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Rakesh Kalshian's story "The Faustian temptations of big data" (16-30, September, 2017) is a great analysis and should wake up Indians caught in the Western consumer dream.

BHARATH KUMAR K CHENNAI

The European Court of Justice recently decided that European Union citizens had the "right to be forgotten" and that search giants would have to comply if they wanted to continue doing business in Europe. The tech giants may not have set out to acquire political power, but the scary part is that they have acquired by coincidence the ability to shape our politics and our lives.

H N RAMAKRISHNA BENGALURU