Archive for April, 2008
Destroying Consent
The creeping nostalgia of “Chitrahaar“, will not change my opinion against the State participating in Broadcasting and Distribution Activities. The TRAI has recently mooted the idea of permitting State instrumentalities (the union government and its organs, State Governments and their organs, urban and local bodies, political bodies) in Broadcasting and Distribution Activities. Stakeholder’s comments received [...]
Blow out the candles, here comes the sun
In 1845, the classical liberal theorist, Federic Bastiat, wrote a satirical piece on protectionist petitioners, entitled, “A petition by candle makers”, in which he depicted how the candle makers of a French town petition public authorities to block out the sun. Though the comments made by stakeholders on the consultation paper on increasing FI limits [...]
An Innocuous Berry
There have been reports about Blackberry devices sought to being banned in India due to security concerns. The entire rationale for this argument is due to the level of protection being provided by blackberry devices for emails to its users. Security agencies fear, emails which pass over the secure and encrypted blackberry network have a [...]
