aug 4th, 2006
interesting, thanks to reader aum.
now who would said british academics be who are "close to the indian government", ie. to the congress? lord meghnad desai, perhaps? the right reverend amartya sen, although he's now at harvard?
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From: Aum
Date: Aug 4, 2006 7:05 PM
Subject: Hindu Website Ban Backfires. More People Log in
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http://www.techgoss.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=c611131230080406080406%206:55:32%20AMS1122
Hindu Website Ban Backfires. More People Log in
By Ratna Singh
On July 18th, the Indian Government banned www.hinduhumanrights.org along
with a few other websites. Ostensibly, the reason to block access to
Hinduhumanrights.org was that it could cause religious disharmony and civil
disturbances in India. The real reason may be the websites differences of
opinion with some Indian academics in UK with close links to the current
Indian Government.
The ban has actually backfired. The Indian State does not have the
resources to implement such a ban which is practically impossible on the
internet. Thousand of more people logged in to the website to see what the
fuss was all about, giving Hinduhumanrights a big boost. Natural justice
processes were not followed – one morning the people running the website
woke up to hear it had been banned. Techgoss checked out the website for
the first time yesterday and found that except for a few graphic photos ,
there was nothing which could justify a blanket ban by a liberal democracy
like India which takes great pride in respecting all opinions. Like it or
not, some of the causes taken up by this organization have been quite
popular with the general Hindu population in Europe and USA.
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1 comment:
Good for Hindus. Most of them are so naive, so uninformed, and so careless about the good of their group that it makes you wonder whether they have any basic survival instinct. It is also noteworthy that NRIs have contributed more to dissemination of facts and right information. Perhaps, India is not a free and fair country. Some groups are kept under perpetual pressure. The pressure and the threat has been so strong that most people don't even notice that it is there. (Some philosopher talked about it long ago, third diemntiional power or something like that). Hindus and India is under siege.
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