Kochi college: Arrest of 5 students sparks freedom of expression row: The arrest of five students of Kochi-based Maharaja’s College Wednesday, on charges of damaging property and furniture at the institute, has triggered a row over freedom of expression. A section of students have alleged that the five were actually arrested for scribbling on college…
Protests against art show our laws encourage a free reign to feeling ‘offended’: Kerala’s leading daily Malayala Manorama on Tuesday ran an unconditional, front-page apology on behalf of the group on behalf of their 150-year-old literary magazine Bhashaposhini after two images in its latest edition results in protests from two powerful communities in the state.…
The privacy concerns of social media companies like Facebook are hurting investigations: Recent reports show an increasing reluctance on the part of social media companies to cooperate with investigations of posts, videos, etc. through their websites. Privacy concerns appear to be the main reason for this. The most recent case is where Facebook refused to…
Guarantee freedom of speech to critics of religion: Taslima: Thrissur: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin on Saturday said democracy would be meaningful only if freedom of expression was guaranteed not just to those who follow religion but to those who criticize religion as well. Speaking to TOI on the sidelines of a book releasing function…
Human Rights Day: India lost 40 journalists since 1992 on line of duty: Sixty-eight years ago, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To mark the occasion every year since 1950, 10 December is celebrated as Human Rights Day. But safeguarding human rights hasn’t been easy. Over the…
Forsaking Constitutional Morality At The Altar Of Constitutional Patriotism?: On 29th November the President elect of the United States of America (US), Donald Trump tweeted “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!”
The BJP’s head of information technology just issued a warning to every journalist in the country: Amit Malviya is a name that most readers, political junkies aside, are unlikely to be familiar with. But the banker-turned-political worker is one of the most influential figures in our public discourse. As the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national head…
Freedom of expression is curbed in India: Recounting his own experiences of facing flak from political and social groups for his movies, noted filmmaker Prakash Jha shared that freedom of expression is curbed for artists in the country.”If today, you try to name somebody, with whom any particular community is associated, you will most likely…
This has been a bad month for Indian democracy. First, there was the one-day ban on NDTV India imposed by the government of India. This sparked much protest; bowing to the pressure, the government seems to have stayed the ban — whether for the moment or for ever, it is not clear.
PANAJI: Recounting his own experiences of facing flak from political and social groups for his movies, noted filmmaker Prakash Jha shared that freedom of expression is curbed for artists in the country.