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Business News > Mint Authors > Osama Manzar

Osama Manzar

ARTICLES BY OSAMA MANZAR

Let’s remember that though social media can be used to propagate hate and negativity, it is also the most powerful weapon to fight these evils

Opinion | A public campaign could tackle the ills of social media

4 min read . 01 Jun 2020

On 31 December 2017, the government declared Phase I of BharatNet, targeting 1,00,000 panchayats, completed. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Has BharatNet fulfilled its end task of providing functional internet?

3 min read . 17 May 2018

Unesco asserts that if nothing is done, half of 7,000-plus languages spoken today will disappear by the end of this century. Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

How digital tools can help in the preservation of our languages

4 min read . 26 Apr 2018

Access to information and communication technology (ICT) in the early years of a child’s education can the lower rate of literacy among girls. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Introducing infotech in early years of education

3 min read . 19 Apr 2018

Photo: iStockphoto

Are we ready for a paradigm shift in communication?

3 min read . 06 Apr 2018

NGO Katha Lab School uses storytelling as a means to teach everything, from mathematics to robotics. Photo: DEF

Schools need space for digital makers

3 min read . 23 Mar 2018

The fact that the Data Protection Bill is yet to become an Act is proof that there is no sense of urgency among government officials when it comes to keeping the data of citizens safe. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

The questionable foundation of Aadhaar

3 min read . 02 Mar 2018

Social media has been used numerous times for promoting communal and religious hate speech with a clear agenda of provoking violence. Photo: iStockphoto

Hate speech and the role of social media

3 min read . 09 Feb 2018

Are we aiming for Digital India or Archival India?

4 min read . 19 Jan 2018

The idea is not to discourage children and adults from using the internet, but to transform internet consumers into conscious netizens who not only consume positive content but also contribute positively to the internet. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Are kids safe online?

4 min read . 11 Jan 2018

Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook which control most online infrastructure—and have transformed the way we conduct our lives—operate from the US. When, or if, the FCC repeals net neutrality laws, it will affect internet users all over the world. Photo: Reuters

Internet giants vs innovation

4 min read . 09 Jan 2018

More than broadband speeds, India needs to ensure that good quality and seamless mobile internet connectivity is available to users across the country since this is the most popular and accessible way for people to get online. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

Bullet trains can wait, let’s get bullet internet

4 min read . 28 Dec 2017

Almost all our socio-economic problems had links to the “digital divide”, which had come to stay during the era of digital revolution and then again during the era of internet revolution in India, and continues to stay with us even today. Photo: iStock

A 15-year journey to bridge the digital divide

4 min read . 16 Dec 2017

A. Sengjan, a teacher at Montfort Centre for Education, Tura, Meghalaya.

Is Digital India inclusive?

4 min read . 08 Dec 2017

With the years of patriarchal conditioning, women, too, often believe that the internet is of little use to them, ignoring completely the many opportunities a mobile phone or the internet offers. Photo: istock

The internet is for everyone

4 min read . 24 Nov 2017

When social media sites and apps were banned in Srinagar this summer, people used virtual proxy networks to go online. Photo: AFP

Proxy routes to connectivity

4 min read . 17 Nov 2017

A file photo of a man using his Rupay debit card to pay for purchases at a store at Ibrahimpur. Photo: Yunus Y. Lasania/Mint

Model villages no longer model for others

4 min read . 10 Nov 2017

People waiting to get ration from a public distribution system outlet in Haryana. The digitization of delivery of government services is good, but insensitive policies, coupled with poor implementation and flawed security measures, can have grave consequences. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

Death by data

4 min read . 27 Oct 2017

While administrative responsibilities of post offices have increased with the increasing number of schemes and services offered, mobile phones have made things a little easier. Photo: Bloomberg

India’s not-yet digital postmen

4 min read . 24 Oct 2017

BHIM, the financial service app, has been adopted extensively across India because it is a well-developed app that serves its purpose well. Photo: Hindustan Times

Let’s make rural India smart, one app at a time

5 min read . 14 Oct 2017