If anyone wants to see what free speech looks like, just watch the video of Hasan Minhaj, a Muslim Indian-American stand-up comic roasting President Trump at the White House correspondents dinner two days ago. Imagine if anyone and God forbid if that person also happens to be Muslim, trying anything similar to the supreme leader Modi here in public. He or she would be slapped with the charge of sedition, called 'anti-national' not to mention a Paki-sympathizer. His life would have been turned upside down. But over there, everybody had a jolly good laugh at the expense of the President, who was conspicuous by his absence. Say what you will about the U.S., but that country still values freedom of expression like few places can.
Monday, 1 May 2017
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