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India following China down the wrong path with Rushdie censorship

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(Reuters Breakingviews) - There are many things about China that India would love to emulate. Attitudes to freedom of expression should not be one of them. India's slower growth is often defended as a price worth paying for freedom and democracy. But censoring Salman Rushdie and censuring Jay Leno doesn't say much for India's tolerance levels. And efforts to filter content on the Internet suggest India may be following China down the wrong path.

Governing the world's largest, and arguably most diverse, democracy is no easy task. The politics of caste and religion still play a huge role in determining who rules Mother India. Protests, fuelled by any perceived slight, offer politicians an opportunity to show the voters whose side they are on.

But the banning of books and artists is unbecoming of a country which prides itself on tolerance and constitutional democracy. Salman Rushdie was hounded away from Jaipur's literary festival this week. He cancelled a video-link just minutes before it was scheduled to begin after the organisers received death threats. His novel The Satanic Verses is banned in India and a group of writers now face prosecution for staging a reading of the text at the festival. In the same week, India officially complained to the United States over talk-show host Jay Leno's satirical suggestion that Sikhism's holiest shrine was Mitt Romney's vacation home.

Such protests have come and gone before, but efforts to control the Internet are new and dangerous. Google and Facebook are among 21 companies which have been asked to develop a mechanism to block objectionable material, after a private petitioner took the websites to court over images deemed offensive to Hindus, Muslims and Christians. Civil rights groups oppose the new laws but the government appears to be backing the censors.

This intention may be nanny-state, but the consequences could be more like big brother. Any kind of filter on the Internet can have both political and economic consequence. Though India's vibrant democracy continues to look robust, increasing state encroachment on freedom of expression would not be good for India's economy -- nor for its soul.

BREAKINGVIEWS - India imitates the bad Chinese way with Rushdie censorship | Reuters
 
India imitates the bad Chinese way ? Hehe . The Chinese are not going to like it :lol:


On topic , Congress has lost it. Minority appeasement at its best. First, Internet censorship and now this.
 
And apart from that being state election in the pipeline, Congress Gov will do the same thing to appease the minority e.g. Iran Policy, Rushide is not allowed to talk ...etc.
 
India imitates the bad Chinese way ? Hehe . The Chinese are not going to like it :lol:


On topic , Congress has lost it. Minority appeasement at its best. First, Internet censorship and now this.

In your tinted glasses, anything Chinese related is bad. Pretty much have to discount whatever you said to correct the bias.
 
LOL...^ A person from Iran ,Living in Canada is so much interested into Indians affairs that he search and post Anti-India Threads everytime ??

*Ahm Ahm*

;)

@Topic...


Congress is history now! :tdown::tdown:
 
LOL...^ A person from Iran ,Living in Canada is so much interested into Indians affairs that he search and post Anti-India Threads everytime ??

*Ahm Ahm*

;)

@Topic...


Congress is history now! :tdown::tdown:

So my posting style is not confirming to the guideline of Indian Propaganda Department? Did they send you here to check on us?
 
while failing to emulate the positive aspects?

such as?

Here is a hint:

1990 - China GDP : India GDP - 1 : 1
2000 - China GDP : India GDP - 2 : 1
2010 - China GDP : India GDP - 4 : 1

Look at how fast the gap is increasing. :lol:

Secondly, according to the Economist we are 40 years ahead of India in terms of development indicators. And as you can see above, that gap is increasing every single day.

Unless you think that India having more poverty/starvation than Africa is called "emulating the postive aspects". :azn:
 
Here is a hint:

1990 - China GDP : India GDP - 1 : 1
2000 - China GDP : India GDP - 2 : 1
2010 - China GDP : India GDP - 4 : 1

Look at how fast the gap is increasing. :lol:

Secondly, according to the Economist we are 40 years ahead of India in terms of development indicators. And as you can see above, that gap is increasing every single day.

Unless you think that India having more poverty/starvation than Africa is called "emulating the postive aspects". :azn:



As always GDP, starvation... .. man u are unbelievable.. u will shame the automated robots with these repeated process.
 

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