One killed in Indian protest against Bangladesh writer

[Materialistic]

2) You are among those mentioned in point 1. It is Yashwant Singh not Advani. His book is not banned, it is a bestseller. He was expelled from his party which has different opinion about Jinnah, not from Indian State. So you have no doubt that you too shout without being properly informed.

I was not sure of the name, because im not interested in India's local politics.

He was expelled from the party that was an action. Freedom of speech demands no action against any person expressing himself at any level at all, what u mean is that it is all fine as long as u r not exiled from ur own country for freely expressing ur thoughts ?

So you have no doubt that you too shout without being properly informed.

This is not a place for teenage youtube warrior sort of fights,

 

[jbond197]

What about the book of L.K ADVANI where he praised Qaud-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah?? Was that an act of terrorism to be banned ?? OR dint he deserve the freedom of speech?

Get your fact straight mate. you mean to say Jaswant singh's book not L K Advani's right? Also Jaswant singh's book is freely available all over India except Gujarat. As a matter of fact, due to controversy over Jinnah Jaswant singh's book had a record breaking sale.
I hope I answered your question.

 

[asq]

Yes and yes and yes, it was Jaswant sing. do not try to change the suject by smentics.

and what a shame, India calling itself the biggest secular democracy with gauranteed freedom of speech, when a book writen by Jaswant sing is construed as if he has exploded a nuclear device, what a shame., the poor guys is fired from his Life long achievement, it will be better for him if his citrizenship was revoked than denying the truth he spoke,

the truth he spoke is being rewadrded with lies, inuendos and with worse kind of sensor and worst kind of punishment.



What a shame.

 

[EjazR]

Jaswant Singh's book was banned only in Gujarat and even that was overturned by the HC there.

Taslima Nasreen is NOT in India. Some mischievous vernacular paper in Karnataka published an article by her. Not the GoI or even any other mainstream paper in India.

On the other hand, a peaceful forceful protest would have had a bigger impact. This just allowed her to get some more publicity.

 

[Al-zakir]

India is a land of free speech.

Its called free speech. period.

My good friends. Have you heard about Maqbool Fida Husain. The famous painter of yours. Not that I care about him. He actually forced to live in Bubai now. If you are advocating free speech to accommodate Taslimah's witting than how is that f hussain living in exiled because he also happened to practice some free of paint. NO

Oh I get it. The different is that Taslmiah denigrate Islam and fidah painted some Hindu naked god. I am sure he wasn't gonna forced out if he took shot on Islam.


I see practice of double standard here. This freedom of "whatever" only apply when it doesn't fall into Hinduism.

 

[deesu]

My good friends. Have you heard about Maqbool Fida Husain. The famous painter of yours. Not that I care about him. He actually forced to live in Bubai now. If you are advocating free speech to accommodate Taslimah's witting than how is that f hussain living in exiled because he also happened to practice some free of paint. NO

Oh I get it. The different is that Taslmiah denigrate Islam and fidah painted some Hindu naked god. I am sure he wasn't gonna forced out if he took shot on Islam.


I see practice of double standard here. This freedom of "whatever" only apply when it doesn't fall into Hinduism.

You know where Taslima is now? she was chased away from India.
and do you know the stand of GoI and many people the so called secularists on MF hussain??

 

[Spitfighter]

My good friends. Have you heard about Maqbool Fida Husain. The famous painter of yours. Not that I care about him. He actually forced to live in Bubai now. If you are advocating free speech to accommodate Taslimah's witting than how is that f hussain living in exiled because he also happened to practice some free of paint. NO

Oh I get it. The different is that Taslmiah denigrate Islam and fidah painted some Hindu naked god. I am sure he wasn't gonna forced out if he took shot on Islam.

I see practice of double standard here. This freedom of "whatever" only apply when it doesn't fall into Hinduism.

Wrong again.

M F Husain conferred with Qatar nationality

Posted: Thursday , Feb 25, 2010 at 1907 hrs New Delhi:

M F Husain has been living in exile for the last four years in the wake of protest by right wing organizations in the country against him.

Eminent painter M F Husain has been conferred with Qatar nationality which touched off a major debate on Thursday with his critics slamming him but the Government said he is the "pride of India."

Husain has been living in exile for the last four years spending most of his time in Dubai after the hate campaign against him by right wing groups over his controversial paintings on Hindu goddesses escalated.

While Husain has stated he has been "honoured" by Qatar nationality it is not clear whether it is honorary citizenship and whether he is giving up Indian citizenship. India does not allow dual citizenship even though there is an Overseas Indian category.

Neither Husain nor his son were available for their comments. Apparently embarassed by the development, the Indian government made it clear Husain was free to return to India and it was ready to provide security to the noted painter. Calling Husain as the "pride of India", Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said, "I would like him to feel safe and secure in India."


India is a developing country, we have more uneducated bigots that one would care to count. Hussain left not because of the government but because of radical Hindu organizations like the SS and the Bajrang Dal.

The government couldn't guarantee safety to either Husain or Taslima, which is why they left for Dubai and Sweden.

 

[Shashanka]

"Taslima Nasreen is not a good writer" agreed but you should acknowledge her courage to stand up against the attrocities by "BiDi"s over religious minorities.
I dont support her attack on islamic religious beliefs, but you must achknowledge her courage to show the truth of minority killings on riots after babri-messacre in BD......
they slaughtered hindu peoples, brunt hindu temples and raped minority girls.... and she has published this truths in front of the world which is highly appreciable.
After all she got support from some of her fellow bangladeshis intellectuals also but the bangladeshi state cannot take anybody publishing their failures , so she is been kicked out of scociety

 

[Bang Galore]

I was not sure of the name, because im not interested in India's local politics.

He was expelled from the party that was an action. Freedom of speech demands no action against any person expressing himself at any level at all, what u mean is that it is all fine as long as u r not exiled from ur own country for freely expressing ur thoughts ?



This is not a place for teenage youtube warrior sort of fights,

You seem to be a little confused on the application of freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is a right protected under the Indian constitution. What it means is that no action can be taken by the state against a person for exercising that freedom within set limits and it is the duty of the state to protect the individual concerned if there exists any threat to his or her person and to protect the individual during his or her exercising that right.

Exercising Freedom of speech under the Indian constitution and as a member of a party/club are not the same. A party operates under its own constitution and members are required to act within that. No case is made out for violation of statutory rights if the party and the individual concerned have a falling out due to difference of views and part ways. If Mr.Jaswant Singh felt aggrieved, he could have take his party to court and have the courts decide on the matter. You cannot join a religious group and then preach atheism claiming that you are exercising your freedom of speech.

 

[toxic_pus]

First of all Tasleema no longer resides in India.

Second of all Jaswant Singh's book is not banned.

Third of all Hussain has not been exiled by GoI. It is of course a failure of GoI that it couldn't ensure safety and security of Hussain, but that is another debate.

Fourth of all GoI had earlier banned The Satanic Verses

 

[Bang Galore]

Yes and yes and yes, it was Jaswant sing. do not try to change the suject by smentics.

and what a shame, India calling itself the biggest secular democracy with gauranteed freedom of speech, when a book writen by Jaswant sing is construed as if he has exploded a nuclear device, what a shame., the poor guys is fired from his Life long achievement, it will be better for him if his citrizenship was revoked than denying the truth he spoke,

the truth he spoke is being rewadrded with lies, inuendos and with worse kind of sensor and worst kind of punishment.



What a shame.

This is the problem with you guys. You comment without bothering to read the book, actually no different from members of the BJP who expelled Jaswant Singh without actually reading it.

Jaswant Singh is in fact very critical of Jinnah for the Calcutta killings holding him principally responsible . What many Pakistanis don't appreciate is that Jaswant Singh praises Jinnah for attributes in the early part of his life which Pakistanis find unpalatable.i.e. for his secularism and being a champion of Hindu-Muslim unity and his utter contempt for the notion of the wider Muslim Ummah vis a vis the Khilafat movement, at one point quoting him as asking what Indian Muslims have to do with the Caliph or with what happens in Turkey.

The truth he spoke .....??

Please read up ,my friend before you rush to comment.

 

[hembo]

Taslima denies writing article, says its attempt to malign her
Tue, Mar 2 01:11 PM

New Delhi: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Tuesday said the appearance of an article in a Karnataka newspaper purportedly written by her, which triggered violent protests in Shimoga and Hassan towns, is a "deliberate attempt to malign" her and "misuse" her writings to create disturbance in the society.

Nasreen said in a statement made available to PTI that she never penned any article for a newspaper in Karnataka.

"The incident that occurred in Karnataka on Monday shocked me. I learned that it was provoked by an article written by me that appeared in a Karnataka newspaper. But I have never written any article for any Karnataka newspaper in my life," she said.

Nasreen said, "The appearance of the article is atrocious. In any of my writings I have never mentioned that Prophet Muhammad was against burkha. Therefore, this is a distorted story."

The author said, "I suspect that it is a deliberate attempt to malign me and to misuse my writings to create disturbance in the society. I wish peace will prevail."

The violence in Shimoga, the home town of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, left two people dead, one of them in police firing on Sunday.

Nasreen, staying in an undisclosed destination due to security reasons since her return to India last month, had her visa extended recently by six months till August this year.

Replying to a question, she said she would not like to say anything other than the statement issued by her.