What is Offensive about Aseems cartoon

Where is the disconnect? Is there something more than what meets the eye?

This young cartoonist from Kanpur, sketches something, and is charged under section 134 for sedition.

I am not for unbridled freedom of expression. My liberty clearly stops where someone else’ freedom starts. And this should veritably be the definition of freedom of speech of expression.

And of course the Hinglish speaking people scamper to debate the issue on TV under the stewardship of a high pitched moderator.

In the debate they debated no end as professional debaters. None of them tried to discuss what the cartoonist had drawn. I wonder if they were even aware of what had been drawn.

The Ashoka Emblem had been drawn with foxes instead of lions. In which way is this an insult to the symbol. This symbol is there on every MPs and bureaucrats letter head. It is on all official stationery, on which all types of irrational, corrupt and sometimes antinational notifications are scripted. This is same Ashoka which pips the shoulder of every police officer who is abetting smuggling of drugs and arms, or turning a blind eye to some antinational activity.

In fact in my view, the cartoonist laments, why the magnificent Ashoka has been so denigrated by corrupt politicians, and why the lions have been reduced to foxes by those who least deserve to be entitled to use such exalted state insignias. And by their actions bring disgrace the national symbols. He is only using satire to take his point to the corruption oppressed people.

Does this symbol not get insulted then??

And I would once again reiterate, all actions of the state reflect on the quality of the people

Just think about this??

I don’t think Indians are more patriotic or nationalist than Americans. If the Americans don’t decry the cartoon depiction of Statue of Liberty then why scoundrels like us who are selling their country at all forums become so overly sensitive.