Pisses me off…
…when freedom of conveying your thoughts is supressed. What I say is my personal opinion. How can anybody stop me from voicing it in the open?
Frankly speaking, everybody who has even little bit knowledge about management education in India knows very well about IIPM and its sub-standard marketing tactics, aimed just to pocket as much money as they can. I do respect Gaurav Sabnis’s decision under the circumstances, but I do not quite agree with it. He could have very well stayed on with his employer. Leaving his job meant that IIPM has succeded in getting a little bit of upper hand. IIPM would never had burn laptops - as it would have resulted in even more negative publicity for them.
Anyways, good to see that bloggers community is united for the common cause. Guys at Desipundit are doing a fab job in making sure that our voices reach the right people. Good work!
Comments (6 comments)
This incident is getting very good response from the bloggers community…
yes Manpreet.. the freedom of speech is being questioned far more nowadays.. very soon we’ll be seeing new rules and regulations for waht to write and what not to write in blogs.. i can see tht happening very soon..
Prasad / October 13th, 2005, 5:56 pm / #
Yeah.. i for one would hate to have my right to voice my opinion being restricted in any way.. I wonder what our political leaders would do if they were asked to restrict their voices… this is serious, we already have a do and dont of the blogworld..
We have had a few mishaps here as well, Saudi has banned most of the blogging sites, so has jordon and syria…We had a blogger site blocked in dubai, and after a huge support, they unblocked it.. Admitted there are always a lot of things that people dont like to hear or read about, but that dosent change the facts .. and i guess everyone is entittled to an opinion - good or bad..
There is a handbook for bloggers check it out here..
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/wp-content/RSFBloggerGuide2005.pdf
Dreams / October 13th, 2005, 9:24 pm / #
yep! this incident has been all over the place! Good to know that bloggers are getting together for this! Absolutely agree with you on the freedom of saying what one wants to!
I had no idea about IIPM before I came across this, and now because of this a novice like me doenst have a very good impression of the institution. Bad publicity for them.
btw…how are you! its been quite long since I stumbled here! hope you are doing well ?:smile:
kaush / October 14th, 2005, 1:58 am / #
rashu filled me in on this while talking to her on the phone..seems quite odd the events that have happened..but do agree that what u write on ur blog is your thoughts….
Poonam / October 14th, 2005, 7:10 am / #
i dont know much about iipm you must surely be knowing as your in same field…
one thing i did discover they indulging in spamming search engines
http://puneetworld.indiablogs.org/archives/2005/10/is_iipm_spammin_1.html
puneet / October 14th, 2005, 10:12 am / #
Prasad: Yes, every other blog is talking about aaye aaye pee em!! I don’t think they really can surpress blogs - we stay in a democratic country. There will be huge uproar by bloggers, if this happens!
Dreams: Exactly, everybody is entitled to voice his/her opinion.. who can stop it? this is not afghanistan, and IIPM isn’t taliban!
Thanks for the link.
Kaush: I’m fine, was little bit busy… and little bit lazy to update the blog
Poonam: So, rashu is acting like a news feeder for you
Puneet: Interesting stuff!!
Manpreet / October 14th, 2005, 1:09 pm / #
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