Category: Opinion
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When There’s Nothing Left to Say
One of the many things I like in life is talking. I like to discuss things, dissecting events and analyzing situations. It gives me some kind of strange pleasure when there’s clarity in my mind on every way to think about an issue. Say, there is a forward on the IM client that is obviously…
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Being Feminist
Each day passing, I am turning more and more a feminist. Although I abhor extremism in feminism (I do not think calling every action of a man “sexist” is the right way to achieve gender equality), I cannot overstate the importance of visualizing the routine, systematized discrimination against women based on their gender alone. In…
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The Line Between Morality and Freedom – A Guide to the Confused
Morality is a dilemma for many – “What is right for me is not necessarily right for you. Am I right in forcing you to see things my way?” Christopher Hitchens and Shashi Tharoor debate for over an hour in the above video about which is more important – “freedom of speech” or “not hurting…
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Making of a Maker Party
Mozilla is asking all of us to throw parties all over the world from July 15 to September 15. Webmakers all over the world are responding by hosting “Maker Parties” wherever they can. I did one too. This is a report for the sake of other webmakers. To begin with there was me. I have…
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A Smartphone in ₹2000 – What is Firefox OS?
Mozilla is all set to sell Firefox OS smartphones that costs $25 (~₹1500) in India. Who is Mozilla? Mozilla is to Internet what WHO is to world’s health. Mozilla is a community of “Mozillians” from all over the globe with a common mission – to build a better internet. Most of us know Mozilla as…
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How and Why To Switch to Zsh from Bash
Ubuntu comes with Bash as its default “shell”. So, when you’re running `gnome-terminal` (the default terminal emulator) it actually sends the commands to ‘/bin/bash’ which interprets your command and displays output. What is the difference between shell, console, and terminal? Zsh is an improvement on bash. It adds more functionality, and better ways of doing…
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A Eulogy to Orkut and an Introduction to the Importance of Social Networks
“Orkut is dead. Facebook murdered it” – read the name of a facebook page which had millions of likes around the time I started using facebook. If we can fall in love with social networks, Orkut was my first love. And like all firsts, Orkut was very special to me. Everyone on Orkut had a…
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Why I Love Telegram Messenger and Love Not Whatsapp Messenger
Whatsapp is huge. There is no argument against that. Everyone who has an Android phone is using whatsapp. And this post is not about why you should stop using whatsapp. This post is about why I love Telegram Messenger. Open Source Telegram Messenger is open for anyone to crack, or hack, clone, and improve. This…
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“Share” Button is the Biggest Threat to the Human Capacity to Think
The ability to read and rationalize is unique to human beings. It could be the so called “fast paced environment” in the 21st century that caused it, but we do not read things carefully these days. In ancient past the only way for people to communicate was to talk to each other – in sign…
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How To Never Lose Your Contacts or Data on Your Smartphone
This post will tell you everything you need to know about: Having to never lose any of your contacts Having to never lose any of your chats/messages/whatsapp conversations, etc. Required: An android phone (though the concepts presented in this post will apply to other smartphones like iPhone, and Blackberry too) What you need to know…