[Reader-list] Girl arrested for Facebook post against BalThakeray

[Tara Prakash]

I think it was more of dread than respect that these celebrities were there. 
Thakure was known to get things done. Sunil Dutt went to his darbar to 
request for Thakure's intervention when TADA was being imposed on him. For 
all we know, he did offer hims support.  Sanjay Dutt visited Thakure in the 
hospital.

Thakure held sway in a very limited part of India and therefore the girl's 
comment was not wrong. Even if he was the PM of India, his deadbody had no 
business to stop the daily wage earners to get to work.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pradeep Agashe" <pradeepagashe at yahoo.com>
To: "Javed" <javedmasoo at gmail.com>
Cc: <reader-list at sarai.net>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Girl arrested for Facebook post against 
BalThakeray


> (1) girl has every right to express her feelings
> (2) ransacking her uncle's clinic was absolutely wrong on part of 
> shivsainiks
>
> but,
>
> (1) this was certainly not the right time to say so
> (2) from amitabh to nitin desai and from lata mangeshkar to madhur 
> bhandarkar, all rushed to 'matoshri' bunglow the moment they heard that 
> 'balasaheb was critical' - can it happen 'out of fear'?
> person of amitabh (or lata's) stature need not have to get scared of 
> anybody.
> amitabh was present at shivteerth also and paid homage to balasaheb - 
> which can happen only out of love.
> if the girl does not understand this fact then i must say she is a fool. 
> this is the classic case of misinformation - thanks to 'balasaheb bashing' 
> prog. continuously carried out by media
> interestingly, same media was giving live coverage of his funeral as it 
> was getting more 'trp' than cricket match,( naturally attracting more 
> advertisements) - simply because crores of people were watching this 
> coverage.
> do you think 'shivsainks' can force these crores of maharashtrians, 
> indians moreover 'hindus' to see the coverage?
>
> balasaheb was the only leader who always stood by hindus and had guts to 
> openly criticise 'socalled secularism' practiced in india - he was the 
> 'hinduhriday samrat' in true sense.
>
>
> --- On Mon, 19/11/12, Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] Girl arrested for Facebook post against Bal 
> Thakeray
> To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Monday, 19 November, 2012, 11:03 AM
>
>
> So, this is the level Indian democracy has fallen to (besides the
> entire media, politicians, film industry licking singing to the tune
> of a goon):
>
> -----
>
> 21-year-old girl held for Facebook post questioning Mumbai's 'Bal
> Thackeray shutdown'
>
> Mumbai Mirror | Nov 19, 2012
>
> MUMBAI: Police on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old girl for questioning
> the total shutdown in the city for Bal Thackeray's funeral on her
> Facebook account.
>
> Another girl who 'liked' the comment was also arrested.
>
> The duo were booked under Section 295 (a) of the IPC (for hurting
> religious sentiments ) and Section 64 (a) of the Information
> Technology Act, 2000. Though the girl withdrew her comment and
> apologized, a mob of some 2,000 Shiv Sena workers attacked and
> ransacked her uncle's orthopaedic clinic at Palghar, north of Mumbai.
>
> The 21-year-old arrested for her Facebook post was among many who
> aired opinions on social networking sites.
>
> "Her comment said people like Thackeray are born and die daily and one
> should not observe a 'bandh' (city shutdown) for that," Police
> Inspector Uttam Sonawane told the Mumbai Mirror.
>
> Despite widespread concerns, there were no reports of unrest in Mumbai
> itself on the day of Bal Thackeray's crematon.,
>
> In recent months, the country has shown sensitivity to criticism of
> its politicians, sparking criticism in turn from freedom of speech
> campaigners.
>
> In September, campaigners were outraged by the arrest in Mumbai on
> charges of sedition of a cartoonist for his anti-corruption drawings.
> The charges were later dropped.
>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/21-year-old-girl-held-for-Facebook-post-questioning-Mumbais-Bal-Thackeray-shutdown/articleshow/17276979.cms
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