Centre for Internet & Society

Life of a Tuple: National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Reform of Citizen Identification Infrastructure in Assam

by Sumandro Chattapadhyay

We are proud to announce that a research grant from the Azim Premji University has enabled us to initiate a study of the updation process of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, and the resultant reform of citizen identification infrastructure in India. The study is being led by Khetrimayum Monish and Ranjit Singh, along with Sumandro Chattapadhyay.

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Digital native: The age of consent

by Nishant Shah

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.

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Digital native: Memory card is full

by Nishant Shah

We train ourselves to forget as our devices store everything. How do we remember things that matter?

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Digital native: Let there be life

by Nishant Shah

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.

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Digital native: Rebellion by Google Doc

by Nishant Shah

The List is an example of the power of digital anonymity and solidarity. But we need to move beyond it.

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Digital Native: Finger on the buzzer

by Nishant Shah

Which Hogwarts House are you? No, you don’t really want to know.

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