My Opinion

Freedom of Expression is the most debated, offended and defended topic in the whole world. Most of the narrative comes from media and intelligentsia. The common man does not even know what it exactly means. But, yet every now and then he/she reads about Freedom of Expression (I consider Freedom of Speech a part of Freedom of Expression). Some months ago a notion floated in the minds of some historians and then media injected the concept through their means into the brains of Indians, called ‘Intolerance’. Everyone who thinks he can think jumped into this debate of Intolerance and finally almost everyone from learned community or intelligent existence of India concluded that India has become ‘Intolerant’. So, let’s first learn the definitions of some terminologies. Freedom Of Expression: Article 19 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights by UN states that, Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interferen...