Centre for Internet & Society

Silence on the Dera Front

by Sat Singh

Strap: How DSS followers, accused of violent protests after their leader was sentenced, manage without the internet.

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ISPs in Kashmir Grappling with Mounting Losses Amid Recurrent Shutdowns

by Safeena Wani

Strap: Internet savvy youth taking to alternative routes to access the world wide web.

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Taxes in the Time of Internet Shutdown

by Avijit Sarkar

Strap: Darjeeling businesses buckle under a bandh, network ban, and GST

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Every Town had its Jio Dara

by Ayswarya Murthy

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.

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Education and Employment Opportunities Tossed out of the Window

by Roshan Gupta

Strap: Schools, students and teachers remember how they survived 100 days of internet shutdown.

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Darjeeling’s e-commerce Crumbles after 100 days sans Internet

by Avijit Sarkar

Strap: The shutdown on ground and that of the internet have together hurt the economy critically

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Days to Derail Work of Two Generations?

by Mahesh Kumar Shiva

Strap: How an internet shutdown hurt a family woodwork business.

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Internet Shutdowns: A Modern-day Siege

by Ayswarya Murthy

Strap: Technology activists, lawyers, politicians and NGOs weigh in on the spate of internet shutdowns in India in 2017.

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Sorry, Business Closed until Internet is Back On

by Nalanda Tambe

Strap: Exporters say they lose face with international clients when internet shutdowns block deliveries.

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Stock Brokers Don't Love an Internet Shutdown

by Binita Parikh

Strap: For a trade that rides on price volatility and fast reactions, an internet shutdown is a costly slowdown.

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