Sunday
08, March 2015 1930 hrs
The
week that went by was a week of bans for a citizen of Mumbai. First a ban by
the local government against killing of bufalos and bulls, storing or transporting
or consuming beef and beef products. Then there was the Indian government ban
on a documentary film that attempted to report on the ideas and thoughts of a
convicted criminal.
My
reason for raising the topic on bans has very little to do about the bans
themselves or on the rights of citizens. It has more to do with the need for
society to follow a rule-based system and why it is becoming harder for the
authorities in power to keep a sense of balance in framing new rules and
implementing them. What I would like to explore is if societal well-being can
be unambiguously defined and effectively achieved by pursuing “centuries-old”
systems of criminal and civil legal and jurisprudence systems or if the time has
come to innovate. I would like to believe the latter. What do you say?
Hope
you are having a great weekend.
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