Charukesi Ramadurai

Using Twitter: from Conversation to Community

by Charukesi Ramadurai
- India -


“First day in Parliament. From the sublime (the historic Central Hall for the Cong legislators meeting) to the bureacratic (8 forms to fill)!” - 12:17 AM May 19th from TwitterBerry

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One of India’s newest Members of Parliament, and now Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor tweets on his first day as an acknowledged politician. The former UN Under-Secretary General and author of several books may be the first Indian politician to communicate real-time with the people who voted him in, but he is by no means the first in the world. Just months earlier, on November 5, 2008 what is perhaps the most famous tweet of them all appeared:

"We just made history. All of this happened because you gave your time, talent and passion. All of this happened because of you. Thanks." [Source: @BarackObama]

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The Pink Chaddi Campaign: Landing a Pink Slap on the Face of Moral Policing in India

by Charukesi Ramadurai
- India -


India is now the land of The Consortium of Pubgoing, Loose and Forward Women. Who would have thought?

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