The short, simple answer is no. A longer answer is, however, complex to understand. India is a diverse country, with hundreds of languages spoken and cultural groups all living within the same national border. We are governed by a government at the centre that makes and executes laws for a population of 1.3 billion people spread across the nation. It is, therefore, the government’s responsibility to ensure that peace is maintained among these diverse groups of people and that there is no outbreak of violence because of a comment or an act that can disrupt peace. While the Constitution of India recognises freedom of speech and expression as a Fundamental Right and guarantees to all its citizens the right to express themselves freely via written, spoken or printed material, we don’t have to go too far to realise that this right is not absolute. A major socio-political challenge we face today is the intermingling of religion and politics. These two have taken preced...
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