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Welcome to the Sunil Abraham Project (TSAP). This space brings together notes, essays, research, and reflections on technology, policy, and society. It aims to make knowledge freely accessible, encourage collaborative learning, and preserve insights.
The project reflects years of engagement with digital rights, open technology, and social research in India and beyond. It seeks to connect individual thought with public understanding, bridging ideas across disciplines and communities.
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Featured article🔗
Rev. Athanasius Mathen Abraham Ayrookuzhiel (1933–1996) was an Indian theologian, priest, and scholar whose work bridged faith, culture, and social justice. Educated in philosophy and theology in Pune, Rome, and Oxford, he combined pastoral life with a deep interest in the moral and social struggles of ordinary people. His ministry in the Church of England and later in India reflected a conviction that religion must respond to the realities of oppression and inequality.
After returning to India, he joined the Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society in Bangalore, where he became Associate Director. Working closely with theologian M. M. Thomas, he explored how Christian thought could engage with caste and class through the lived experiences of Dalit communities. His research on folk religion, ritual, and oral traditions offered new ways of understanding theology as a form of cultural expression and resistance.
Among his major works are The Sacred in Popular Hinduism, Swami Anand Thirth: Untouchability, Gandhian Solution on Trial, and the posthumous Essays on Dalits, Religion, and Liberation. Until his death in 1996, Ayrookuzhiel remained dedicated to a theology rooted in the struggles of the marginalised—a vision that continues to shape Indian Christian and social thought.
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Sunil Abraham🔗
Sunil Abraham (IAST: Sunīl Ābrahām; IPA: suːˈniːl ˈɑːbrəˌhɑːm, born 17 June 1973) is an Indian internet researcher, public policy advocate, and social entrepreneur known for his work at the intersection of technology, society, and governance.
Sunil is a co-founder and former executive director of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), a Bangalore-based non-profit research organisation established in 2008 to explore the relationship between the internet and social change. CIS brings together scholars, technologists, and activists to study issues such as internet governance, privacy, accessibility, and freedom of expression.
In 1998, he co-founded Mahiti Infotech, a social enterprise designed to make technology affordable and effective for the voluntary sector through Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Under his leadership, Mahiti has supported hundreds of civil society organisations with digital tools, training, and open technology solutions.
His contributions extend to advising governments, UN agencies, and advocacy groups on open standards, internet policy, and digital rights. A frequent lecturer and writer, Sunil's work highlights issues of openness, equity, and accountability in technology. His lifelong mission remains to ensure that innovation strengthens democracy and social inclusion rather than deepening inequality.
Featured cartoon🔗
TSPA #0017 is the seventeenth comic strip in TSPA, the original comic strip on The Sunil Abraham Project, started by Tito Dutta.
In this silent comic, Ti faces forward beneath a large full moon as his gaze becomes increasingly focused, his eyes develop a reddish tint, and his expression gradually becomes a clear smile while the night sky changes dramatically.
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From the Newest Pages🔗
In this section we feature selected newly created pages from across the site. For a complete list, see all newest pages.
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8 October 2026
Religion and Justice
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A 2022 edited volume by Y. T. Vinayaraj, published by the Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society (CISRS), examining religion and justice in relation to theology, ethics and public life.
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7 October 2026
Year One Lookback
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A look back at the first year of The Sunil Abraham Project, from 2 October 2025 to 2 October 2026.
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6 October 2026
Authority control identifiers, bibliographic records, scholarly profiles, institutional references, and related metadata associated with Rev. Dr. Y. T. Vinayaraj.
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20 September 2026
A Review of the Policy Debate around Big Data and Internet of Things
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An August 2015 CIS blog post by Elonnai Hickok reviewing how regulators and experts across jurisdictions, including the US FTC, the Article 29 Working Party, the European Commission, and the European Data Protection Supervisor, are responding to Big Data and the Internet of Things from a policy perspective.
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16 September 2026
A July 2015 CIS blog post by Elonnai Hickok comparing India's Aadhaar number with the United States Social Security Number across governance, purpose, applicability, storage, verification, and enrolment, prompted by reports of a pilot to enrol children for Aadhaar numbers at birth.
This project serves as a living documentation space for research, writing, and reflection. This is built to create, organise, and publish documentation in a structured yet flexible manner, enabling continuous learning and open exchange of ideas.
It aims to:
- Create and maintain documentation — capture insights, notes, essays, and drafts across themes and disciplines.
- Encourage knowledge sharing — make ideas accessible, referenceable, and adaptable for wider audiences.
- Support learning and reflection — develop patterns of learning, synthesis, and critical thought through open writing.
- Enable collaboration and contribution — allow others to engage with, remix, and build upon existing materials.
- Host brainstorming and ideation — serve as a space for developing and refining emerging ideas and projects.
This documentation evolves over time, not as a static archive, but as a continuous process of thinking, writing, and sharing.
Whether you are a researcher, student, practitioner, or reader exploring questions of openness, equity, and digital transformation, this documentation offers a growing archive of material to study, share, and build upon.
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