Guru,<div><br></div><div>I like the discretion with which you do not mention that the op-ed in the Hindu is actually from Parminder and not an op-ed by the newspaper itself as your wording seemed to imply if one did not follow the link ;-) probably just a question of modesty. </div>
<div><br></div><div>But anyway, the discussion is getting interesting .... let's hope oversimplifications - on all sides - will not prevent doing useful work for the benefit of all. </div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to the discussions tomorrow and afterwards.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Bertrand</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Guru गुरु <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Guru@itforchange.net" target="_blank">Guru@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Yes, its good that the Indian press is now also paying attention to
the larger challenge of Internet governance - of the implications of
the current undemocratic regimes and processes....<br>
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The Hindu is one of India's most respected and sober dailies and its
Op-Ed today has an article on the issue. The Op-Ed page also carries
the civil society statement, which now has more than 50 institutions
from across the world endorsing it. (statement also available in
chinese, spanish, french and portuguese on <a href="http://www.itforchange.net/civil_society_statement_on_democratic_internet" target="_blank">http://www.itforchange.net/civil_society_statement_on_democratic_internet</a>
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Link to the Joint civil society statement - in The Hindu Op-Ed : <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3426290.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3426290.ece</a><br>
Link to the article - The Hindu Op-Ed : <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3426292.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3426292.ece</a><br>
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As the article and the statement explain, many of us have been
crying 'Govt takeover' too often and too long... and it is high
time we *<b><u>also</u></b>* discuss the emperor's robes (sorry for
mixed metaphors:-) )<br>
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