Reading Nikhil Pahwa's article India's Internet Control Rules Finalized sent a shiver down my spine. I couldn't believe it. I thought I am living in the most vibrant democracy this side of the Suez. Not that all countries this side of the Suez believe in anything democratic. Most of them are dictatorships of a few or oligarchies at the best.
Now it seems I could be acted upon for blasphemy. Oh, God! Is it Saudi Arabia or Pakistan where the religious police can cane a person in public for blasphemy? With the number of religions we have how can we find a common thread for the very term blasphemy? Doesn't this leave things more muddled than before.
Hm. Need more introspection.
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Dear Sir
This law is a reprieve for individuals like myself who have been targets of the media.
In 2008, a jealous neighbour filed a false police complaint against me for something very minor. The whole issue should have never blown out of proportions. The complainant in a bid to spoil my name further paid reporters in DNA, ToI and Mid Day to publish this news.
Fast Forward 2010: The court acquitted me considering that the offence was minor and the charges were false. No one reported it.
Its all over on Google - those news links. Now I can use these laws to get them removed. If drawn up, I shall use this to hammer back at the media. Free speech doesnt mean that one goes around spoiling others lives and livelihoods.
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