Great article (Thanks, Shreyas) on the Gaurav Sabnis - IIPM story.
" If blogs are to be taken seriously, they should live up to the standards of accountability and reliability of the mainstream media that they so deplore. "
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On an aside, out of curiosity, how many Indian bloggers are libertarian whether or not they know it?
Does access to the Internet (middle class, well educated people) and use of blogs (by those presumably seeking free speech minus advertiser-editorial control) determine the nature and profile of the Indian blogosphere and point to a libertarian slant placing especially great emphasis on freedoms (most noticeably that of speech)?
Are most bloggers in tech jobs or with MNCs and in big cities and does this invariably determine their political views?
Is that why this has become a freedom of speech issue rather than a legal/cyber law/investigative journalism issue?
Also less and less time to blog, so please mail me if you have anything to say; have disabled comments for now!
