Dehradun, Jan. 7 -- How much indiscipline, anarchy, irreverence, etc., are necessary for a healthy democracy and at what point should it stop? The Indian Constitution places limitations on free speech, as it does on actions that endanger communal harmony. For hundreds of years, there have been social compacts that have prevented people from murdering each other - there are so many taboos in existence. With the passage of time, people, politics and communications technology have evolved to the point that almost anything goes. And, despite all that, people not only continue to offend, take offence, protest, and take 'direct action', on these issues.
Even those who seek some kind of absolute right to free speech become most agitated when face...