Internet Governance Blog
Silence on the Dera Front
Strap: How DSS followers, accused of violent protests after their leader was sentenced, manage without the internet.
ISPs in Kashmir Grappling with Mounting Losses Amid Recurrent Shutdowns
Strap: Internet savvy youth taking to alternative routes to access the world wide web.
Taxes in the Time of Internet Shutdown
Strap: Darjeeling businesses buckle under a bandh, network ban, and GST
Every Town had its Jio Dara
Strap: In the hills of Darjeeling, residents facing an indefinite internet shutdown were thrown an unexpected lifeline in the form of 'Jio dara', a feeble signal from Sikkim towers that nevertheless kept a small line of communication open between the besieged towns in the region and the rest of the world.
Education and Employment Opportunities Tossed out of the Window
Strap: Schools, students and teachers remember how they survived 100 days of internet shutdown.
Darjeeling’s e-commerce Crumbles after 100 days sans Internet
Strap: The shutdown on ground and that of the internet have together hurt the economy critically
Days to Derail Work of Two Generations?
Strap: How an internet shutdown hurt a family woodwork business.
Internet Shutdowns: A Modern-day Siege
Strap: Technology activists, lawyers, politicians and NGOs weigh in on the spate of internet shutdowns in India in 2017.
Sorry, Business Closed until Internet is Back On
Strap: Exporters say they lose face with international clients when internet shutdowns block deliveries.
The Rising Stars in Music Loath Losing their Only Platform
Strap: The music from Kashmir wants to find a way out, but shutting internet down only adds to the bitterness.
Stock Brokers Don't Love an Internet Shutdown
Strap: For a trade that rides on price volatility and fast reactions, an internet shutdown is a costly slowdown.
Internet and Banking: A Trust Broken
Strap: Some cut down their daily meals and some lost their jobs as the banking sector took a major hit during internet shutdowns.
Was there an Unofficial Internet Shutdown in BHU & NTPC?
Strap: In Varanasi and Raebareli, residents allege internet bans, while govt denies it all.
How Media beat the Shutdown in Darjeeling
Strap:Journalists did what the state was expected to do: fight rumours.
Internet and the Police: Tool to Some, Trash to Others
Strap: Disconnection with colleagues discomforts one part of the administration, but the other quips, what’s the big deal?
Business Woes from Saharanpur's Internet Ban
Strap: Three businessmen reveal the price they paid
Online or Offline, Protest Goes On
Strap: Kashmiris say internet blockades have no effect on uprisings
Amid Unrest in the Valley, Students See a Dark Wall
Strap: Frequent, prolonged restrictions on internet have kept many from using the learning resource.
Digital Banking Dreams: Interrupted
Strap: Internet shutdowns drag banks in J&K far behind.
It Hurts Them Too
Strap: Internet shutdown robs security forces' social media lifeline in J&K.
