Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA)

 Silencing the Digital Dawn: India’s Censorship Crusade vs. Musk, Youth, and the Defrauded Silencing the Digital Dawn: India’s Censorship Crusade vs. Musk, Youth, and the Defrauded Posted on 23rd March, 2025 (GMT 20:32 hrs) ABSTRACT The article explores India’s increasing efforts to regulate online discourse and the pushback it encounters from Elon Musk’s X platform, along with younger generations of climate activists and digitally engaged victims of financial scams. It emphasizes the Indian government’s utilization of the Information Technology Act to enforce extensive content removal, specifically targeting dissent and criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration. Recently, X has filed a lawsuit against these measures in the Karnataka High Court, claiming unlawful censorship. The piece outlines how this crackdown restricts free expression, particularly among tech-savvy youth who depend on platforms like X to articulate political and environmental discontent. Ad...

 The DHFL “Scam” Fiasco: Grok’s Responses The DHFL “Scam” Fiasco: Grok’s Responses Posted on 18th March, 2025 (GMT 21:09 hrs) ABSTRACT The article explores the Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) scam through a series of hypothetical questions posed to Grok, an AI developed by xAI. The DHFL scam is described as India’s largest banking fraud, involving over Rs 34,000 crore, where promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan allegedly siphoned funds through fake borrowers and shell companies, defrauding a consortium of 17 banks. The piece critiques systemic issues like crony capitalism and regulatory failures, focusing on the controversial resolution process that handed DHFL to Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Ltd. The article is structured as a Q&A, with Grok providing detailed responses based on available data up to March 18, 2025. Key points include: Nature of the Scam: Grok explains how DHFL disbursed Rs 29,000 crore to 66 promoter-linked entities, with Rs 29,849...