India is the country full of paradoxes. Especially when it
comes to censorship of literature. Kerala media after the boring solar scam and
#QuitCM twitter mantra;have found another news to celebrate.
Ibrahim al-Rubaish's poem, which was made part of the Calicut
university's Literature and Contemporary Issues studies, had been banned for
the poet has alleged links to the terrorist group. The poem,'Ode to the Sea'
captures his feelings during his incarceration in the Guantanamo Bay prison on
a Cuban island.
I am not going to blog in length about the creative freedom that is required nor about the soulful poem.Though I have to mention
here that, I was deeply moved by the poem(Ok dont come up with that Hitler
shit. Yes Mein Kampf is inspiring you sicular pig!!)
What is the reason
behind such a strange and absurd behavior, from a land that is known for its
literacy? Strange, is not the induction of a so called terrorist poem in the
university curriculum, but that of media who got it banned.
It is naive to see
this particular case as a chance event. In India,as much as I understand, there
is no clearly defined law for censorship.(Well I guess the word clearly defined
does not stand a chance in the Indian law books, for their is no law that is
clearly defined)
I just hope no media picks up this blog and get it banned .
This is only space that I have to express myself for my creative freedom is
restricted as I belong to a religious
group that is censored with the tool, TERRORIST.
Pls feel free to check the poem here:
