ओकुपै वालस्ट्रीट आन्दोलन में हमारी भूमिका क्या है?
अमेरिका में न्यूयोर्क शहर में दो महीनों से चलने वाली ओकुपै वालस्ट्रीट आन्दोलन के बारे में सब सुना ही होगा। अब वह न्यूयोर्क के बाहर अमेरिकी शहरों में ही नही पूरी दुनिया में फैली है। अमेरिकी समाज में आज...
View ArticleSOPA and PIPA are not Dead.
Some of you are probably pretty happy around now. You’re probably saying to yourself, “Yay, we’ve defeated SOPA and PIPA! Yay, victory us!!!” Actually, you’ve lost. You’ve lost this war, because you…...
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Little bit playful!
Rishma Damodar Hearing about the life of Kani, daughter of social activist Maithreyan and Dr AK Jayashri is wonderful… ‘I call my dad Maithreyan only. And my mother Jayashrichechi (chechi is elder...
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Debian Utsavam at MES Kuttippuram, Kerala
Background I was thinking about another Kerala trip as my friend and NIT Calicut classmate Pramod invited me for his marriage on 1st May. Since it is a long trip of more than 24 hours from Pune to...
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An idea for revolution
I wrote this as I was traveling to MES Kuttippuram, Kerala for Debian Utsavam. I read it out before I strted my session. “I start with an idea today. I will tell you and you tell me what do you think...
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GNUs found grazing at Palakkad Fort
I was supposed to be taking shell scripting session yesterday, but we couldn’t get a hall arranged and we had to cancel it. So I tought of meeting some students if they were interested. Three students...
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Defend your rights NOW!
Aseem Trivedi is in jail fighting for our rights. It is now our responsibility to stand up for him and join this fight to defend our freedoms. He is being silneced because he spoke against the...
View ArticleCollecting people, some thoughts and ideas
I would like to share some ideas and thoughts about collecting people for social change based on my recent experiences in setting up a computing center in Pandav Nagar Pune. You can see details of each...
View ArticleTo write or to riot?
Sajan Venniyoor wrote in an email discussion list yesterday, Times of India (21 Nov) lists the charges levelled by Palghar police against those who vandalized Dr. Dhada’s hospital: IPC 143: Unlawful...
View ArticleEveryday rape
I took a while to mark a first reaction to the gang rape of 23 year old paramedical student in Delhi. I watched people screaming for death penalty and the sudden indignation and outrage people felt....
View ArticleSetting up a local package repository with apt-move
apt-move can be used to create a repository layout from /var/cache/apt/archives (which contains all packages downloaded by apt). 1. Install apt-move: # apt-get install apt-move 2. Setup apt-move: #...
View ArticleSharing files between gnu/linux and Windows using samba
Install Samba package # apt-get install samba Samba configuration file is /etc/samba/smb.conf You can add directories for sharing at the end like this [debian] comment = Debian Cache read only = yes...
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Microsoft Tax Refund
Last Sunday evening marked starting of an important campaign when a casual search for a good laptop for a friend turned into tussle with HP for a refund of unused software bundled with their hardware....
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കേരളീയത്തില്‍ വന്ന ശ്യാം ബാലകൃഷ്ണനുമായുള്ള അഭിമുഖം
സൂരജ് കേണോത്താണു് ആദ്യമായി ജൈവ കര്‍ഷകനായ ശ്യാമിനെ മാവോയിസ്റ്റെന്ന പേരില്‍ അറസ്റ്റ് ചെയ്തതായി എന്നോടു് പറഞ്ഞതു്. നമുക്കെന്തു് ചെയ്യാനാകും എന്ന ചര്‍ച്ചയില്‍ നിന്നാണു് ശ്യാമിനെ നേരിട്ടു് കാണാനും കുറച്ചു്...
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What do you think about this ? (Google scanning your inbox)
Aashik asked me this question today pointing me to this article on The Verge – Google scans everyone’s email for child porn, and it just got a man arreste This was my response, (attachment mentioned in...
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ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റില്‍ പങ്കുവയ്ക്കുന്ന വിവരങ്ങള്‍ സ്വകാര്യമാണോ?
അമേരിക്കയടക്കമുള്ള പല ഭരണകൂടങ്ങളും ഗൂഗിള്‍,ഫേസ്‌ബുക്ക് തുടങ്ങിയ കുത്തക കമ്പനികളും ലോകത്തെ കിട്ടാവുന്ന എല്ലാവരുടേയും സ്വകാര്യ വിവരങ്ങള്‍ ശേഖരിക്കുന്നുവെന്നു് എഡ്വേര്‍ഡ് സ്നോഡന്റെ വെളിപ്പെടുത്തലുകളോടെ...
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DebUtsav 14 at Amrita — a rewarding experience
I have been organizing and attending many Free Software events in various campuses across the country, what sets DebUtsav@Amrita apart from all of them is the passion and enthusiasm shown by the...
View ArticleKerala Assembly elections 2016 and my candidature
I will be contesting upcoming Kerala Assembly elections from Thiruvananthapuram constituency....
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