Fate of a good Indian.....Freedom of Expresshhhhhhh!!

Please read this till the end.....

One day my father wanted to give me a drop to my school. We started from our house and wouldn't have gone more than three kilometers when we had a flat tyre. The place was quite deserted and we couldn't see any other vehicle in sight. Then out of nowhere a stranger going in a bike stopped by our car. When my father saw him he recognised him as an employee of BSNL (where my father worked). He was extremely nice and helpful. Since there was no auto nearby and it was getting late for my school, he offered to drop me in his bike. Inspite of telling him that it would be enough if he dropped me in a bus stand, he gave me a lift upto my school though it was quite far off from where he had to go. Later in the evening I learnt from my father that he was a Mr.Vinod.( a director or a DGM in BSNL...I dont remember).

In the recent events of privatising the telecommunication sector, the government has come up with policies,some of which have received strong oppositions from its employees, like allowing private companies to use BSNL offices to stock their supplies, forcing BSNL to share its already-laid underground cables with its own competitors and allowing the private companies to share the BSNL offices in villages(no prize for guessing how Airtel, Reliance etc. "persuaded" the concerned ministers to come up with these policies). One of these, is the proposal to permit 75% shares to be held by foreign investors. As long as things go well, no problem. But if there are defence problems or an economic crisis in our country these investors will not hesitate to withdraw their shares and ultimately communication in India will be badly affected at a time when it is most needed. There was an outrage among the employees who started protesting. During one of their lunch-hour demonstrations, the media interviewed them and Mr.Vinod had voiced his opinion over this matter. Unfortunately it was telecast in Jaya TV. The central ministers being allies of the opposition party, should have withdrawn this policy or could have at least taken this in the lighter sense and ignored it. But.....

The next day he was relieved from Chennai and transfered to Pagalpur, Bihar, one of the remotest villages in India which is known for its frequent terrorist attacks. Once a medical camp was organised there and people were offered free eye tests. People turned up in hundreds only to lose their eyesights and realise that they weren't doctors but quacks(people falsely claiming to have medical skills). Poor Mr.Vinod. Oh...I forgot to mention- he manages an orphanage in chennai which has around 40 children. He provides them food, shelter and education. And he is managing it with his own money!!!! Nice reward for such a nice man.

For such an ordinary citizen, if this is the punishment for expressing his views, imagine the plight of Kushboo and Hrithik Roshan.And people are talking about "Freedom Of Speech and Expression". It's like saying, "You are free to say anything you want, but you won't be alive after you finish ". What a load of bullshit!!!