The last tweet by journalist Salil Tripathi before his account was suspended was on the Babri demolition anniversary. Twitter hasn’t said why action was taken.
Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
Regardless of the political affiliations of the journo, his supporters or those who would oppose him, Twitter cannot be the arbiter of acceptable content in India.
Twitter is an effective way to communicate from one to many. A good platform used and misused like all media,including the grapevine of yore, has been since probably the beginning of (wo)mankind. More power to twiterattti. No doubt world will survive and move on.
Even so the basic question of “free” will remain. The other day while driving on a road I saw a vehicle parked right in the centre of the road, unloading some stuff. I pulled up, walked over to the driver who was at the wheel, possibly waiting for the unloading to finish, and politely requested him to move the vehicle to the side of the road so that traffic is not held up. He looked at me with an air of ownership and quipped in Hindi “Tera baap ka road hain kya, side se Nikal” (translated: “Does this road belong to your father, get past from the side”. He was right. Obviously, the road did not belong to my father. But then….
How free is free; how much right freedom etc.. is right? Just asking.
Tailpiece: More than all else, it is always the intent that defines a speech or action. Not the speaker or the doer
It is difficult to say without knowing he actually wrote, It is not a one way street.
Regardless of the political affiliations of the journo, his supporters or those who would oppose him, Twitter cannot be the arbiter of acceptable content in India.
Twitter’s policy cannot over rule Indian laws.
Twitter is an effective way to communicate from one to many. A good platform used and misused like all media,including the grapevine of yore, has been since probably the beginning of (wo)mankind. More power to twiterattti. No doubt world will survive and move on.
Even so the basic question of “free” will remain. The other day while driving on a road I saw a vehicle parked right in the centre of the road, unloading some stuff. I pulled up, walked over to the driver who was at the wheel, possibly waiting for the unloading to finish, and politely requested him to move the vehicle to the side of the road so that traffic is not held up. He looked at me with an air of ownership and quipped in Hindi “Tera baap ka road hain kya, side se Nikal” (translated: “Does this road belong to your father, get past from the side”. He was right. Obviously, the road did not belong to my father. But then….
How free is free; how much right freedom etc.. is right? Just asking.
Tailpiece: More than all else, it is always the intent that defines a speech or action. Not the speaker or the doer