped its future.The press carried… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Improbable as it may seem, but 67 Kashmiri university students were briefly charged with sedition for cheering for Pakistan, and celebrating its win over India, during an Asia Cup cricket… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Omair Ahmad, author of ‘Jimmy the Terrorist’ and ‘The Storyteller’s Tale’ has written to his publisher, Penguin India, to cancel his contracts so that he does n… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The government called it a “technical error” while the leader of opposition in the lower house called it a “tactical error”India’s lower house of parliament &nd&hell…Read More
2015-06-24 18:39
When the Snowden revelations brought American control over global communications into sharper relief, the United States threw a curveball at the global Internet community… Read More
2015-06-22 07:10
You might remember the BBC play I critiqued recently: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02sr2bbSome thoughts.... *** Even those who have railed against the historical… Read More
2015-06-19 16:44
Dear all,The CyFy Journal, a collection of essays by current experts in the field of internet governance is out today. It has been published by ORF, in collaboration with Global Policy Jo… Read More
2015-06-19 05:35
Panelist Paper: Internationalization of Internet Governance Council of Councils Seventh Regional Conference January 11-13, 2015, New Delhi, India Mahima Kaul, Observer Researc… Read More
2015-06-10 12:49
I was lucky enough to participate in a wonderful project put together by the BBC. On the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta (England’s King John and the country’s warring bar… Read More
2015-06-08 06:58
Written for IAMAI's 'Thinking Aloud' Magazine. The TRAI consultation paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-top (OTT) services 2015, certainly revealed a few biases by asking what… Read More
2015-06-08 06:58
Written for IAMAI's 'Thinking Aloud' Magazine. The TRAI consultation paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-top (OTT) services 2015, certainly revealed a few biases by asking what… Read More
2015-05-07 10:50
I was on the "Big Picture" on Rajya Sabha TV talking about France's New Surveillance Laws and their Broader Implications --- Do have a watch!https://www.youtube.com/watch?a=&feature=yout… Read More
2015-04-22 09:34
I was on BBC Radio "Click" talking about Net Neutrality and internet.org in India. Have a listen, I sound rather raspy .. ha ha. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p466f Read More
2015-04-20 16:27
“The global can never become meaningful unless it is linked to the local,” said Ravi Shankar Prasad, India’s Information and Technology Minister, speaking at 2014&rsqu&hell…Read More
2015-03-10 07:20
Today it is the Government vs the BBC. Tomorrow it could be the State vs people of IndiaYouTube is blocking the BBC documentary India’s Daughter thanks to a request by the government… Read More
2015-02-24 17:24
Privacy should not be limited to headline grabbing revelations about surveillance, Snowden and Sony; these conversations need to be mainstreamed to every citizen-consumer.A few months ago, I… Read More
2015-01-27 08:53
The argument for an electronic silk road, promoting free trade and by extension, harmonious global values and laws, is an inherently appealing idea to all digital natives used to an &lsqu&hell…Read More
2014-10-21 12:05
My CHAPTER: http://cyfy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Cyber_Complete-Heritage.pdf State Responsibility in the Cyber Commons: Deepening the India-US RelationshipMAHIMA KAULTwo countries whic… Read More
2014-10-02 18:25
The Observer Research Foundation’s Mahima Kaul unpacks India’s approach to internet global governance. Governments around the world seem to be straddling the dichotomy the inter… Read More
2014-09-21 05:26
In a passionate letter explaining his government’s failure to coordinate relief efforts in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah stated that a breakdown in connectivity du… Read More
2014-09-03 03:45
I was on BBC World Service's radio show "Click" last evening, talking about Modi, Twitter and the media. Have a listen: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p025xq7y Read More
2014-08-27 14:53
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's penchant for using social media to address the public directly has apparently caused a rift with India's mainstream press.Indians don’t usually take mu… Read More
2014-08-25 16:16
Written for the Science, Technology and Security Forum of The Manipal Advanced Research Group (MARG) at Manipal University. In between headlines of a BRICS bank and other successes at… Read More
2014-08-08 13:02
A final draft resolution at the United Nations, passed in July 2014, has focused on the UN General Assembly’s review process of World Summit on the Information Society outcomes impl… Read More
2014-08-01 16:06
As the conversations around internet governance become trapped in confrontational language – ‘war’ between sovereigntist and multistakeholder models – it is time to m… Read More
2014-07-11 19:10
Would it confuse you to go on a website called www.young.indians only to find out it belonged to the Reliance group and was not a Government of India website? Would it offend you if a w… Read More
2014-07-01 11:32
Indians have organised online to stop social media postings looking to incite communal tension. Will it work, and is it a threat to free expression? A month has passed since Narendra… Read More
2014-06-26 10:26
Was busy summer holidaying and forgot to share this video -- a great sign of the times in my opinion :)However, at the end of May, I was on a panel entitled "Privacy for civil society andbu… Read More
2014-05-21 09:21
Indians, ever a chatty lot, are obsessed with the idea of being obsessed with social media. That is why, as the BJP’s stunning victory in the Indian general elections was declared, the… Read More
2014-05-12 16:23
A friend recently blogged about the Indian elections and wrote in his post about a tweet from the Aam Admi Party’s Somnath Bharti, in frustration as he wasn’t able to upload a… Read More
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