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Nikhil Pahwa

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Nikhil Pahwa

@nixxin

Building Reasoned.live | Founder & Editor @medianama | @tedfellow @Asia21Leaders | started savetheinternet.in & @internetfreedom

Delhi, India

Joined May 2007

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Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Jun 3
My month with AI: May 2026 Edition Focused mostly on Agents this month, and a little bit of vibe coding. All projects are still WIP and nothing feels complete yet. Many being dogfooded. Some abandoned (for now). P.s. The link for my vibe coding workshop in Delhi (this Friday)
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Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
May 26, 2021
So WhatsApp has sued the Indian government for imposing the IT Rules 2021. This is probably the most significant privacy case in India, ever since the Right to Privacy case. Thread on what this is about:
Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Jan 12, 2020
That's not insensitive. It's a criminal threat of violence.
Mirror Now
@MirrorNow
Jan 12, 2020
"Will bury alive those who are against CAA" U.P Minister Raghuraj Singh makes an insensitive comment at a public gathering
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Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Jul 18, 2021
#pegasus 🧵 There is nothing shocking or surprising about governments spying using Pegasus. We've known about Pegasus since at least 2016. First known use in India that we know about was in Bhima Koregaon spying, allegedly by Indian govt. A few points for your consideration: 1/
Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Nov 7, 2025
Someone at Sony LIV seems to be under immense revenue pressure & making very stupid short term decisions. 1.5 min of ads (2x15 sec+2x30 sec) after every 3 min is unforgivable. On one occasion they repeated an ad in the same sequence. This leads to 4 things: 1. Paying customers
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Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Sep 5, 2023
It's 2023 and I'm not sure if anyone cares for #netneutrality in India anymore, but Jio, Vi and Airtel are coming for it. Don't take my word for it. Here are excerpts from their submissions to @TRAI (uploaded last night) :
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Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Nov 1, 2025
NPCI, which runs UPI, is a private company. Anyone saying it's a govt org is spreading misinformation.
Umed Pratap Singh
@umedpratapsingh
Oct 28, 2025
Grok said, If UPI were a private company, then it could have been India's Stripe on steroids, valued at $150-160 billion today, with potential to hit $300B+ by 2030. At this valuation, UPI could have been among world's top 50 companies. UPI is an underrated behemoth.
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Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Mar 14, 2023
Pls avoid giving your data to Digi Yatra. In RTI response to us, Ministry of Civil Aviation said Digi Yatra is managed by a private non profit entity, and hence not under RTI. So they've structured collection of facial data to avoid accountability. Why should we trust them?
Arvind Jha
@jalajboy
Mar 14, 2023
Trying out “Digi Yatra” app to check out the biometric enabled seamless travel experience but app doesn’t seem to recognise Indigo issued Boarding pass!! Any ideas @amitranjan @buzzindelhi ?
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Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Nov 1, 2025
Given all the trolling I've got for stating the _fact_ that UPI is run by a private company, let me give you another fun _fact_: Digiyatra is run by a private entity and not by the government of India.
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Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Dec 17, 2019
How about switching the internet back on in Kashmir, Assam, mizoram, parts of UP?
Ravi Shankar Prasad
@rsprasad
Dec 17, 2019
Launched the #NationalBroadbandMission today. This Mission aims to provide access to broadband to all villages by 2022.
Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Apr 24, 2021
Twitter has complied with govt requests to censor 52 tweets largely critical of India’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Affected accounts include MP Revanth Reddy, WB minister Moloy Ghatak, actor Vineet Kumar Singh, among others.
medianama.com
Twitter censors tweets from MP, MLA, editor criticising pandemic handling
Twitter has complied with government requests to censor many tweets criticising India’s handling of the second surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Jun 26, 2024
Why are we shocked? NPCI (which runs UPI), Digiyatra Foundation, ONDC, are all private orgs by design to avoid accountability under RTI. Who gets contracts (who doesn't), who gets favoured (who doesn't), who gets to launch first...no accountability. It's a feature, not a bug.
Pankaj Pachauri
@PankajPachauri
Jun 26, 2024
Shocking to know that the NTA is a private society deciding the future of the students to publicly funded government institutions. Not under RTI = no info. No public oversight = no accountability. Thats why the govt and the ministry can wash their hands off the scam.
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Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Jan 25, 2020
Internet access has NOT BEEN RESTORED in the Kashmir valley. This is still an INTERNET SHUTDOWN. The internet is not 301 websites. It is billions of websites and apps. Would urge those reporting on this to not call this a restoration of internet access because THIS IS NOT TRUE.
NDTV Profit
@NDTVProfitIndia
Jan 25, 2020
After remaining shut for more than five months, 2G mobile internet services will be restored in the Kashmir Valley. bit.ly/3aGuErQ
Nikhil Pahwa
@nixxin
Mar 19, 2024
How about a separate fleet for those vegetarians who don't have onion & garlic & don't want that mixed with their veg food. How about separate fleets for jhatka and halal non veg. What an idiotic move. Some societies will stop non veg deliveries & you're only enabling them.
Deepinder Goyal
@deepigoyal
Mar 19, 2024
Replying to @deepigoyal
Our dedicated Pure Veg Fleet will only serve orders from these pure veg restaurants. This means that a non-veg meal, or even a veg meal served by a non-veg restaurant will never go inside the green delivery box meant for our Pure Veg Fleet.
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