Freedom To Offend

Getting rid of 66A doesn’t allow citizens to assume that we’ve lost our criminal laws on defamation or obscenity. This free speech one is unlikely to go much further. The valedictory flag marches around the Supreme Court’s striking down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act greatly exaggerates the immediate…

India’s Silenced Daughters

We may not have noticed but India seems to be having a Charlie Hebdo moment. Given the rioting in Rajpath in December 2012 following the horrific Nirbhaya Rape case, the Government has moved to pre-empt public outrage over Leslee Udwin’s documentary “India’s Daughter” by banning it. I dislike bans, be…