Egypt: Kefaya As A Doctrine

Anonymous has joined the fray in #Egypt protests declaring that it will not stand idly as people are denied their basic rights and human dignity thus raising the possibility of Egyptian government sites becoming their new target. The online hacktivist group had earlier come out in support of Tunisian protesters and taken down Tunisian government websites. However, what interest me more are the parallels in the structure of both the organizations (for lack of a better word). Both are leaderless movements by like-minded individuals participating voluntarily to achieve a simple objective. Further, as radically decentralized networks with no hierarchy nor structure,they expose no identifiable target that the government could coerce/corrupt into submission.
{Update 24/02/11: Came across an Al-Jazeera Op-Ed : Anonymous  and the global correction)

Finally Google Shuns Evil

Google it now seems has finally decided to take the bull (do dragons have horns ? :P ) by its horns and is now offering uncensored data and services but through its Hong Kong servers Google.com.hk . The users visiting Google.cn will now be redirected to .hk where they are offering uncensored mainland China specific search. Google is aware of the various measures the Chinese authorities might take to block its services, so it plans to continue monitoring the accessibilities issues on a regular basis and enlist active services on this webpage.

Official Google Blog: A new approach to China: an update

Rightists Never Represent Legitmate Grievances

Chetan Bhagat's op-ed, To Maharashtra With Love, reflects the attitude of passive approval without which parties like MNS cannot possibly thrive.

The argument that the MNS has, in a manner, come to represent legitimate grievances of a section of Maharashtrian population doesn't really hold much water. For one, Maharashtra does house a large number of poor but then one should not forget that India as a whole houses a third of the world's poor.