Shafiq Ur Rahman Khan

Sketch: Shadan khan Indian-Japanese joint venture, Furukawa Electric (MFE), that supplies harnesses for the Maruti Suzuki’s Alto car, has opened a factory inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail. The project, is part of MFE's corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme on-job training, and it will provide inmates employable skills at the time of their release. wait, don't hope for good its a typical business this project was started after workers movements against Maruti Suzuki and other companies in the Manesar area of NCT of Delhi. project is going to ensure no unions, no factory inspectors, no strikes, electricity at cost, and commercial space at Rs 10 per sq ft. no cost for security and other systems because Prison authorities are responsible for the discipline, meals and accommodation of its worker inmates.  The companies get a captive, uninterrupted labour supply. Prison wages are much lower than wages paid outside, and once trained, a worker can't leave and jo...

Information and communication technology intertwined almost every section and aspects of our society in a way or other. Be it an individual, for personal expression/relation or for corporate and social enterprise--for marketing, governance, gathering, movement and political ambitions. It has also affected right based movements as well as tradition groups such as ethnic or religious groups, which obviously have its own negative and positive dimensions. Nowadays, information & communications technologies are on target of some groups for causing ‘moral damage’ in youths, especially girls by exposing them to pornography or by making them an easy prey in way or the other. Different incidents have been cited, where internet friendship and use of mobile phones were instrumental in the perceived ‘social crimes’. Increasing numbers of cases of misuse of ICT urged some caste panchayats and ethnic groups to impose ban on use of technologies by young generation, which has been criticize...