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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

(Smart when you create...dumb when you consume) <-- How to recognise unnecessary technology and some Jaga Mission Stories

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The challenge of humanity, since the industrial revolution, has not been one of scarcity, but one of excess (and of the exploitation and ine...
Monday, January 16, 2023

With great power comes great...Idiocy !

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One of the tragedies of computers in the present times is that they are almost always used for things which they are not supposed to be used...
Sunday, September 11, 2022

The importance of Operational Parameters...and the pointlessness of Data-hunting-gathering

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The tragedy of data-hunting-gathering  A defining feature of urban poverty alleviation programs in India in the present times is their ever ...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Sorry...we cannot share the data with you !

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The truth is in the verb One of the most tragico-amusing facts that most researchers, students, consultants etc get mis-led by when going da...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Reviving a dormant blog...And a few words on Lefebvre, Cartesian geometry and Open-source GIS

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The Lefebvrian Paradox In his famous and influential book ‘The Production of Space’, Henri Lefebvre had written that ‘social space, and espe...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

Reviving the Urban Waterways of Kolkata - Conflicts of Ecological Planning

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The canal systems of the city of Kolkata are more than just ingenious systems of inland waterways developed for the twin purposes of inland...