Arundhati Roy hit the headlines few days back for her so called anti-India remarks and calling that Kashmir had never been an integral part of India.the remark as usual generated extreme reactions in media,political parties and political bosses, it ranged from condemnation in very terse terms to the recommendation of charging her with the sedition (none other than but by verappa moily).
the emotional outburst can be understood but constitution of India and its ethos are much above than all these minor incidences, a real and deep democratic system does not react to any brushing incident every now and then, moreover people can express their views at their will, definitely a certain degree of restrain need to be maintained but that does not mean sedition charges on arbitrary basis.there are many prominent people who have reflected there views like that, in the days of Nehru these incidences were very common but none was put into the jail, the real answer is the deepening of democracy even more, which is such a cushion that accommodates every dissenting voice.
the best thing is to make these view irrelevant by working in constructive manner, taking legal action against dissent will be tantamount to reducing the strength of democracy.
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