Comments on: The Joys of the First Amendment http://prasenjeet.com/blog/2006/05/the-joys-of-the-first-amendment Prasenjeet Dutta's blog on Technology, Software and Innovation Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: musings of an iconoclast: tarun upadhyay’s blog » Blog Archive » does indians really have freedom of speech on religious matters? http://prasenjeet.com/blog/2006/05/the-joys-of-the-first-amendment#comment-155 musings of an iconoclast: tarun upadhyay’s blog » Blog Archive » does indians really have freedom of speech on religious matters? Tue, 16 May 2006 12:25:59 +0000 http://www.chaoszone.org/when/2006/05/784#comment-155 [...] Prasenjeet makes a valid observation about freedom of speech in India and western Europe: The irony is that most Western Europeans and Indians celebrate their right to free speech without being aware how fragile it really is. The lack of a strong First Amendment in both places means that freedom of speech is malleable, subject to the tastes of the ruling classes (or mobs) of the day. [...] [...] Prasenjeet makes a valid observation about freedom of speech in India and western Europe: The irony is that most Western Europeans and Indians celebrate their right to free speech without being aware how fragile it really is. The lack of a strong First Amendment in both places means that freedom of speech is malleable, subject to the tastes of the ruling classes (or mobs) of the day. [...]

]]> By: tarun upadhyay http://prasenjeet.com/blog/2006/05/the-joys-of-the-first-amendment#comment-154 tarun upadhyay Tue, 16 May 2006 12:12:55 +0000 http://www.chaoszone.org/when/2006/05/784#comment-154 Prasenjeet, this is a very valid point. it was only after coming to America that I realized that we did not really have free speech in India (when it comes to religious or historical matters). Recent ban on deepa mehta's movie water is a good example of the limits we go to hide what is an established well-known practice. Prasenjeet,

this is a very valid point. it was only after coming to America that I realized that we did not really have free speech in India (when it comes to religious or historical matters).

Recent ban on deepa mehta’s movie water is a good example of the limits we go to hide what is an established well-known practice.

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