Posts Tagged “censorship”
The best way to spend your money this diwali – donate to Wikileaks
by Ritwik on October 26, 2011
I for one can’t think of a better way of spending my money this Diwali, than by helping Wikileaks in whatever small way I can.
Continue ReadingA Kafila of Brown Sahibs and Memsahibs?
by Ritwik on October 13, 2010
By muzzling the Nirmohis on a matter inextricably linked to them, not only does Kafila show intellectual arrogance, but a rather unfortunate sense of cultural and linguistic superiority which is a relic of the colonial episteme. Kafila should know that if they open their eyes to this, they can discard what we can call, the Educated Brown Man’s Burden, and this will enrich both their understanding and analysis.
Continue ReadingMuzzled by Kafila.org?
by Ritwik on October 5, 2010
I posted the above comment at Kafila.org this afternoon. It appears to have been rejected/deleted without assigning any reason. Comments made after mine have made their way on the website, which would indicate that my comment has been rejected/deleted/held till “higher authorities” take a call.As for the high and mighty writing on Kafila, I would advise that they amend their comment policy to add sarcasm to the list of undesirable traits.
Continue ReadingNow, Darwin censored in America
by Ritwik on September 15, 2009
Jon Amiel’s film Creation about Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution has not found a distributor in America, even though it has distributors all over the world.America touches new low in the acrimonious creationism vs evolution debate.
Continue ReadingWhy the BJP is right in expelling Jaswant Singh
by Ritwik on August 23, 2009
To sum up this issue: It is right to expel jaswant singh, but wrong to silence him. You cannot continue in a party unless you accept it’s core ideological position. However, his book should not be banned.
Continue ReadingHeroic Venezuelan President seeks to muzzle the press
by Ritwik on August 5, 2009
Criticism of attempts made by Hugo Chavez to control and tame the press in Venezuela through the new special law against media offences. I call upon all left/liberal/communist/socialist intellectuals to condemn this in the severest possible terms.
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