Cartoons as honour crimes

It was once Bhagat Singh, but it is now the cartoonist, Aseem Trivedi, who is charged with sedition. History is truly condemned to repeat itself, first as a tragedy and then as a farce. In Indian law, the sentiment behind what constitutes sedition is "respect your elders, or else!" It is as if we are not adult citizens but a bunch of minors ruled by a patrimonial authority.

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