No free lunch “Facebook, Google and Wikipedia have been long violating net neutrality in India,” said Nikhil Pahwa, publisher of, who has long been advocating a free internet. However, Indian telecom operators, like Airtel and Reliance, as well as big tech companies that have supported net neutrality elsewhere, are already violating the principles of an open internet in India. The debate is part of a global discussion about net neutrality, and has occasionally been pitched as a foreign import that doesn’t apply to India. India’s telecom regulator has this month invited comments from the public and industry bodies on whether internet providers should be allowed to charge different rates for certain kinds of online services. To make things worse, it comes disguised in the form of free apps.
This is a blatant violation of the principle of net neutrality – that all data on the internet should be treated the same. For some time now, India’s internet providers have been offering internet packages that give users access to some services at different prices from other features. In India, net neutrality isn’t an argument about the future. Aanchal Malhotra’s ‘Remnants of Partition’ wins US-based Council for Museum Anthropology Book Award.Watch: Iranian athlete competes without hijab, defying country’s diktat for female players.
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