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Freedom of Expression? Posted by IBNLive at 12:26 PM, Apr 05, 2012 in Shows
Sri Aurobindo scholar may be asked to leave India
Rad
If you don't like the law, protest and change
the law. Don't name-call officials who are doing their job of enforcing
the law.
Ramya
Jairam is the only guy with any brains inside
his head. India
Rad
Jairam can apply his brains to change the law
if so inclined rather than to pressure other law-abiding officials to flout the
law. Btw, so let me get this straight - minds who want to stand up in
pride and uphold the law even if it goes against a US national are
somehow colonized, while minds, such as yours, who want to favor a US
national in violation of a law are somehow "free". Did I get it
right?
Last para's reveal the agenda of most such
articles. My GOD , It says extremists!! RIP Jounalism of India
Anjana
You know what "extremist" means?
Truthbetold
Ramesh should mind his ministry and spend time
on his own work instead of working for a visa violators. Perhaps he wants to
inform us that it's okay to break Indian law if you are American. Ramesh is
inviting legal action on himself.
Harshvardhan Patel
The leftist lobby seems to be keen on
protecting through Jairam Ramesh one more anti-national, anti-Indian ethos,
anti spiritual element, this time a foreigner. Why doesn't Jairam Ramesh make
Heehs his private secretary for environmental affairs? Why this overly
flattering assessment of Peter Heehs's biography?
Shankar
You are the proverbial toad in the well.
Guest
Visa cancelled by extremists? Are you crazy?
But perhaps we are crazy as a nation that takes pride in sheltering the likes
of kasab while calling the truly patriotic Indian extremist in his own country.
Get some lesson from the country that boasts of liberty and freedom and goes on
to massacre nations and subjugate them economically in the name of exigency!
Tejaswi1960
Mr Jairam Ramesh should stay within his office
limits and do some good work on rural upliftment. It is never a good sign
for any healthy democracy when one minister tries to meddle into another
ministry's affair. What else is this but undermining the very roots of
democratic set-up. Would he appreciate if other ministers meddled and tried to
influence his decision out of sheer favouritism?
The Indian
Dear Tejaswi, Jayaram Ramesh is a citizen of
this country first and his request to the HM is on that base. So interference
etc is out of context.
Rad
> It was earlier alleged that Heehs’s visa
was cancelled at the behest of extremists
Will there now be an apology forthcoming from
Chikermane, Guha, et al to the so-called extremists?
Bharat Singh
Never seen so much egg on the face of a
'Chicken'!!!
Extremist
If 'extremists' intend to live up to their
branded name then they should now start demanding the cancellation of
citizenship of 'Chicken' and 'Chuha'!!!
Extremist
'Ramesh hailed him for authoring one of the
best biographies on Sri Aurobindo.'
Has Ramesh read all the biographies of Sri Aurobindo? By the appearances of things it appears that Ramesh has never been touched by Sri Aurobindo's force and as for his reading of all Sri Aurobindo's biographies is concerned that seems to have been done during the course of his three meetings with Peter!
Has Ramesh read all the biographies of Sri Aurobindo? By the appearances of things it appears that Ramesh has never been touched by Sri Aurobindo's force and as for his reading of all Sri Aurobindo's biographies is concerned that seems to have been done during the course of his three meetings with Peter!
BTW: In fact Ramesh liked Peter Heeh's
biography so much that he was following Peter's case in Home Ministry so
closely that he ended up pre-empting Home Minsiters Office! While the notice
was served to Peter on 30th Ramesh had written letters to PC and PM on 29th!
What an irony. A country that is governed by
the Rule Of Law with natural justice as its fundamental edifice, is plagued by
the syndrome of intolerance ever so often. Prejudging content, often without
even viewing or reading it, has become a national ...
Raghunathan Varadarajan: Impatience,
Indiscipline and intolerance are the root cause all evils in this country
Aditya B. Iyer: Sanjay,
A Critical observation with a great deal of insight. The media has for once
given good article...
Vijay Venkateswaran: Intolerance
is in the eyes of the beholder and hence definitely will not match with the
other person - this does not have anything to do with religion, caste, creed
etc. if it were truly based on religion why do road rages occur, why would
anyone lose temper if a biker rubbed against your car? Everyone pretends to be
a saint/judge when it comes to judging other's actions but when it comes to
one's own actions then it is a matter of self-respect, self-protection
blah-blah...
Selvam K.: IF
NRIs would be treated like this abroad all hell would brake loose: what a view
in the mirror.
M.v. Rangaraajan: Correction:"Hence
avoidance of writing something incomprehensible for mass consumption is good."
M.v. Rangaraajan: Mr.
Sanjay! Even literate persons have not progressed mentally at same level but
everybody reads a report, interprets according to his own level of knowledge,
spreads it to others. Some things are too high to be comprehensible to common
man. Hence avoidance of writing something for mass consumption is not good.
Sure there could be a debate in proper forum.
Sreenivas Subramaniam: @M.v.Rangarajan,
Are you trying to say that it is justified to oppose someone's freedom of
speech or expression, just because it is offending some section of society? BTW
was your comment direct towards me?
Sreenivas Subramaniam: I
cannot comprehend as to why can't Indians ever get out of this religious
mindset. If we create more fundamentalist in our country, then there are
chances of our society giving birth to radical groups.
Chandrashekhar: Sanjay,
I disagree with you. If I provide wrong account of your life in public with
hidden agenda, will your family not protest?
Karthik Pk: @Chandrasekhar
I do agree his family can protest but that mean doesnt mean you can be banned
from giving a wrong account and your mouth should be given a gag order. Free
speech is free speech and how do you know what the guy said in his book isnt
true?
Jairam writes to PC on historian's visa cancellation Hindustan Times - 10 hours ago Intolerance:
A National Pastime? NDTV See
all 3 sources » - Economics Journal: Should India Relax its Visa Rules?
Wall Street Journal (blog) - Apr 3, 2012 Chidambaram won't allow US historian to stay in India Hindustan
Times See
all 3 sources » - Chidambaram to decide on Heehs' visa tomorrow Times of India - Mar 31, 2012 PC seeks review of decision on historians visaIndian Express
US historian may leave UT IBNLive.com See
all 11 sources » - Mind, involution & evolution Times of India - Apr 3, 2012 In Hume's footsteps Hindustan Times - Apr 2, 2012 No legal cover for journalists refusing to divulge source Times of India - Apr 1, 2012 Pravesh
Utsav for schoolchildren launched in Odisha India Education Diary - Apr 4, 2012 Admissions Open
for Advertising & Public Relations Course at SACAC, Delhi PR.com (press
release) - Mar 15, 2012 A
revolutionary in exile The Hindu - Mar 19, 2012 Powerful play The Hindu - Mar 26, 2012 A Tale of Love and Heartbreak from The Examined Life by Ravikiran Rao - I suppose the lesson has always stayed with me. It
accounts for my cynicism over the Lok Pal and the concept of “Persons of
unimpeachable integrity”… In general, I am sceptical of any solution that
relies on people’s character rather than structures and incentives. 10:39 AM
"Sri Aurobindo on Hinduism" by
Peter Heehs -- reviewed by Raman Reddy 12 Aug 2010
– The following paragraph is from a booklet by
Peter Heehs entitled Sri Aurobindo on Hinduism and
published by the Sri Aurobindo Society, ... 7:57 AM View
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