Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Govt threatned to put restrictions on online activities. What is your point of view?


The Central Govt of India has threatened to take steps to censor the 'objectionable' online contents shared via google or facebook or sites like that. But they did not define the term 'objectionable'. It may turn out to be any content which some person in the Govt or some leader finding not according to their consent and hence declared as objectionable! It could be any writing criticizing the Govt policy, and they proceed to block it cause it was objectionable. In India we talk about freedom of speech, then what is the reason for such censorship? Are they going to make India a second China?
For people like us the online world carries a highly significant role in expressing our views on different issues and sharing the same. Here we can express our feelings, our thoughts, to the fullest extent which may not be possible in real life due to several reasons which vary from person to person. For so many people the online world has created a separate space which they can monitor and live according to their own will hiding from the ever fault-catching eye of the so-called society.
The main reason for the Govt in taking  the steps is the abuse of their leaders through nasty pictures or other media. And the other is use of abusive languages towards a certain religion. But this also be taken into account that not all people are sharing or encouraging such mindless and very badly humoured jokes. General people do not appreciate such low-class activities. It's only a fraction of internet users who get some fun out of those abusiveness. They are the rotten part of the online society which is needed to take care of. By monitoring the tracking facilities it is always possible to locate the origin of such abusive contents and the creator could be prosecuted in a court of law. But that could not lead to taking steps against social networks by some unjust means. People of that kind would always found some other form of medium to spread their contents. So mere blocking or censoring would not prevent them.
In this ever increasing stressful world the social networks provide us some place to breathe . Please do not take any step that could take our free world away. And to the social networks, please do not fall back from your firm stand. Do not let the state snatch our right to freedom of speech.

Monday, December 05, 2011

We need to find our uniqueness.


"Fame is vapour, Popularity is an accident, Riches take wings, only one thing endures, Character."
We all had an affinity towards some kind of popularity. We all want to get noticed. We all want to be the charm of a gathering, the One! But most of us failed to do so. Why?
There's a simple reason, we all want to be someone else rather than whom we are. Often we see a person surrounded by his followers and we tend to place ourselves at the position of that particular person, and dream to be like him. This is seen very clearly when someone follows the style of some movie star or a famous person of that kind. In India, young people cut their hair like their idols, talks the way their heroes did, but seldom do the hard work like them which is needed to succeed. We can talk like Shah Rukh Khan but we cant be him. He is one of his kind. Similarly, we all are unique, just need to find our uniqueness.