India all a-twitter as government ministers clash over use of social media
An Indian junior minister got a reprimand from his boss for using Twitter to criticize the government’s immigration policy, provoking discussion about open debate in a democracy and the role of electronic media. -DB The Los Angeles Times December 31, 2009 By Mark Magnier NEW DELHI – It takes a lot fewer than 140 characters to say, “Do you want to keep your job?” In what some are billing as a generational clash of technology