What is going on?

This is not monarchy where we accept the King’s decisions. Government has to prove itself worthy of the status accorded to it. We will be constantly monitoring its decisions; if they are correct or wrong will be scanned by the people. We can change the government by voting and by communicating with one another. But we do not throw tantrums, or constantly protest. With the condition of the economy becoming from bad to worse, we are concerned about what is going on in the government. What are the mistakes that government has made (in the decisions it had made) which has resulted in the bad economic condition? Who made the decisions in the allocation of coal blocks, who decided on the mode of allocation of “spectrum”, which department is legitimising land acquisitions, who is allowing forest lands to become mines? All need to be investigated. Just because the government is giving freebies—food security, MGREGA, free medicine, we cannot forget other activities. Lollipops can fool children only, not us. Why is India not ranked as a developed nation? Why are we so poor despite India being rich in minerals, having vast forests and fertile farmlands? Whose wealth is the government squandering? It is ours. We will be asking questions.

There are efforts to curb our freedom of speech. Indian government had asked this year to block 358 websites.This was an unusual request.No other country had requested such a large number of blockages.As it is government is squandering the national resources by paying big salaries to various departments in its bureaucracy, now it is creating a bigger bureaucracy( bigger expenditures)for policing the net. Even if bad speech(with hatred) is communicated, it won't be heard. Only those which are reasonable,sensitive and better expressed will be read and heard. Rumours may travel fast, but they also dry up fast like shallow lakes. There is no need to block websites to stop rumours from spreading.310 sites were blocked when Assam situation had resulted in mass migrations. But you cannot go on policing the vast net.There are 16 million twitter accounts in India. How to block and what to block? To stop rumours, we have to disseminate more in depth knowledge. We cannot resort to "ostrich" like attitude and bury our heads in the sand.The truth is that government is trying to control the net as it does not want the irregularities in government to be known. The press spreads all the news about the government--how will that be controlled. The net has come into being and has given the whole world the freedom to express. Thank you, for sharing the net with us.