Re: Is India a model Democracy?

[Arun Mehta <indata@satyam.net.in>]

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Re: govt. control over radio (private channels not being allowed to do
news
and current affairs)
There is an irony in people on the Net discussing what level of
censorship
there should be for the rest of India. How many of us would tolerate
censorship of what is said on this list? Now, why are the poor people
who
can only communicate through the spoken word, be denied that same
opportunity of free speech? Rumours spread quick as wildfire without
electronic help. I'd much rather mischief-mongers went on the air, where

everyone can hear what they are saying and possibly correct it, than
that
this kind of talk was pushed into the back alleys.

I am in favour of completely opening up the use of short-range FM
transmitters in areas outside the reach of the existing FM channels.
Arun





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