This sounds dystopian - tens of millions will be excluded, and will have to run from pillar to post.

With Special Intensive Revisions of the electoral rolls, and now with this digital census, citizenship of India and other rights have become alms thrown to the Indian people by the government. And these are alms that can be taken away for various reasons, these are alms one has to keep begging for periodically.

$[x2 Government Says Census 2027 Will Be Conducted 'Digitally']

Junior home minister Nityanand Rai said that the government has planned "to collect data through Mobile Apps."

The Wire

December 10, 2025

https://thewire.in/government/government-says-census-2027-will-be-conducted-digitally
#Asia#India#census#CasteCensus#census2027#fascism#DigitalFascism#citizenship

$[x2 Baba Adhav the grassroots campaigner and leader of the socially oppressed passed away at 96]

An intrepid and committed social reformer and organiser of the urban working class, labourers, domestic workers, waste-pickers, Baba Adhav of the “Ek Gaon Ek Panavtha” (One Village One Water Source/Well), who challenged the caste system, died in Pune on Monday December 8

SabrangIndia

December 9, 2025

https://sabrangindia.in/baba-adhav-the-grassroots-campaigner-and-leader-of-the-socially-oppressed-passed-away-at-96/
#Asia#India#Pune#BabaAdhav#urban#UrbanWorkers#workers#labourers#RagPickers#caste#CasteSystem

$[x2 How a seventy-year-old Presidential Order still shapes Dalit life after conversion]

Even after embracing new faiths, Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims continue to face caste-based exclusion. Yet a 1950 Presidential Order blocks them from constitutional protection.

by Khalil ur Rehaman

The Leaflet

December 6, 2025

https://theleaflet.in/equality/how-a-seventy-year-old-presidential-order-still-shapes-dalit-life-after-conversion
#Asia#India#untouchability#dalits#caste#CasteSystem#Hinduism#Christianity#Islam

$[x2 Delhi Pollution: Mopping Floor With Tap Open!]

It is noticeable that no authority wants to tackle the powerful automobile or construction lobbies, both of whom deny major responsibility and point fingers elsewhere.

by D. Raghunandan

Newsclick

December 8, 2025

https://www.newsclick.in/delhi-pollution-mopping-floor-tap-open
#Asia#India#Delhi#pollution#AirPollution#ToxicAir#environment#ecology#automobiles#vehicles#PrivateVehicles#construction

$[x2 Why India’s doctors leave for foreign shores while Cuba’s serve their poorest]

India’s medical education system prepares a workforce that learns early to value personal profit over their patient’s well-being.

by Harsh Mander

Scroll

December 9, 2025

https://scroll.in/article/1088715/harsh-mander-why-indias-doctors-leave-for-foreign-shores-while-cubas-serve-their-poorest
#India#Cuba#Asia#LatinAmerica#doctors#MedicalProfession#privatisation#capitalism#socialism#communism

This sounds dystopian - tens of millions will be excluded, and will have to run from pillar to post.

With Special Intensive Revisions of the electoral rolls, and now with this digital census, citizenship of India and other rights have become alms thrown to the Indian people by the government. And these are alms that can be taken away for various reasons, these are alms one has to keep begging for periodically.

$[x2 Government Says Census 2027 Will Be Conducted 'Digitally']

Junior home minister Nityanand Rai said that the government has planned "to collect data through Mobile Apps."

The Wire

December 10, 2025

https://thewire.in/government/government-says-census-2027-will-be-conducted-digitally
#Asia#India#census#CasteCensus#census2027#fascism#DigitalFascism#citizenship

$[x2 Baba Adhav the grassroots campaigner and leader of the socially oppressed passed away at 96]

An intrepid and committed social reformer and organiser of the urban working class, labourers, domestic workers, waste-pickers, Baba Adhav of the “Ek Gaon Ek Panavtha” (One Village One Water Source/Well), who challenged the caste system, died in Pune on Monday December 8

SabrangIndia

December 9, 2025

https://sabrangindia.in/baba-adhav-the-grassroots-campaigner-and-leader-of-the-socially-oppressed-passed-away-at-96/
#Asia#India#Pune#BabaAdhav#urban#UrbanWorkers#workers#labourers#RagPickers#caste#CasteSystem

$[x2 How a seventy-year-old Presidential Order still shapes Dalit life after conversion]

Even after embracing new faiths, Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims continue to face caste-based exclusion. Yet a 1950 Presidential Order blocks them from constitutional protection.

by Khalil ur Rehaman

The Leaflet

December 6, 2025

https://theleaflet.in/equality/how-a-seventy-year-old-presidential-order-still-shapes-dalit-life-after-conversion
#Asia#India#untouchability#dalits#caste#CasteSystem#Hinduism#Christianity#Islam

$[x2 Delhi Pollution: Mopping Floor With Tap Open!]

It is noticeable that no authority wants to tackle the powerful automobile or construction lobbies, both of whom deny major responsibility and point fingers elsewhere.

by D. Raghunandan

Newsclick

December 8, 2025

https://www.newsclick.in/delhi-pollution-mopping-floor-tap-open
#Asia#India#Delhi#pollution#AirPollution#ToxicAir#environment#ecology#automobiles#vehicles#PrivateVehicles#construction

$[x2 Why India’s doctors leave for foreign shores while Cuba’s serve their poorest]

India’s medical education system prepares a workforce that learns early to value personal profit over their patient’s well-being.

by Harsh Mander

Scroll

December 9, 2025

https://scroll.in/article/1088715/harsh-mander-why-indias-doctors-leave-for-foreign-shores-while-cubas-serve-their-poorest
#India#Cuba#Asia#LatinAmerica#doctors#MedicalProfession#privatisation#capitalism#socialism#communism

YouTuber Kingmi Mobile retrofitted an iPhone 17 Pro Max with a cooling system he removed from a RedMagic 11 Pro+ device, revealing an 8% jump in performance.

#Tech #Apple #Android #Google #Science #InfoSec #TechNews #Engineering #Blog #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Markets #Travel #Finance #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

YouTuber Kingmi Mobile retrofitted an iPhone 17 Pro Max with a cooling system he removed from a RedMagic 11 Pro+ device, revealing an 8% jump in performance.

#Tech #Apple #Android #Google #Science #InfoSec #TechNews #Engineering #Blog #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Markets #Travel #Finance #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

Hackers are launching mass attacks, exploiting websites using outdated WordPress plugins. WordPress security firm Wordfence says that it blocked 8.7 million attack attempts against its customers in just two days, October 8 and 9.

#Tech #InfoSec #Wordpress #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

Hackers are launching mass attacks, exploiting websites using outdated WordPress plugins. WordPress security firm Wordfence says that it blocked 8.7 million attack attempts against its customers in just two days, October 8 and 9.

#Tech #InfoSec #Wordpress #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

According to early reports, another AWS outage has struck the internet, with a huge rise in reports of problems across AWS-backed services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Capital One, Xbox, and, of course, AWS itself.

#Tech #InfoSec #Amazon #AWS #Microsoft #Windows #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Azure #Games #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon

According to early reports, another AWS outage has struck the internet, with a huge rise in reports of problems across AWS-backed services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Capital One, Xbox, and, of course, AWS itself.

#Tech #InfoSec #Amazon #AWS #Microsoft #Windows #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Azure #Games #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon

Users attempting to download Xubuntu, a lightweight Linux distribution derived from Ubuntu, are reporting getting malware instead. The project's maintainers have temporarily disabled downloads.

#Tech #InfoSec #Linux #Xubuntu #Ubuntu #OpenSource #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

Onwards to enlightenment



Temple ruins of Wat Chaiwatthanaram in Ayutthaya, Thailand



#photography #asia #thailand #southEastAsia

Onwards to enlightenment



Temple ruins of Wat Chaiwatthanaram in Ayutthaya, Thailand



#photography #asia #thailand #southEastAsia