Hate speech has become a divisive issue in order to exploit social prejudices for electoral gains. The Supreme Court has come down heavily on TV channels promoting and fanning religious and sectarian hatred as a means of increasing their ratings. Will anything change?
In the Nupur Sharma episode, the over-reaction by 117 distinguished judges, bureaucrats and military and police officers, all retired, with long years of dedicated public service. What has happened to reason, humanism, and plain common sense?