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The Ambedkar cartoon saga – the tragedy beyond the farce

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Wed, May 16, 2012 2:53AM UTC View Comments

In the wake of the government decision to remove the contentious 1949 cartoon – drawn by Shankar – from NCERT’s political science textbook for Class IX and the subsequent declaration by Human Resource Development minister, Kapil Sibal, that all cartoons used in NCERT will be reviewed and taken out if needed, some well meaning people...

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As the New York Times implies: Does Thailand expel journalists like China?

By Siam Voices Thu, May 10, 2012 9:00AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut The New York Times/International Herald Tribune wrote a blog post on Wednesday that compares two recent developments in China and Thailand, while it may or may not (unintentionally) mislead readers in the first lines: China’s expulsion of the correspondent for Al Jazeera — a move seen as reprehensible by supporters of press freedoms...

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Verdict on Prachatai webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn postponed

By Siam Voices Mon, Apr 30, 2012 9:00AM UTC View Comments

Today at 10.00 AM (Bangkok time) the Thai Criminal Court will give its verdict against Chiranuch “Jiew” Premchaiporn, the webmaster of the news website Prachatai. Chiranuch is being prosecuted for failing to delete 10 comments made by others that are deemed insulting to the monarchy not quickly enough. She has been arrested in 2009 and...

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Thai “Macbeth” movie banned over fears it causes ‘disunity’

By Siam Voices Wed, Apr 04, 2012 10:00AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” (Three Witches, Act I, Scene I) The Tragedy of Macbeth is a famous play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a man and a woman on their bloody path to the throne of Scotland and their violent downfall, driven by arrogance, paranoia and death. The...

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No depth: Shallow minds try barricading the web in India

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, Jan 17, 2012 3:15AM UTC View Comments

No one in India’s official establishment is comprehending the damage being done to its democratic credibility by the ham-handed manner in which content regulation of the Internet is being sought. Even in the mid-1990s when there were no laws worth their name to control the explosion of satellite television channels, the scenario had not resembled...

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