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Source<\/strong>-This post on idea of speech & expression needs to be less intellectualised in India <\/strong>has been created based on the article \u201cWe need to make freedom of speech low-brow in India<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cLive Mint<\/strong>\u201d on 11 March 2024.<\/p>\n UPSC Syllabus<\/strong>–GS Paper-2<\/strong>– Indian Constitution\u2014Historical Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, Significant Provisions and Basic Structure.<\/p>\n Background<\/strong>-The Supreme Court has recently quashed charges which were levelled against a college professor from Maharashtra. The court held that Indians have a right to criticize the government, and to wish Pakistan on its Independence Day. Idea of speech & expression needs to be less intellectualized in India<\/strong><\/p>\n 1) Esoteric nature<\/strong>-The idea of speech and expression are understood only by a few or those who have specialized knowledge of it. This is due to the domination of powerful people who want these ideas to remain complex.<\/p>\n 2) Wrong Notions<\/strong>-Contrary to popular belief, freedom of speech & Expression did not come entirely from the Constitution. It rather comes from chaos, ambiguity and vast rustic informality of Indians. For ex- India\u2019s free speech came from the same place from where Indians still derive their right to drive on the wrong side of the road.<\/p>\n 3) Indian example<\/strong>– In India, freedom of expression was never practised as an esoteric 1) Role of civil societies<\/strong>– There is a need for robust civil society and human rights activists who can raise voice for voice-less and fight for the rights of the lowest rung.<\/p>\n 2) Role of opposition parties and artists<\/strong>– Opposition parties can take a low-risk-high-return gamble by saying uncomfortable truths that no one can say anymore. Comedians and other kinds of entertainers can also take a shot at the repressive tendencies of government. This will remove the fear of oppression by the government from common people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source-This post on idea of speech & expression needs to be less intellectualised in India has been created based on the article \u201cWe need to make freedom of speech low-brow in India\u201d published in \u201cLive Mint\u201d on 11 March 2024. UPSC Syllabus–GS Paper-2– Indian Constitution\u2014Historical Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, Significant Provisions and Basic Structure. Background-The… Continue reading Idea of speech & expression needs to be less intellectualized in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":286639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10501,225],"class_list":["post-286586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-live-mint","tag-polity","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Idea-of-speech-expression-needs-to-be-less-intellectualized-in-India.webp?fit=1280%2C1000&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why is there a need to de-intellectualise ideas of speech and expression?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nideal or a highly intellectual concept. It simply relied on basic human needs to say stuff.<\/p>\nWhat should be the way forward?<\/strong><\/h2>\n