Temporary suspension of the Internet in India in volatile situations is fully justified. We can not go by the western standards. The Indian society, the state and its institutions are not as evolved as the West in terms of threshold for mob violence and the state’s ability to control it. Until the society and its institutions evolve to a point where mob violence becomes a rare event and the internal fault lines (Maoists, separatists, etc.) are dampened through economic prosperity, the state needs instruments for immediate control of damage to life and property – such as shutting down the Internet, suspending public transportation, etc. One would be living in a la la land if one thinks that the same norms that apply to the developed western societies should apply for India as well; if you are one of them, I say get your head out of your azz and smell the coffee. On the other hand, you think that India should break up into pieces instead of managing the fault lines, then you are an internal enemy who needs to be put behind bars.
Temporary suspension of the Internet in India in volatile situations is fully justified. We can not go by the western standards. The Indian society, the state and its institutions are not as evolved as the West in terms of threshold for mob violence and the state’s ability to control it. Until the society and its institutions evolve to a point where mob violence becomes a rare event and the internal fault lines (Maoists, separatists, etc.) are dampened through economic prosperity, the state needs instruments for immediate control of damage to life and property – such as shutting down the Internet, suspending public transportation, etc. One would be living in a la la land if one thinks that the same norms that apply to the developed western societies should apply for India as well; if you are one of them, I say get your head out of your azz and smell the coffee. On the other hand, you think that India should break up into pieces instead of managing the fault lines, then you are an internal enemy who needs to be put behind bars.