"First Rushdie, then the cancellation of a seminar and film screening on Kashmir at a Pune college, now Taslima Nasreen. It seems there is no end to India's capacity for easy surrender when it comes to the freedom of expression."
All this is clearly unheeding of several Supreme Court verdicts, that public authorities must protect the freedom of expression, and cannot resort to bans in the name of upholding law and order. The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Not playing at a theatre near you
All this is clearly unheeding of several Supreme Court verdicts, that public authorities must protect the freedom of expression, and cannot resort to bans in the name of upholding law and order. The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Not playing at a theatre near you
Such pusillanimity has come to the fore during elections in important States where political parties are seeking votes on communal platforms — despite all the evidence that minority voters do not want to be treated in this way — is a sad reflection on the condition of the world's largest democracy and its leaders.
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