VOICE OF THE COMMON MAN OF INDIA

 VOICE OF THE COMMON MAN OF INDIA is an initiative by Mr Subash Deb a student from North East India who has been involved in various social activities at his own mediocre level. But a man with a new vision and innovative thoughts would never give up. He wants to form an online community via a webspace which would provide enough platfrom to vent views and share. He is also interested to have contribution from like minded people. Presently he is pursuing a course in M.Sc. in Mass Communication, Advertising and Journalism from MassCoMedia, Noida, UP.

From whatever we see and hear we may like to share. Print media censorship might prevent us from publishing few materials but Internet which is a form of electronic media gives us an ample opportunity to express ourselves freely without fear. Mr Subash Deb is neither a writer nor a scholar but a common man of India who can neither witness any kind of injustice, oppression, corruption and the like nor keep his mouth shut and be a silent spectator.

I am neither an expert nor a scholar so please forgive me for grammatical mistakes if any. This platfrom will give an opportunity to get one the Fundamental Rights enshrined in the Part III of the Constitution of India. I am talking of one of the freedoms guaranteed by the Article 19 Right to Freedom.

Wikipedia states that

Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship or limitation. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to indicate not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used. Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are closely related to, yet distinct from, the concept of freedom of thought. In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations, such as on "hate speech".

The right to freedom of speech is recognized as a human right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The ICCPR recognizes the right to freedom of speech as "the right to hold opinions without interference. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression". Furthermore freedom of speech is recognized in European, inter-American and African regional human rights law.

Jo Glanville, editor of the Index on Censorship, states that "the Internet has been a revolution for censorship as much as for free speech".[26] International, national and regional standards recognise that freedom of speech, as one form of freedom of expression, applies to any medium, including the Internet.[3] The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Declaration of Principles adopted in 2003 makes specific reference to the importance of the right to freedom of expression for the "Information Society" in stating:

"We reaffirm, as an essential foundation of the Information Society, and as outlined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; that this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Communication is a fundamental social process, a basic human need and the foundation of all social organisation. It is central to the Information Society. Everyone, everywhere should have the opportunity to participate and no one should be excluded from the benefits of the Information Society offers."