July 20th, 2006
PU Hostels Go Without Connectivity
While many Indians are squirming in embarrassment while the other majority are feeling angry about the recent inept and callous blocking of some rather popular blog sites by Indian ISPs on Government orders, I came across a completely different report today much closer to home that made me read it again just to make sure I had understood it right. Digest this:
All hostels in Panjab University, Chandigarh are disallowing independent access to the Net to residents, irrespective of their departments or level of education, because they are “not mature enough to access the Internet”. These pearls of wisdom belong to none other than the Dean, Student Welfare, Prof. Nirmal Singh, who opines that, “All they do is open bad sites.”
It makes me wonder if those in power to take such decisions and have them implemented are really so clueless, or is doing so more like an ego-trip for them, since whatever be the reason, in the end, only the end-user suffers and the organisation’s image (whether it be a University or a country) that takes a hit.
August 23rd, 2006 at 7:31 pm
hi…
sorry this comment is unrelated to the immediate post.
I was doing research on my family tree and googled for Alwar – your blog came up with the Oct 2005 post on Family History. My ancestors, it seems, were in Alwar till the late 1800’s until my great, great, great, grandfather left and settled in UP.
Who are these villagers from Rajasthan keeping records? Can i get in touch with your cousin who found them? What are the places they maintained records for? Is Alwar one of them? I live in Delhi, so making a trip to the concerned village might be possible in the near future.
Waiting for your response – i’d prefer if you e-mailed at the address i’ve provided. I hope you still maintain this blog.
looking forward to hearing from you.
Joyce.