The Alt-Eye

  Politics of mockery: If you cannot beat him, laugh at him In what is widely acclaimed as a reprieve to Delhi's ruling Aam Admi Party government, the Delhi High Court last Friday set aside the Election Commission of India's (ECI's) recommendation for  disqualification of 20  of its MLAs for holding the office of profit. The issue in question arose when the government-appointed these legislators as parliamentary secretaries to its ministers in March 2015. A subsequent petition filed in June in the same year before the President challenged the decision of the government. The government then swung into action by enacting the Delhi Member of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) (Amendment Bill) 2015, excluding parliamentary secretaries from the  office of profit . The President denied assent to the Bill and the ECI in this January decided in favor of the petitioners, upholding the disqualification of the said legislators. Article 102(1)(A) of the Indian Const

  Digital India: The Frankenstein that offers no impunity The launch of the Digital India program in 2015, seemed to be the harbinger of  achhe din , in a country where interrupted calls and call drops were still the norm.  Three years on, an ambitious program meant to revolutionize the very way of life of Indians, digitization has actually managed to change the way we look at life.  Gone are the days when you would sit through hours before being able to connect to your near dear ones or spend money through your nose to connect. In a click, you have the world at your feet. Sounds good?  Let's see if it feels good too. It is thanks to the digitization drive that we witnessed a meteoric rise in the number of smartphone users. Mobile companies like Reliance gifted Jio which completely revolutionized the communication scene. Every smartphone user has 1 GB or more data at his/her disposal every day, and good as it may sound it is actually the genesis of a big social problem.