Jim Ankan Deka | Music, Photography and More

Few days back I posted Mahesh Murthy's take on anti #net neutrality and Airtel's 'Airtel Zero' plan . After a huge outcry (over 800,000 emails to the Government) and Flipkart's final decision of backing out of Airtel Zero, Bharti Airtel's CEO Gopal Vittal wrote to customers on April 19, 2015, explaining why they love net neutrality and why Airtel Zero is benign and just some "technology platform". Below is the email. Dear Customer Over the last few days you may have seen a lot of conversation on our toll free platform Airtel Zero. It has been painted as a move that violates net neutrality and we have been very concerned at the incorrect information that has been carried by some quarters in the media as well as in social media. I wanted to take this opportunity to clear the air and reiterate that we are completely committed to net neutrality. Let me clarify. Our vision is to have every Indian on the internet. There are millions of Indians wh...

Niyoror Xur (নিয়ৰৰ সুৰ) - is Jim Ankan Deka's fourth Assamese music video. Sung by Mayukh Hazarika, the song is based on poems by Assamese writer duo Late Bhabananda Deka and Late Nalini Prava Deka and edited by Ankur Deka. The video is directed by Parmita Borah. The song will be released online in June, 2015. Presented by ChaiTunes, the song is produced by Eastern Fare Music Foundation, Bangalore and powered by Music Malt, a music house based in Bangalore.

Some of you may remember the huge hype around VAS (Value Added Services) startups in India less than a decade years ago - remember SMSing to get your horoscope for the day, or a cricket score update? The story was all about how they'd create great content for distribution on the telcos' networks and how we'd see new giant companies being formed. Fast forward to today - the telcos' user base is ten times larger - but do you see any of those VAS companiess around? They're all virtually dead - and the telcos killed them. And they did so with a simple weapon - they charged a toll tax of 80% or more on all revenues generated by the VAS startups on their networks. VAS companies are long gone - the telcos killed and ate the golden geese, and golden eggs are now hard to come by. But rather than learn from this debacle - they're out there to find and kill the next golden egg. And that's you, dear Indian internet entrepreneur. You're going to be the next ...

Xaare Aasu - Jim Ankan Deka ft. Queen Hazarika Xaare Aasu (সাৰে আ্ছো) - is Jim Ankan Deka's third Assamese music video. The song features Assamese singer Queen Hazarika. The video is directed by Parmita Borah. The song will be released online in May, 2015. The song is produced by Eastern Fare Music Foundation , Bangalore. The lyrics of the single is penned together by writer Bhabananda Deka, poet Nalini Prava Deka and Jim. Xaare Aasu is powered by Music Malt and presented by Chai Tunes . Jim Ankan Deka and Queen Hazarika