There
is a popular phrase in Hindi which says,”JAB GEEDAD KI MAUT AATI HAI TO WHO
SHAHAR KI AUR BHAGTA HAI,” which means that everything starts going wrong
for a person when his bad time starts and he starts taking self-destructing
decisions. This is what happening with the ‘Manmohan Singh & Co.’ or rather ‘Sonia Gandhi & Sons’ i.e. the Congress Party. First, Anna
Hazare’s campaign proved fatal to the reputation of the Government. Second, the
price hike. The recent price hike in the petrol price which proved to be heavy
on the pocket of the Common Man, but, the Common Man of India has adapted
himself to these blows by the Govt; he is a strong fellow, mind you! Third, the
act of passing the Cabinet’s recommendation of implementation of the
FDI(Foreign Direct Investment), for which the Government got wide criticism and
ultimately, changed their decision. Four, the recent strange looking act of the Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, who, from nowhere, notified the Social Networking sites Facebook,
Twitter, Google etc. to censor the posts of their users to make sure that there
is no antisocial voice there and nothing is posted against the leaders or the
religion. The Govt. or rather Mr. Sibal thinks that any antisocial activity on
these social networking sites can seed civil unrests and can distract the
people and their thinking.
See, on the social networking sites, it is
in your hand whom to make a friend, what you want to see and from whom you want
to see. If you are not fond of ideas of a person, you can simply hide him. The
Freedom of Speech is our right. But, this is a clear case of constraining our
right of speech.
I heard an eminent cartoonist on a news
channel saying that the social networking sites help the people get relieved of
all their frustration on the Government by expressing their views on their
network. He also referred a story in which a person employed in a company after
his job hours goes to a graveyard and remains there for half an hour and then
goes to his house. One day his office mates follow him to see what he does
there. What they found was amazing! He has kept a photo of his ‘BOSS’ there and
goes there to give the photo a beat. This is what helped him get relieved of
his frustration. The stubborn attitudes of the Government on the Lokpal Bill,
which was supported by millions of people, the time and again hikes in the
petrol prices, are all frustrating the common man. The social networking
websites provide a platform for the common man to get relieved from the anguish
by making a laugh of it. So, in a way, it helps the Government!
There are various other grounds on which we
can compete with China which are very much feasible for us, then why are we
trying to follow the unfeasible changes, that is censoring the social
networking sites, the FDI (which is going to haunt us in long term). India does
not have the capabilities which China has. They banned Google and launched
their very own search engine. They have banned many social networking sites and
replaced them with their own substitutes for them. In India, the democracy of
ours disables the Government even thinking about it.
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