Controversial Archives

Travel and free sex, Miss Travel app is controversial app that helps people see the world for free

June 11, 2018 Loknath Dasand, App, Controversial, for, Free, Helps, Is, Miss, People, See, Sex, That, The, travel, World

Some may call it prostitution, but Miss Travel app likes to call it dating. The app, which is also available as a service on a website, is getting popular because it apparently allows people to travel the world for “free”. Free if you discount the possibility — or rather certainty — of sex. Miss Travel apparently allows rich people — likely to be mostly men — to sponsor trips of other people, in return for companionship and — again not said so explicitly but implied — sex. The dating app…

Aurangzeb is controversial because of India’s present, not because of its past: Audrey Truschke

May 25, 2017 Loknath DasAudrey, Aurangzeb, because, Controversial, India's, Is, Its, Not, of, past, present, Truschke

This portrait of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb mounted on a horse, and ready for battle, was originally produced circa 1660. In 1700, the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb was arguably the richest, most powerful man in the world. He ruled for nearly 50 years, from 1658 until 1707, over a vast empire in South Asia that boasted a population exceeding the entirety of contemporary Europe. Today, he has been forgotten in the West. In modern-day India, however, Aurangzeb is alive in public debates, national politics, and people’s imaginations. From Mumbai to Delhi…

US Senate Panel Releases Draft of Controversial Encryption Bill

April 17, 2016 SrijitaBill:, Controversial, Draft, Encryption:, of, Panel, Releases, Senate, US

Two US senators on Wednesday issued a formal draft of a controversial bill that would give courts the power to order technology companies like Apple to help authorities break into encrypted devices or communications for law enforcement or intelligence purposes. The proposal arrives just days after an earlier draft leaked online and drew fire from security researchers and civil liberties advocates who warned it would undermine Internet security and expose personal data to hackers. Those same groups on Wednesday said the new draft is little different from the leaked version.…