When you grow up watching fairy tales and princess stories you compromise on your intellect about men being knights in shining armour. But life, my dear, has a way with everybody to pull us back from dreamland and prepare for what comes ahead. I come from a small city call Gaya, in Bihar. You might […]
Internet has become an intense part of our daily lives. In fact we even wake up to the phone don’t we? So different from the messenger services of yonks ago when people used pigeons and woke up to the sun rise and not to their screens. So clearly there is no going back. The world […]
In the age of digital technology flooding across the globe, making the Internet accessible right from plush urban cities to small rural towns, statistics still suggest the use of internet by women in India being as low as 30%(as of February, 2018). The gender disparity when it comes to the total internet users in India […]
‘Where there is life, there is growth.’ A seedling grows into a plant or a tree, a puppy grows into a dog, a kitten grows into a cat, a piglet into a pig and a child grows to be a full-fledged adult. As a young woman I think of the internet as a provider of […]
The internet is a very powerful place where you can learn, where you can earn, you can collaborate, you can get research for a project, and also you can connect with family and friends. Its enterprising nature allows us to explore new opportunities. At the #DigitalTrustDialogues we established how the conversation on safety and trust […]
Whether you run a corner office, are a consultant, are a freelancer or a policy specialist – you are part of the internet at all times. Today we live in an exciting time where ideas and innovation are moving at a fast pace thanks to the internet. They are location, age, region agnostic. No country […]
It is accepted fact that crimes against women are occurring in many countries every single day. People are speaking up but at the same time many people shy away from conversations relating to sexual assaults or rape. Often these go unreported. The internet is a powerful and useful tool so we can use internet for […]
We are using the internet all the time just as much we wonder how safe is that space. The stock of knowledge is one thing but it’s ability to connect us quite another. We need some basic hygiene in place as we use the internet to leverage opportunity. Let’s look at some real world issues […]
Ever wondered that you were watching a movie with your family sitting in living room and you suddenly get surrounded by strangers, keeping an eye on your personal life? Sounds uncomfortable, right? That is what actually happens to us when we pick our phones and click on the data button. Pepper spray will protect us […]
When we talk about women’s rights, freedom of expression and their autonomy, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MEITY) guidelines for women’s safety in online space comes as a great shocker. Today, women are fighting for a life where the society is not constantly telling them how to behave in public, what to do, […]
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