Freedom of Speech

Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used. Now, since we know the exact definition of Freedom of Speech, which I copied from Wikipedia, let us proceed towards a detailed perusal of the very concept. Let us not discuss Freedom of Speech and how it is prominent in India, but let us instead discuss just freedom of speech, this vast sea that hydrates every being it reaches, enables them to furnish their throat disabled and bruised by forced silence and gives them, what can be put here better than the word itself, freedom.   And how non-existent it really is, in its definition in our country precisely, also how this sea is drying up slowly because of the apathy that is young India.
The Constitution of India provides the right to freedom, given in articles 19, 20, 21 and 22, with the view of guaranteeing individual rights that were considered vital by the framers of the constitution. The right to freedom in Article 19 guarantees the Freedom of speech and expression. This too, has been copied from Wikipedia.   Anyway, let me bring into notice that yes, I am very aware of the freedom of speech being one of the six vital freedoms we have, or we claim to. It all exists in papers, in the book. But where is it, really? I am not talking about Indians being silenced by the Britons before the independence, neither am I talking about the Norway case where Indian parents are not getting a say in the custody of their child. I am talking about Indians, living in India, not being able to express their views, Indian in origin, to their fellow Indians. Is it because we are orthodox? Or is it because we are too dim to build opinions? Definitely not the latter, Sir Salman Rushdie is of Indian Origin, was Indian, almost all of his work tying its cords with veins of India and Indian...