While the Indian government is trying to scale down the freedom of Indian internet users with its new drive of “cyber security”, Indian internet users are awakening towards their fundamental right of freedom of speech. Obviously, it all started with the new power of social networking that gave the internet users a chance to act like freelance journalists. Now it is hard to define any difference between a journalist and a blogger who is determined to explore, research, and express his views on a/any subject. It is said that the Arabian April Spring gained its strength because of the conscious bloggers and the social network users. According to news, the Facebook played a main role in bringing the people together and to express their opposition against the government at Tahrir Square which became the focal point of the Egyptian revolution of 2011. Thomas Jefferson once said, Periodic revolution, “at least once every 20 years,” is “a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.” He was so true and this is because of the fact that the centripetal force of …Read the Rest
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Anna Hajare detained to Maintain Peace and Security
Opposing Corruption is equivalent to Opposing Government1 . Delhi Police arrested Anna Hajare and sent him to Tihar jail for 7-days custody. So now Anna Hajare will enjoy the dais with heavy-weight politicians like Suresh Kalmadi of CWG scam fame and A Raja and Kanimojhi of 2G scam fame. The case against Anna Hajare is of being possible threat to the people and property of Delhi as his agitation against the government may go violent irrespective of his claim of being a peaceful protestor who wants to revolt against the corrupt political system. Often politicians offer a flase choice between liberty and security and assert that if you want to remain free of terrorist attacks, genocides and unnecessary uproar, you need to remain under surveillance and you have to obey the irrational rules dictated by the government and the police. Almost every Indian is protesting against the ill-moves of Delhi government under the orders of politicians. However, same protest wasn’t registered when the police commissioner of Delhi on July 15th claimed that Delhi is safe for women and if a …Read the Rest
No Right to Free Speech and Privacy for Indians
Indian government recently decided to culminate freedom of Indian citizens by order the Department of Telecom to effectively monitor the Facebook and Twitter accounts of every Indian internet users. Your blogs will be checked and even your private mails are no more private1 . What is it means? It simply means that government believes that the citizens are potential threat to the exploitative, corrupt and oppressive governmental system which is famous for fake encounters by police and army men. It also means that politicians are suspicious that the common men have suffered a lot through political corruption and oppressiveness of government and they can group in to protest. Since government doesn’t want anything against it, it is trying to restrict your freedom of speech and expression. Now you need to remain very alert and cautious while using internet. You are not free but a prisoner and you are under surveillance of corrupt oppressive government which is constantly working to rule, dominate and exploit you2 . Furthermore, the cost for your imprisonment will be paid by your own hard money which …Read the Rest
India cannot safeguard Individual rights and Freedom of speech
The Vijay Mallaya ownede UB group decided to withdraw the controversial ad depicting Mahendra Singh Dhoni making fun of Harbhajan Singh. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the current captain of Indian Cricket Team and Harbhajan Singh is a team member. So in order to maintain friendly decorum in between the two, The UB Group decided to withdraw the ad of McDowells Platinum. However, it all seems murky because the UB Group was initially legally charged by the lawyers of Harbhajan Singh against the advertisement and yesterday, even Vijay Mallaya stated that he won’t remove that ad. So what happened within a night? May be Vijay Mallaya got the information that while the Indian government certainly boast about its democratic culture and willingness to ensure individual freedom and freedom of speech, however, all this is just fake and he can well be charged and punished by the court and the government if he won’t patch up with Harbhajan Singh specially when his mother has made the notice that the ad hurts religious sentiments. So you see the irony? There is no freedom …Read the Rest
