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Nishant Shah
Nishant Shah is a professor of new media and the co-founder of The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore
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Digital Native: Hardly Friends Like ThatSubscriber Only
September 30, 2018 06:00 IST
Individual effort is far from enough to fool Facebook’s grouping algorithm.
Sun, Sep 30, 2018
The Right Words for LoveSubscriber Only
September 23, 2018 06:00 IST
Queer love is legal. Which means that all of us are finally free to find a language that can match our desires.
Sun, Sep 23, 2018
Digital Native: #MemeTooSubscriber Only
September 09, 2018 06:00 IST
An old meme shows the need for emotional literacy in our digitally saturated age. Memes, like regrettable exes, have the habit of resurfacing at regular periods.
Sun, Sep 09, 2018
Digital Native: Playing GodSubscriber Only
August 26, 2018 06:00 IST
Google’s home assistant can make you feel deceptively God-like as it listens to every command of yours. It is a device that never sleeps, and always listens, waiting for a voice to utter “Ok Google” to jump into life.
Sun, Aug 26, 2018
Digital Native: Double SpeakSubscriber Only
August 12, 2018 05:16 IST
Aadhaar’s danger has always been that it opens up individuals to high levels of vulnerability without providing safeguards.
Sun, Aug 12, 2018
Digital Native: Hashtag Along With MeSubscriber Only
July 29, 2018 06:00 IST
A hashtag that evolved with a movement.
Sun, Jul 29, 2018
Digital Native: How smart cities can make criminals out of denizensSubscriber Only
July 15, 2018 06:00 IST
People download information and share it without knowing about the intellectual property rights. On social media bullying, harassment and hate speech find easy avenues.
Sun, Jul 15, 2018
Digital Native: The bigger pictureSubscriber Only
July 01, 2018 00:05 IST
For all our sleek machines, we are slaves to the much larger Internet of Things.
Sun, Jul 01, 2018
Digital Native: Cause an effectSubscriber Only
June 17, 2018 00:05 IST
Aadhaar is a self-contained safe system, its interaction with other data and information systems is also equally safe and benign.
Sun, Jun 17, 2018
Digital Native: Web of WanderSubscriber Only
May 20, 2018 06:38 IST
The idea of travel as a way of expanding our horizon has now been made redundant.
Sun, May 20, 2018
Digital Native: The e-wasteland of our timesSubscriber Only
April 22, 2018 00:05 IST
How digitising isn’t necessarily a fast-track to a sustainable future.
Sun, Apr 22, 2018
Digital Native: Delete Facebook?Subscriber Only
April 08, 2018 00:05 IST
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
Sun, Apr 08, 2018
Digital Native: A new road to justiceSubscriber Only
March 25, 2018 00:05 IST
Making the List takes courage and strength. It involves the formation of a new collective of care.
Sun, Mar 25, 2018
Digital native: Our lonely connected livesSubscriber Only
March 11, 2018 00:05 IST
Even as the UK last month announced the appointment of Minister of Loneliness, which sounds more like the title of the next Arundhati Roy novel, it is worth examining why we are so alone in the age of hyperconnectivity.
Sun, Mar 11, 2018
Digital Native: AI ManifestoSubscriber Only
February 25, 2018 00:20 IST
Our intention and government action will determine our relationship with AI
Sun, Feb 25, 2018
Digital native: The rules of the gameSubscriber Only
January 28, 2018 00:05 IST
Aadhaar, a flawed system which didn’t care about citizens, won’t care about the state either.
Sun, Jan 28, 2018
Digital Native: Stop me if you canSubscriber Only
January 14, 2018 00:05 IST
What’s common between Donald Trump and Barbra Streisand? The internet has the answer.
Sun, Jan 14, 2018
Digital native: The age of consentSubscriber Only
December 31, 2017 00:05 IST
Just like porn is not real life, all news is not real news. It’s time, therefore, to come of age in the 18th year of this century.
Sun, Dec 31, 2017
Digital native: Memory card is fullSubscriber Only
December 03, 2017 00:05 IST
We train ourselves to forget as our devices store everything. How do we remember things that matter?
Sun, Dec 03, 2017
Digital native: Let there be lifeSubscriber Only
November 19, 2017 00:05 IST
The first robot citizen of the world is from Saudi Arabia, and she has the dubious fame of having more rights than human counterparts in the country.
Sun, Nov 19, 2017
Digital native: Rebellion by Google DocSubscriber Only
November 05, 2017 00:05 IST
The List is an example of the power of digital anonymity and solidarity. But we need to move beyond it.
Sun, Nov 05, 2017
Digital Native: Finger on the buzzerSubscriber Only
October 22, 2017 00:15 IST
Which Hogwarts House are you? No, you don’t really want to know.
Sun, Oct 22, 2017
Digital Native: There is no spoon, There is no privacySubscriber Only
October 09, 2017 12:32 IST
It should be common knowledge by now, in our lived experiences of big data, that digital privacy is a battle ground.
Mon, Oct 09, 2017
Digital native: What’s in a name? PrivilegeSubscriber Only
September 10, 2017 00:05 IST
Anonymity-based internet apps like Sarahah may not be as vicious for those surrounded by the comfort of social status. If your experience of Sarahah has been positive, it might be good to reflect on your own cultural and social capital.
Sun, Sep 10, 2017
Digital native: You are not aloneSubscriber Only
August 27, 2017 00:15 IST
Away from the guidance of adults, the internet can be a lonely place for youngsters, pushing them towards self-harm.
Sun, Aug 27, 2017
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