The most common ‘grouse’ you hear from VCs or internet entrepreneurs is – when will the govt push for internet penetration? The Govt of India did the correct thing by having a portfolio for IT and Telecom. While I think IT and Telecom are entirely different and they ought to have separate ministries it is […]
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Paying traffic violation fine thru internet in Bangalore
We recently received our first traffic violation notice from the Bangalore Traffic Police Department. The notice was printed neatly in a professional manner, which is rare for any govt notice. The notice said I could pay the fine on https://www.bangaloreone.gov.in/ (they should make https://bangaloreone.gov.in/ a valid URL, it wasn’t at the time of writing this posting). […]
Post Elections: Which netas are still active online?
Few of our politicians had started tweeting during elections. Now that the elections are done who is still active? There was a “plug” in Bangalore Mirror which talked about SM Krishna tweeting and just one sentence about Shashi Tharoor‘s tweets. The only politician who is twittering and very sensibly is Shashi Tharoor. He writes exceptionally […]
Will Indian Politicians ignore the internet during the next elections?
The ink of election results is still wet. Yes, it is a bit too early to talk about how the internet/mobile would be used by our politicians in the “next elections”. Currently every media house (print and TV) is a little busy blowing the “same tune” on their trumpet – We predicted the results correctly! […]
Leased line customers required to report WiFi usage to their ISPs
Today we received an email from Tata Communications (VSNL), our leased line provider. The govt has asked all their (ISPs in general) customers to get it in writing from their customers about the WiFi usage. The govt, especially under the new Home Minister Chidambaram has been taking some steps to counter terrorism. We basically need […]