Brave BMS Graduate inspires IIM-A students


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BMS Graduate Shaheen Dhada and her friend Rinu Srinivasan who experienced the ordeal of being arrested for a harmless Facebook comment last month, met students of the Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad (IIM-A ) to share their experiences.

The 21-year-old girls, who were invited by senior faculty at IIM-A , Prof Anil Gupta, also discussed the issue of freedom of speech and expression.

Gupta, a Padma Shri award winner, hosted Shaheen and Rinu at his house for two days before they left for Mumbai on Saturday evening. Gupta now plans to take up the issue further by organizing a seminar on several issues that young people face. “The idea behind inviting them was to boost their morale and also to spread the message among the future managers studying at IIMA that freedom of expression is relevant across all spheres, be it family or the organization they work in. It is something which is not to be taken for granted,” said Gupta.

The discussions that followed focused on the controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act and Article 19 of the Constitution. While Article 19(1A) declares that all citizens have the right to freedom of speech and expression, Section 66A violates that right. The articles were read out and the connection and lack of connection between the articles were discussed. “There was no point raking up the issue but we understand that it would have been extremely difficult for the girls and their families to handle the situation. So, we talked more about human rights and the larger issues , which emboldened them and gave them more strength,” said Gupta.

According to Gupta, the girls gave a mature perspective of the incident to the students. Gupta now plans to write to Union minister Kapil Sibal about the seminar and plans to involve the home ministry, IT ministry and other stakeholders.

Shaheen was arrested following an FIR lodged by local Shiv Sena president Bhushan Sankhe after her comment on the shutdown of Mumbai following the death of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on November 18. Rinu was arrested for liking Shaheen’s post.

On Friday, Palghar sessions court issued a notice to Sankhe to respond to the C-summary report filed by the police. A Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) graduate, Shaheen recently rejoined Facebook after she was forced to quit the social networking site following the arrest. Shaheen’s father Farukh Dhada had also debunked chief minister Narendra Modi, who had sought to draw comparison between law and order situation in Maharashtra and Gujarat. Dhada had said they felt perfectly safe in Palghar and Shaheen had only come for a family visit to Ahmedabad and not for good.

 

Source: The Times of India

 


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