Use RTI against Blocked Blogspot, Typepad and Geocities

Nandan has made a point.

Now the word has spread that sites are blocked in India. However, there is no clarity about why this has happened. There is mere commotion and sweet wishes but no concrete suggestion on how to go about it and react in the right manner.

Nandan has made a suggestion at "Blogger has been blocked in India". Kindly read it. He suggests that the blogger should make use of Right to Information Act. He is quite right. He has even suggested the draft of the application for that. I think that it is a practical solution. I will follow it.

This post is related to "The Ghost of Lord Lytton is Still Alive in India" and "Cough Problem with Blogspot".


Here is a compendium of the posts gathered through technorati.com in the twenty four hours.


the-indian-government-does-a-big-brother
access-to-blogspot-has-been-banned
http://www.pkblogs.com/labnol
indian-government-blocking-access-to-blogspot
http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=854
what-is-up-with-blogspot-blogger-sites
http://www.pkblogs.com/nanopolitan
http://www.pkblogs.com/indiauncut
blogspot-blocked-in-india
http://www.pkblogs.com/gauravsabnis
http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/blog/2006/07/16/indian-government-blocking-access-to-blogspot/
http://www.pkblogs.com/barbarindians
http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=854
http://www.pkblogs.com/labnol
looks-like-even-airtel-is-blocking-blogspot
soon-you-may-not-be-able-to-see

http://www.pkblogs.com/dhoomk2/2006/07/censorship-against-blogspot.html
http://www.shivamvij.com/2006/07/somebody-must-have-blocked-some-sites-what-is-your-problem.html
http://www.pkblogs.com/nonedone/2006/07/blogger-has-been-blocked-in-india.html It has some practical action plan.
http://anupmankar.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/government-planning-to-ban-blogspot/
http://soumyadip.sulekha.com/blogs/blogdisplay.aspx?cid=72866
http://www.pkblogs.com/doesthisthat/2006/07/1984.html
http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=854
http://www.pkblogs.com/sumirsharma/2006/07/cough-problem-with-blogspot.html

Culprit Weblogs

Funny Message on Blocking from Access

It is seen that some of the bloggers are still adopting a typical Indian escapist approach. They are giving very innocent responses and diverting the attention from the real issue. They are raising points like BSNL and MTNL have yet not done it. They suggest that it means that the situation is not that bad and probably this is a foolish act on the part of a babu or the ISPs. They are so nice in suggesting that the people, who blocked it, are in their rights to do that. It is not the right approach. One of them even suggested that it was a usual Saturday maintenance activity of google. Dear friends, it started around 5 pm on July 14, 2006.

Ghori invaded Somnath and 5000 Rajputs lost their lives. The rest of the people just prayed that the situation would improve. Kindly come out of that mindset. Learn to call spade a spade. Do not expect that a Bhagat Singh should definitely take a rebirth but in a house of a neighbour.

Kindly go and watch Rang De Basanti.