Internet Governance Blog
ISPs in Kashmir Grappling with Mounting Losses Amid Recurrent Shutdowns
— by Safeena Wani — last modified Dec 20, 2017 03:54 PMStrap: Internet savvy youth taking to alternative routes to access the world wide web.
Taxes in the Time of Internet Shutdown
— by Avijit Sarkar — last modified Dec 20, 2017 03:49 PMStrap: Darjeeling businesses buckle under a bandh, network ban, and GST
Every Town had its Jio Dara
— by Ayswarya Murthy — last modified Dec 21, 2017 04:24 PMStrap: 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
— by Roshan Gupta — last modified Dec 20, 2017 03:41 PMStrap: Schools, students and teachers remember how they survived 100 days of internet shutdown.
Darjeeling’s e-commerce Crumbles after 100 days sans Internet
— by Avijit Sarkar — last modified Dec 20, 2017 03:16 AMStrap: The shutdown on ground and that of the internet have together hurt the economy critically
Days to Derail Work of Two Generations?
— by Mahesh Kumar Shiva — last modified Dec 21, 2017 04:18 PMStrap: How an internet shutdown hurt a family woodwork business.
Internet Shutdowns: A Modern-day Siege
— by Ayswarya Murthy — last modified Dec 19, 2017 04:29 PMStrap: 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
— by Nalanda Tambe — last modified Dec 19, 2017 04:25 PMStrap: Exporters say they lose face with international clients when internet shutdowns block deliveries.
The Rising Stars in Music Loath Losing their Only Platform
— by Umar Shah and Mir Farhat — last modified Dec 21, 2017 03:59 PMStrap: 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
— by Binita Parikh — last modified Dec 19, 2017 04:20 PMStrap: For a trade that rides on price volatility and fast reactions, an internet shutdown is a costly slowdown.
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