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9 February 2012

Can an "offensive speech" ever have an immaculate definition??

The predicament of being too blunt and presumptuous at some point, can prove to be a toppled over incident. The same thing happened in the not so long ago held Jaipur literature festival that was more in news and limelight because of its controversial multifarious discussions. The most prominent being of course of salman Rushdie's and than, other three budding writers joined the queue with him too. The whole notion of discarding salman Rushdie's entry in the festival rose from the excerpts of his book "The satanic verses" in which he purportedly vilified the Muslim community and denigrated their rites to some extent. The slander of Muslims was apparently taken very seriously and it made the things quite convoluted and enigmatic for salman Rushdie and ordinary people too. The specific excerpts from his book were rather insinuated to be libeling the Muslim communion on their traditions and rituals. But, there's never been a bonafide explanation for a hate speech. An offensive speech is nonetheless is reckoned to be the one that censures one's sentiments and abases a particular community advertently. Notwithstanding the fact that salman Rushdie did feel apologetic for his deed and humbly regretted the despair and scorn that he fostered in people or a group specifically, still he was not felicitated in the Jaipur literature festival. At one moment, there would be some news of his attending the festival and then the very next moment, there would be trepid and insipid headlines of his absence. Audience even thought in the beginning, that there would be some chimerical appearances of Rushdie's sporadically.    

The Government itself tried so hard to cease his entry in the festival by using circuitous itineraries and several conspiracies against him. There were also many headlines quoting that salman Rushdie's life may be in great turbulence if he attends the festival. So, the crux of all that pied drama was to stop Rushdie from getting in. Many lucubrated and think that it was an ostentatious pogrom to obfuscate Rushdie and his followers too. Then  there many others oft who wanted to mooch many things out of the spot light. Being filiopietistic is always welcome but being pompously reserved and defensive about one's traditions is just a lofty thing to digest. The dilettantes in the festival were not vituperating about a particular communion but they were just sharing their perspectives about the whole somber incidence. It was indeed not a strategized manner to calumanise any society. But then, since they are caught along the name "Rushdie", they are culprits without having committed any crime. If their effort was to appease the pain in many hearts, then it just seemed like an agony itself to the politicians.

The term hate speech has become an umbrella term. Being used by anyone and everyone, the apt articulation has lost its essence in abyss. If one doesn't want to hear anything in particular, then it's a hate speech by the other person which is reckoned a calumny. Officious advises and inferences are even taken as denigrating speeches. Thanks to the minute hearts of people embanked by corrupt practices of taking all the time and not giving at all.

it's the right time when the Government ought to articulate "whether a speech deserves to be hated or not...??"        

The interrogation is going to be perennial....."did i offend you??".....

3 February 2012

When will "India” take cognizance of its soft power??



Done are the days, when only crime and violence granted incessant mayhem to the society, nation and to the world on the whole. Today, in such a new fangled era, there are still some places, nations that are marred and sabotaged by the nature's violent outburst and its wrath and Libya is one of them. Libya is a living paradigm of drudgery engaged in reinventing it over the period of time. The calamities did away with it to the core and took off every mundane thing possible. The natives of Libya are passing their days somehow at the mercy of other nations, which are rendering them food, shelter and clothing amenities as per their will and capabilities. Our nation, India seems to have not reckoned its surreptitious power of resources it possesses. The country has altogether clandestine resources that are not even subtle properly. Everyone knows about the wastage produced in the nation on account of negligence or whatsoever, contributing towards the gargantuan amount of food being wasted every year in our nation. The food that is not getting its worth here could be used to fill the empty stomachs of the natives of Libya. And not only, Libya but also so many other places can be benefited by this benison of exuberant food that our country has. But nobody seems to take cognizance of this soft power India possesses. With all the resources available, china is doing every bit of effort to refurbish Libya and its citizens. Similarly, Brazil is also not behind to lend helping hand to Libya in the hour of the need. They are not floating like India notwithstanding all the resources and amenities accessible here. Again, the same question arises, till when??.... Till when India will not sustain Libya fully. Calling ourselves the most gregarious and amicable people full of mirth, we often take the credit and pleasure of calling ourselves "human beings". So, why not show our attributes if we are so?? 
Libya and its natives need "India", they need a helping hand, and so, "India" must unleash its soft power quickly to aid their miseries. Wake up India; unleash the humanity in you...