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What makes you think it is not respected now? Are you an Indian. I think my individual rights are fairly well protected (except if i'm in lawless state like Bih

• india 16y ago
  I am an Indian and I can point you to a number of incidents involving banning of books, movies and jailing of artists. People jailed for posting anti Sonia Gandhi messages on Orkut[1], banning of the comic Savita Bhabhi[2], seizing of Ask Me servers pre trial[3] are recent relevant examples off the top of my head. [1] http://www.merinews.com/article/man-jailed-for-posting-obscene-content-on-orkut/134255.shtml http://www.merinews.com/article/man-jailed-for-posting-obsce... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savita_Bhabhi#Ban_and_criticism_of_the_ban http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savita_Bhabhi#Ban_and_criticism... [3] http://news.oneindia.in/2010/01/30/data-theft-hc-asks-askme-in-to-shut-down.html http://news.oneindia.in/2010/01/30/data-theft-hc-asks-askme-...
  • boundlessdreamz 16y ago
    Apart from [3] which I don't have much idea of, the other two instances, the state acted within the framework of the law. Granted that, the orkut case the state cracked down disproportionately. But If i want to criticize sonia gandhi on a blog, I can as long as I keep the language civil. That's what I meant by my comment that my freedoms are fairly well protected. We do have some very archaic laws and I woud like less censorship on the matters of religion and pornography but even within the current framework of laws a great deal can be done
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