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Examining Our Commitment Towards Liberty: John Stuart Mill Revisited

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India celebrated its 63^rd Republic Day this year on 26 January, marking the anniversary of the implementation of the Indian Constitution. As citizens we must reflect upon the constitutional rights and liberties guaranteed to us by the law of the land. The Preamble to the Constitution states clearly that India will secure “LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship”. But one must ask the question if the country is still true to these foundational institutions. We are now living in uncertain times where the promises of free speech are steadily but surely violated: our voices on the Internet are being stifled and any opinion that is deemed “inflammatory” or “offensive” is hastily shut up with the clumsy explanation that the very fabric of national integration may be destroyed. (more…)

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