Chronicles of Kanjisheik: Behind The Blog Ban

Well, this is just a sort of sounding board for me to think aloud on the few issues that concern me and the numerous topics that do not! Well, if you want to read the little joys and sorrows of a young medical student, who is juggling with every faculty he possesses, to achieve one plain and neat goal- SURVIVAL, then this is defintely NOT the place! Please note: this is the work of a whizkid-turned-bookworm-turned-cool dude-turned-internet addict-turned-blogger.

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Behind The Blog Ban

For all those wondered why exactly those 17 sites were blocked by the Indian Government, here's some news. Check out this article by Barbarindian.

As one of them mentioned," First we were a vehicle by which the terrorists were transmitting communication between each other, then we were inciting violence with our "doctrine of hate", Now we are categorized as just "highly offensive" to the Indian Muslim community and hence must be silenced in the name of cultural harmony."

Is this the same India that is being praised for its secularism? This incident just points out the influence of the Muslim fundamentalists is quite strong in the Cabinet. Its time that we rubbish the claims of the Govt of India.

Posted by kanjisheik on July 24, 2006 07:54 AM | Permalink

: Name: kanjisheik; Location: by the side of Daenerys Targaryen!!! :~)

Abu Dhabi Indian School [ADIS], Abu Dhabi-> Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Vidya Mandir [BVBVM], Thrissur-> Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research [JIPMER], Pondicherry. I've lived in the United Arab Emirates for most of my life. Now i'm a 6th semester MBBS student in JIPMER, which is one of the best medical colleges in India. When I'm not mugging for the numerous tests that we have, i either read books, listen to music, write articles on some topic that catches my fancy, practise with members of my rock band,hang out with friends, watch movies, blog... In short, I'm your typical NRI college dude! Or am I? Read on to find out!