Monthly Archive: February 2009

Two great ideas…but do they work?

A few weeks ago Amitabh alerted me to two very interesting initiatives launched by Shivraj Singh’s government in Bhopal recently. The first is a website called “MP Samadhan” – a site specifically developed to deal with public grievances...

On Blogs, Comments, Liability and Being Sued

This is a quick post or more accurately, a collection of snippets in reaction to recent news about a bloggerin Kerala being refused protection against summons issued by the High Court in Maharashtra over comments...

A good time to bury bad news…

Some of you may remember the scandal that rocked Tony Blair’s government in 2001 when one of his aides appeared to suggest that 9/11 offered a good opportunity to distract attention from “bad” news....