hate speech

'On November 23, Aamir Khan made a statement on how his wife is scared of the growing disquiet in the country. His statement attracted opinions from across the country; politicians, fellow actors and people active on social media. But it has not only affected people’s opinion about him, it has also affected the brand he endorses. Snapdeal seems to be drawing a lot of flak only because Aamir is its brand ambassador. People took to Twitter starting another campaign called #AppWapsi asking others to not buy anything from Snapdeal and uninstall the app.

'Ongoing efforts to give legitimacy and legal sanction to hate speech has taken another step forward with Subramanian Swamy’s case coming up for a hearing before the Supreme Court. A case of hate speech was filed against Subramanian Swamy for his book on 'Terrorism in India' under Sections 153A of the Indian Penal Code. Dr Swamy has challenged the constitutionality of the sections of the IPC dealing with hate speech, saying they curtail free speech...

'Union Minister and former Army Chief General (retired) V.K. Singh found himself in the midst of yet another controversy, this time over the killing of the two Dalit children (one an infant of 11 months) in Faridabad, Haryana two days ago. The two children were burnt to death, and their mother is struggling for her life in hospital. Asked about the atrocity in Haryana, Gen. Singh said the Central government could not be associated with every incident, and the local administration had to be blamed for it.

'The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday got around a ban on the entry of its leader Praveen Togadia into Bengaluru, formerly known as Bangalore, by playing a 15-minute video recording at a VHP convention in the state in which Togadia demanded that India should be declared a "Hindu Rashtra". The video started playing before thousands of supporters at the fag-end of the event, catching the police unawares. Though some police personnel climbed on to the stage in an attempt to turn off the video, the organisers refused to reveal where the main power switch was, leaving the police red-faced.