Middle Class Trap | Why the Indian Middle Class will get Poorer with Time | GIGL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIvscl2CZxU  Jun 6, 2023

This is today's population of India- 142 crores (show Indian population in full number on the screen) and if we want to divide the population on the basis of income then we can divide it into 3 categories- upper class, middle class and lower class.

Now if we look at this pyramid the question arises whether this is the pure population and the real middle class – who and how much? Actually, generally speaking, most of us already consider ourselves to be middle class. And this is not with me, the research of the Center for Advanced Study of India is telling. According to this, about 50% of Indians believe that they are middle class.

Manipur's Internet Shutdown Infringes on Rights Under the Garb of Providing Security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4v9u8GZ1Yg The Wire Jul 22, 2023
Manipur has been witnessing an internet shutdown since May 3, when violence erupted in the state. While the Manipur high court has ordered the partial restoration of internet services, it is unlikely to reach all members of the public. Apar Gupta, founder and director of the Internet Freedom Foundation, speaks to The Wire's Jahnavi sen on why he thinks shutting down the internet does not stem disinformation and instead works to limit truthful, useful information. He also analyses the shutdown orders and the high court and Supreme Court's response to the situation.

Ban serves the cause of national apathy more than violence. Critical role of internet nationally to counter violence..  Violence is likely to be more if there is no information. More disinformation spreads as fact checking is also disabled.. 

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The internet wasn't shut down in Manipur for the security of the citizens. It was to maintain a national apathy. Do you care now? 

@larsandrune  Rumors and lies can and have been spread without the internet for ages but getting good live coverage, photos, videos and interviews have been hampered by cutting the internet in manipur.

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Why are they still not lifting the internet ban??? Everything is known to the people of India now. What's to hide information anymore???

@meerasingh2327 I see is this way. there are good people in the world. If wrong things are going or fake video is going other people can tell every one it is wrong. If Government shut the voice of people India will see a lot of dictatorship in country. Military could have solved this problem but Military was not called. Government has failed to solved the problem. The people with conscious will raise their voice always. I am from Canada  

A Political History of Technology in India: Midnight's machines https://youtu.be/fak4OnGoFPQ?t=163  Feb 28, 2020 In post-independent India, technology has emerged as a crucial sector for the country’s development. Arun Mohan Sukumar will trace the history of India’s technological evolution from Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi and unpack the various success and failures that have played a pivotal role in transforming India into a leading power.

Rajeev Gowda, Jahnavi Phalkey and Susmita Mohanty along with the author, Arun Mohan Sukumar in a discussion moderated by Anu Singh.

Book Review: This ‘Political History of Technology in India’ Couldn’t Resist Stereotypes  https://swarajyamag.com/magazine/book-review-this-political-history-of-technology-in-india-couldnt-resist-stereotypes by Aravindan Neelakandan - Monday, April 6, 2020..The author almost obsessively repeats the phrase 'the temples' of Nehru, which were the words Nehru had supposedly whispered to himself when he visited the Bhakra Nangal in 1956. ..

Indira Gandhi, the daughter of Nehru, when she was India’s Prime Minister, tried to make political capital out of the 'appropriate technology' movement that was becoming quite a fad in the Western counter-culture movement. By 1973, Schumacher had published his cult classic Small is Beautiful. ... Arun Sukumar states that 'Schumacher’s foolish romanticism produced exactly the narrative Indira’s government needed to cover up its failure to industrialise, and to keep the economy on a tight leash.'

Over all, one can see this book as a kind of new front opened to attack BJP’s pro- technology narrative with quite good selective scholarship. And like all anti-BJP academic work it packages its anti-BJP thrust with a good assessment of Nehru-Indira-Rajiv and P.V.N eras.

India's Semiconductor Failure  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isBYV6QWDIo   Sep 24, 2021 India is a semiconductor design powerhouse. Nearly every major semiconductor company has a presence in India, designing some of the most advanced chips in the world.

But once those designs are completed, they are sent to the United States, China, South Korea or Taiwan to fabricate. It begs the question. Why can't India fabricate any of the chips they lay out? In the 1980s, the Indian government attempted to follow China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Korea, and Singapore in creating their own semiconductor manufacturing national champion. Things got off to a promising start, but then disaster struck. And the company - along with India's entire semiconductor manufacturing industry - hasn't recovered since.

What Exactly Happened with Vedanta - Foxconn Semicondutor Deal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le95IZXxLLg
 Jul 13, 2023

   Reasons why the deal developed problems. https://youtu.be/le95IZXxLLg?t=152 story behind the Vedanta-Foxconn Semiconductor deal. According to Bloomberg report, authorities are likely to inform the joint venture that it won’t receive incentives for building 28-nanometre chips. The venture has not been able to meet government requirements to receive funding as the project still lacks a technology partner and a manufacturing grade technology licence for construction of 28 nanometre chips. (https://www.outlookindia.com/business/government-to-reject-vedanta-foxconn-joint-venture-request-for-funding-report-news-290899)

Vedanta-Foxconn’s fab joint-venture talks with STMicro hit a bump STMicroelectronics wants to limit the scope of the technology transfer ... STMicroelectronics also has some reservations regarding its investment in the (Vedanta-Foxconn) combine. They want Vedanta to take the lead and invest more,” ( https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/devices/vedanta-foxconns-fab-joint-venture-talks-with-stmicro-hit-a-bump/99449084 )

As the opposition continues to target the Eknath Shinde government of letting the Vedanta-Foxconn deal slip from Maharashtra to Gujarat, https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/how-maharashtra-gujarat-offers-to-vedanta-foxconn-project-differed-anil-agarwal-eknath-shinde-101663234240811.html..

1. Gujarat offered a ₹28,000 crore capital subsidy to Vedanta-Foxconn for the semiconductor plant. On the other hand, the offer by Maharashtra government stood at ₹40,000 crore.

2. Gujarat offered 200 acres of land to both the companies at Dholera in Ahmedabad at 75 per cent of the going rate. Maharashtra offered 1,100 acres of land at Talegaon Phase IV in Pune district. Out of this, 400 acres were offered free of cost while the remaining 700 acres were offered at 75 per cent of the current rate.

 'No Impact On India's Semiconductor Goals', Says Govt As Vedanta-Foxconn Deal Ends
 https://news.abplive.com/technology/rajeev-chandrasekhar-vedanta-foxconn-plant-india-joint-venture-semiconductor-manufacturing-goals-1615029 Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday said Foxconn's decision to withdraw from its Joint Venture (JV) with Vedanta has no impact on the country's semiconductor fabrication goals. 10 Jul 2023

As Foxconn-Vedanta deal snaps, a look at semiconductors & 'design giant' India’s 40-yr chip struggle  Jul 11, 2023  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBFx1nCjMIo  Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn has withdrawn from its $19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture with India’s Vedanta. While the Modi govt has said this won’t hurt India’s goals with respect to the cutting-edge chips, Foxconn has also reiterated its commitment to working with the country in the field

India’s Semiconductor Savior? Asianometry  May 16, 2022  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Z_uFwxPtk Recently, Indian mining giant Vedanta Resources announced that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Taiwanese electronics assembler Foxconn to manufacture semiconductors in India. 10 billion dollar incentive plan by Indian Govt. to promote semi-conductor manufacruing in india.. through upto 50% fiscal support..

Did Women Body Know About Manipur Viral Video? NCW Chief Says Officers Didn’t Respond to Complaints The Wire  Jul 22, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYGTDwf0n3o
एक चौंकाने वाले घटनाक्रम में यह पता चला है कि मणिपुर में हिंसा के दौरान बीते 4 मई को भीड़ द्वारा आदिवासी कुकी समुदाय की दो महिलाओं को नग्न अवस्था में घुमाने और उनके साथ सामूहिक बलात्कार करने की घटना की शिकायत राष्ट्रीय महिला आयोग यानी NCW से की गई थी.
न्यूज़लॉन्डी वेबसाइट की एक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, महिला आयोग को इस मामले पर बीते 12 जून को ही एक शिकायत भेजी गई थी, लेकिन शिकायतकर्ताओं को महिला आयोग की ओर से कभी कोई प्रतिक्रिया नहीं मिली.
शिकायतकर्ताओं ने इस खौफनाक घटना का सामना करनी वाली महिलाओं से बात की और फिर एनसीडब्ल्यू की अध्यक्ष रेखा शर्मा को ईमेल किया. शिकायत में स्पष्ट रूप से कहा गया है कि 4 मई को थौबल जिले के एक गांव की दो महिलाओं को ‘निर्वस्त्र कर घुमाया गया, पीटा गया और फिर दंगाई मेईतेई भीड़ ने सार्वजनिक रूप से बलात्कार किया’.

अब इसके बाद कई सवाल खड़े हो रहे है की क्या सच मे महिला आयोग को पता था और उन्होंने इसका संज्ञान नहीं लिया?

यही सवाल जब महिला आयोग chairperson रेखा शर्मा से पूछा गया तब उन्होंने कहा की उन्हें महिलाओं के मुद्दों के संबंध में अन्य शिकायतें मिली हैं और इसके लिए वह मणिपुर में अधिकारियों के पास तीन बार पहुंची थीं, लेकिन उनसे कोई प्रतिक्रिया नहीं मिली। पुलिस अधिकारी और chief secretary को पत्र लिखने ई बात रेखा शर्मा ने की, जब पूछा गया कि उन अधिकारियों को सामान कर के इस मुद्दे का संज्ञान यो नहि लिया, तो महिला आयोग की अध्यक्ष ने कहा की वे ऐसा कर के अधिकारियों का काम और नहि बढ़ाना चाहति थी

Manipur Womens पर घटिया बात! शर्म करो Rubika Liyaquat! Kumkum Binwal Analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxP1YlT1nkQ
 Jul 22, 2023 Anchor Rubika Liyaquat did a show on the viral video of Manipur women. On the panel of his show, a guest said that the body of a woman is seen in the room in North India and West India. It is different in Manipur. Writer Sujata condemned this show of Rubika Liyaquat. Kumkum Binwal Analysis.

 *The world is gradually moving away from locally diverse system to food automation *By Devinder Sharma https://www.bizzbuzz.news/opinion/a-food-system-triangle-that-best-serves-the-brave-new-world-of-food-1234482

*‘food system’ refers to all the elements and activities related to producing and consuming food,  and their effects, including economic, health and environmental outcomes.  civil society  organisations  have questioned the increasing corporate influence.

 there is still is no clearly defined pathway transforming food systems

 the most important futuristic food systems – synthetic foods. The artificial food industry, which is growing at a fast pace, is actually using the climate neutrality targets to evolve a food system that does not employ farmers nor does it use land for food production. In other words, the synthetic food industry claims that it is keeping environment safe and encourages protection and conservation of precious biodiversity resources.

 Not only in the rich and developed countries, but many startups in Bangalore and Pune are already into cellular fermentation processes to produce edible proteins. Similarly, there are ongoing projects for synthetic biology products like animal-free white egg, animal-free milk and real vegan cheese using milk from yeast. A number of dairy products on the supermarket shelves are not using milk from livestock.

transformation on food systems is increasingly moving into the hands of stock holders.

In a country like India, where roughly 50 per cent of the population is engaged in farming, the challenge is on keeping the teeming millions on the
farm with a production system that increases farm incomes, and does not aggravate the climate crisis.

We need to empower civil society actors to fine tune appropriate actions and policy interventions.  showcased globally as to how it can be the climate-resilient pathway towards transforming the food systems. If people remain steadfast to naturally grown foods, using agro-ecological farming systems, which make farming economically viable and environmentally safe, the possibility is that the local diverse food system will be at the top of the food systems triangle.

 the world needs a production system by the masses, and not a production system for the masses.

Inside Technology- Ownership of Knowledge: Beyond Intellectual Property Edited by Dagmar Schäfer, Annapurna Mamidipudi, Marius Buning https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/5609/Ownership-of-KnowledgeBeyond-Intellectual-Property 

Book pdf https://direct.mit.edu/books/book-pdf/2146062/book_9780262374644.pdf

Mikki Kendall Remembers the Indelible Work and Full Complexity of bell hooks https://lithub.com/mikki-kendall-remembers-the-indelible-work-and-full-complexity-of-bell-hooks/

When hooks wrote about power and how power relations are built into how we perceive one another; her work validated my personal belief that not looking away, being confrontational, rebelling against demands of being ladylike isn’t falling into the stereotype of being an Angry Black Woman, it is instead a way to short-circuit the power dynamics that seek to force women into perpetual subservience.

Rejecting the idea that progressive social movements could function in isolation, she tied together feminism, civil rights, and even economics into all her conversations.  thought process is integral to her definition of feminism, as “a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.”

hooks regularly challenged Black culture to not just reinvent itself in the face of outside oppressors, but to consider what was being built and how it would impact the future. Though she did not always agree with the focus of other Black icons, she largely centered her critiques on impact, challenging thought leaders and artists to consider their sometimes outsized impact in a society that tried to limit Black creativity to what would be palatable to white audiences. Creating for more than the white gaze or the male gaze was the goal.