Ban on Play Mr. Jinnah

1. In a free democratic nation, free speech ought to be valued. Your play should be staged in India, if you have met all other Indian legal criteria. In the interest of full disclosure, please do respond clearly to Veeresh. In the immoral words of NHK, you would not be very polite if most of what Veeresh has to say is true.

2. Importantly, you chose to ascribe the banning of your play exclusively to the undeniable hatred for Pakistan and Jinnah that many Indians have. Yet, you must know that India has regularly banned creative plays on all sides of the political spectrum, particularly in relation to the issues of partition, or communalism.

So, kindly consider whether, hiding behind some noble causes, you slid down the path of dishonest tripe and blatant demogoguery, aiming to press all emotional buttons, by fair means or fowl. There are established writers on this site who do this every fortnight. Yet, after years of incessant, hard work, they have not persuaded more than two Indians of the wisdom of their views.

So, can your approach form a solid basis for promoting peace and building bridges between people and between nations?

kaal:

you meant immortal words of NHK didn`t you? though perhaps he has some ``immoral`` ones as well. :)

ana,

Yes, his infamous escapades with his victimized secretarial staff tell us that NHK has a charming immoral side. Possibly, the succulent pleasures of regular immorality are more alluring to immoral folks like yours truly than the unbearable prospect of dry immortality ever will :)

mohar (#30):

chalo, it`s nice to know no hard feelings either way. aur vaisay kyooN? and vaisay, who is really worth it on chowk? who is to know? i personally don`t believe that anyone is beyond criticism here on chowk whether they are worth it or not, friend or foe. i certainly am not.

and thanks for the ``advice`` but it is your opinion and my decision na? and my choice, and i do tend to go my own way. and i do know where i`m going so no worry yourself maan. you were just telling me, and now i`m just telling you. and now we can go back to disagreeing with one another. all this niceness. . . . . .really!

Stuka : ``Exactly. So what is the moral authority by which India gave lectures to the world on democracy and freedoms (while ofcourse holding a begging bowl in the hand)``

Chutiye...this is 2005 not 1955. Days of begging bowl are over. Indians now brag about democracy , freedom and globalisation. But who cares what a 2-bit hospitality guy like you thinks anyway. Aukat kya hain teri ? You are just a neutered street dog barking at the stars.

Re: # 19

*itch!.Try staging a play about Osama in the US ,you coward and then talk to me.Pak sponsored terrorism has resulted in the deaths of many indians, both service personnel and civilians.Out of consideration for the families of those fallen, it is up to us, the public , to show some consideration.Prima facie,this play might be about jinnah.But to many indians, it will open up wounds that will not heal.My neighbor is one of them.She lost her only child to a terrorists bullet.Nothing can fill her void.There is a limit to freedom of expression in all free societies.And, rightly so.

I am all for trying to maintain relations with pak, but with yesterday`s incident, i have to pause and think.The LeT is a pak sponsored terror network with tentacles throughout south/east asia and the middle east.Their goal is to spread the cause of islamic domination and nothing else.You will be the first to be gotten rid of , if they lay their hands on you, and you have the balls to talk about India in such derogatory terms.I pray for the day when we have a strong leader who will not be afraid to teach cowards like you a lesson.Thoo.

Re: # 37

i`d question your aukat before i question stuka`s, actually i think all of chowk would question YOUR `aukat` before stuka`s

baat karta hai

Are their actually men named SUSAN?

Scout...good girl.Now run off and serve some coffee. People are waiting.

Re: # 41

Mikey betay,

i`ll go back to serving coffee if you go back to cleaning the toilets of your high school....
summer vacation doesn`t mean you should slack off young man

Maaderchod Mike Ghasiyani Randi key pilley: I have more auqat than a scum bag like you..Abey tera Baap IAS ka chor hai Goswami kee tarah is liyey tuuney bheek nahi maangi. Otherwise India still has plenty of Bhikaris.

Aur Yeh lay India ka PPP GDP Ranking aur isko apni gaand my ghussa Bhenchod. After 55 years of Independence Indis is below Occupied Palestenian Territories...All because we have the mifortune of being ruled by Haraamzaadey Babus like tera Bhadva Baap.

HDI Rank Country GDP per capita (PPP US$)
2002


1 Norway 36,600
2 Sweden 26,050
3 Australia 28,260
4 Canada 29,480
5 Netherlands 29,100

6 Belgium 27,570
7 Iceland 29,750
8 United States 35,750 1
9 Japan 26,940
10 Ireland 36,360

11 Switzerland 30,010
12 United Kingdom 26,150
13 Finland 26,190
14 Austria 29,220
15 Luxembourg 61,190

16 France 26,920
17 Denmark 30,940
18 New Zealand 21,740
19 Germany 27,100
20 Spain 21,460

21 Italy 26,430
22 Israel 19,530
23 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 26,910
24 Greece 18,720
25 Singapore 24,040

26 Portugal 18,280
27 Slovenia 18,540
28 Korea, Rep. of 16,950
29 Barbados 15,290
30 Cyprus 18,150 2

31 Malta 17,640
32 Czech Republic 15,780
33 Brunei Darussalam ..
34 Argentina 10,880
35 Seychelles ..

36 Estonia 12,260
37 Poland 10,560
38 Hungary 13,400
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12,420
40 Bahrain 17,170

41 Lithuania 10,320
42 Slovakia 12,840
43 Chile 9,820
44 Kuwait 16,240
45 Costa Rica 8,840

46 Uruguay 7,830
47 Qatar ..
48 Croatia 10,240
49 United Arab Emirates ..
50 Latvia 9,210

51 Bahamas 16,690 3
52 Cuba ..
53 Mexico 8,970
54 Trinidad and Tobago 9,430
55 Antigua and Barbuda 10,920

56 Bulgaria 7,130
57 Russian Federation 8,230
58 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
59 Malaysia 9,120
60 Macedonia, TFYR 6,470

61 Panama 6,170
62 Belarus 5,520
63 Tonga 6,850
64 Mauritius 10,810
65 Albania 4,830

66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Suriname ..
68 Venezuela 5,380
69 Romania 6,560
70 Ukraine 4,870

71 Saint Lucia 5,300
72 Brazil 7,770
73 Colombia 6,370
74 Oman 13,340
75 Samoa (Western) 5,600

76 Thailand 7,010
77 Saudi Arabia 12,650
78 Kazakhstan 5,870
79 Jamaica 3,980
80 Lebanon 4,360

81 Fiji 5,440
82 Armenia 3,120
83 Philippines 4,170
84 Maldives ..
85 Peru 5,010

86 Turkmenistan 4,250 2
87 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5,460
88 Turkey 6,390
89 Paraguay 4,610
90 Jordan 4,220

91 Azerbaijan 3,210
92 Tunisia 6,760
93 Grenada 7,280
94 China 4,580
95 Dominica 5,640

96 Sri Lanka 3,570
97 Georgia 2,260
98 Dominican Republic 6,640
99 Belize 6,080
100 Ecuador 3,580

101 Iran, Islamic Rep. of 6,690
102 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
103 El Salvador 4,890
104 Guyana 4,260
105 Cape Verde 5,000

106 Syrian Arab Republic 3,620
107 Uzbekistan 1,670
108 Algeria 5,760
109 Equatorial Guinea 29,780 2
110 Kyrgyzstan 1,620

111 Indonesia 3,230
112 Viet Nam 2,300
113 Moldova, Rep. of 1,470
114 Bolivia 2,460
115 Honduras 2,600

116 Tajikistan 980
117 Mongolia 1,710
118 Nicaragua 2,470
119 South Africa 10,070
120 Egypt 3,810

121 Guatemala 4,080
122 Gabon 6,590
123 São Tomé and Principe ..
124 Solomon Islands 1,590
125 Morocco 3,810

126 Namibia 6,210
127 India 2,670
128 Botswana 8,170
129 Vanuatu 2,890
130 Cambodia 2,060

131 Ghana 2,130
132 Myanmar ..
133 Papua New Guinea 2,270
134 Bhutan ..
135 Lao People`s Dem. Rep. 1,720

136 Comoros 1,690
137 Swaziland 4,550
138 Bangladesh 1,700
139 Sudan 1,820
140 Nepal 1,370

141 Cameroon 2,000
142 Pakistan 1,940
143 Togo 1,480
144 Congo 980
145 Lesotho 2,420

146 Uganda 1,390
147 Zimbabwe 2,370 2
148 Kenya 1,020
149 Yemen 870
150 Madagascar 740

151 Nigeria 860
152 Mauritania 2,220
153 Haiti 1,610
154 Djibouti 1,990
155 Gambia 1,690

156 Eritrea 890
157 Senegal 1,580
158 Timor-Leste ..
159 Rwanda 1,270
160 Guinea 2,100

161 Benin 1,070
162 Tanzania, U. Rep. of 580
163 Côte d`Ivoire 1,520
164 Zambia 840
165 Malawi 580

166 Angola 2,130
167 Chad 1,020
168 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 650
169 Central African Republic 1,170
170 Ethiopia 780

171 Mozambique 1,050
172 Guinea-Bissau 710
173 Burundi 630
174 Mali 930
175 Burkina Faso 1,100

176 Niger 800
177 Sierra Leone 520

All developing countries 4,054
Least developed countries 1,307
Arab States 5,069
East Asia and the Pacific 4,768
Latin America and the Caribbean 7,223
South Asia 2,658
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,790
Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS 7,192
OECD 24,904
High-income OECD 29,000

High human development 24,806
Medium human development 4,269
Low human development 1,184

High income 28,741
Middle income 5,908
Low income 2,149

World 7,804

``You are just a neutered street dog barking at the stars.
``

HAHAHA..actually a very apt description of the Republic of India. HAHAHA!!!

Speaking of Free Speech - today is one sad day for that - right in heart of the great freedom lovers in the world - US of A.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/politics/06cnd-leak.html?hp&ex=1120708800&en=0cf3bf4cb26d50fb&ei=5094&partner=homepage

New York Times Reporter Is Jailed for Keeping Source Secret

Mohar: Indeed a sad day...It is actually that crook Karl Rove who should be going to Jail.

Re: # 39
scout, lol
Did you just see an Amitabh Bachchan movie or what?

#19 by stuka

[Why the hell does one have to submit a script of a play to the Delhi police? Authoritarian Bastards.... ]


I think you should not be comparing India to America as far as free speech is concerned. All democracies, including the USA constantly monitor and modify the rights of its citizens. About what is permissible, and what is not, under the current circumstances in that country.

For example, the Patriot Act is far more restrictive than any legislation currently in India (after POTA got scrapped). Muslims in India who are constantly cursing India as a non-secular, repressive society would be unceremoniously kicked into Jail in this highly democratic America if they start blaring their prayers through loudspeakers at their mosques EVEN ONE TIME A DAY. In Bihar, the High court judge that protested the loudspeakers had to request a transfer instead.

Look at the current rights you have in America under the Patriot Act. The government can do pretty much what they want to you if they want it. This loss of freedom is the price we pay for security against the jehadi bastards.

And if any Indian playwright were to write and actually produce a play that criticizes Muslims about a million different legitimate issues, lefties would be out screaming bloody murder. And all muslims would be baying for blood. Riots would break out. Politicians heads would roll.

And types like Stuka would be in the front with their megaphones condemning the HORRIBLE government that ALLOWED such a thing to happen.

THIS IS WHY YOU NEED POLICE PERMISSION TO STAGE A PLAY IN INDIA.