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sasaram

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sasaram··on The slow demise of Wikipedia Zero on the subcontinent
Thanks for explaining me there ! Do note I have focused on the news organization and not the article. This article is fine as a standalone. However, there is this eery consistency in the stand wire.in takes, on discussions. This I find dangerous for a press organization. Since it is not a news organization but a propaganda organization. When I think of a news organization, I expect good investigative journalism, many details which makes the reader informed to take decisions. This technically means wire.in is a lie for a news organization. I do like the comparison with zerohedge. There are many similarities, except zero hedge being bearish, grim and hateful is not hidden in its marketing.
sasaram··on The slow demise of Wikipedia Zero on the subcontinent
The wire.in is a dangerous website which consistently promotes companies and policies from other countries without understanding the nuance of the subcontinent. It is high time, media magazines write down detailed information about the executives of such organization, how they (capital fund and revenue source of the organization) make money and why their articles will have a bias or not.
sasaram··on Google Spreadsheets and Python
Theres one easy to use google spreadsheet api here built on gspread https://github.com/shkr/GoogleDocsAPI
sasaram··on India floats the idea of a universal basic income
I think in contrary this is the ideal experiment since aspirations generally float high in aggressively growing economies. This is the exact opposite of Mao's' communism where people were forced to pick up skills based on a notion of a common good. A UBI can enable individuals to select, educate and work on tasks big and small, knowing that the govt. is behind them.