At least now Truth be told!
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The miracle of social media is in a sense a boon to the freedom of speech for all as much as it is a curse. No wonder, the Australian Government has decided to ban the use of social media by youths below the age of 16.
Apart from the universal spread of fake news, it has become a scourge, known as Cyber Crime, creating law and order problem in the society.
However, on the contrary, it is a blessing too. It is a window for those who want to expose hitherto suppressed truths in politics, history and every area of human activity. In politics, the politicians are known to tell lies and revel in practising the art of ‘suppressio veri, suggestio falsi’ — suppress the truth and suggest the lie, falsehood.
This is the 77th year of our independence and all these years we believed that it was the Congress party and its leaders alone who got us the freedom through non-violent, peaceful means. Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, the tallest among them all, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and a few other Congress party members. Sadly, other freedom fighters and the role played by them, like Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Veer Savarkar and Subhash Chandra Bose, who did not belong to Congress party, were ignored or sidelined in the books of history or public discourse.
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