Hail Democracy!

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action--
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

-- Rabindranath Tagore (1901)

It took India 105 years to finally disqualify itself on ALL counts among the parameters listed above. Whatever the situation we were in till date, at least the common man had a voice. Its not important whether that voice acheved anything or not. At least he had one. Not any more. The Indian government has banned blogs, logic being that these are being used by terrorists to communicate. So 18 blog sites, containing 'objectionable, anti-nationalistic' sentiments (like calling that sardar an arsehole) have been blocked. As Daltrey sang these lines..

'And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution'..

But guess what? You know how one can access the blogs (how i am posting that is)..there is a Pakistani site that has the hack to open blogs that are blocked in India, China and Iran. So basically, Indians whose voices have been shut because of Pakistan backed terrorist can now open their mouths aided by a site hosted by Pakistanis.

Bravo India Bravo!!!