Sachin's and Rihanna's tweet. PC: Twitter
Just the two things I want to make clear on Sachin's controversial tweet is:
The first one,
I just want to ask the people supporting the tweet, on what grounds Sachin can say that nobody outside India can have the right to talk about our internal matters?
Who gave him that right?
He is one among the millions of other Indians who cried for "Black lives matter", an incident which unfortunately doesn't happen in India, is now bringing up the term "Sovereignty of our nation" and all feels a bit dramatic
Against propaganda is okay, but someone please let me know which propaganda is the worst,
The one that is killing the rights of our own citizens and then whitewashing it by suppressing others opinion on the same
Or the one that supports our cause?
You see, it doesn't work that way, you go on interfering in someone's matters and expect others to shut their mouth when it comes to you, that's typically arrogant to say!
The second one is,
Someone on the other day was arguing with me about Sachin's right as an Indian citizen which Article 19 or freedom of speech and expression gives him, wait a second, how come Sachin a greater Indian than anyone of us?
No doubt he played for India, No doubt he is a phenomenal cricketer, so what??
Does that make him a bit more 'Indian' than me?
I guess no!
The laws and rights in the constitution are the same for all of us and I do have the right to question Sachin's tweet as well!
Then the question arises is how come someone outside India can comment on farmer's protest?
They don't have the privilege of Article 19A of the Indian Constitution, right?
Wrong!
They do have another right that gave them this power, that neither India nor Indians can deny, here it is,
"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Legal Citation: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 19) (10 Dec. 1948), U.N.G.A. "
Now, do you guys argue India is above the UNO?
No country is actually above it, because there does exist an idea of World peace and the UN stands for it.
A high-ranking Indian celebrity like Sachin Tendulkar replying this rudely to an international celebrity on such sensible issues concerning human rights isn't sending a good vibe to the world as a whole regarding those peacemaking reforms by the UN which again "unfortunately" India happened to agree long ago.
Think twice before you speak, because not everyone and everything work according to your wishes, and you can't persist to keep it in control as well.
India is a democracy!
Don't make that sentence a past tense with your actions.
#Cheerachi
PS: This is all that I, as a student of media and communication understand about Laws and ethics.
Please do let me know if I am anywhere wrong.
Anything other than blind emotional patriotic abusive comments will be welcomed!
