On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 04:31, Biju Chacko <[email protected]> wrote: > What with the Kapil Sibal brouhaha, I thought I'd better find out more > about what rights I actually have. I do know that freedom of speech in > India is not absolute and has constitutional limits. Could someone
Ahem, (y)our government quietly implemented the act many many months[0] ago but that news didnt grab any eyeballs. Not until it came to light that the freedom of speech existed only for the privileged political class[1] and the common (wo)man is ...err... just too common, only supposed to be coerced out of their slumber every half decade to exercise their franchise, of which more than half the population are apathetic about. [0] http://svaksha.com/post/2011/Internet-free-speech-meme-%22Casteism-can-get-you-jailed-but-Sexism-and-Ageism-are-acceptable-in-Indian-politics%22 [1] http://www.asianage.com/columnists/keep-net-clean-256 -- .
