Freedom of Speech ?

Today , on Nehru's birthday , I am reminded of his following speeches :

>    Our tryst with destiny

>    A light has gone out of our lives

Then there were other memorable speeches in the distant past, viz:

>    Mahatma Gandhi     (  Quit India  )

>    Martin Luther King   (  I have a dream  )

>    Abraham Lincoln       (  Of the people / by the people / for the people  )

>    Winston Churchill     (  Never have so many owed so much to so few  )

>    Brutus                     (  but Caesar is an honorable man  )

Then I end up comparing some " famous " recent speeches , viz:,

>    Sonia Gandhi           (  Maut ka Saudaagar  )

>    Narendra Modi         (   Khooni  Panjaa  )

>    Rahul Gandhi           (  ISI  )

>    Kapil Sibal                (  No loss in 2G scam  )

>    Manish Tewari           (  Anna is most corrupt  )

>    Ranjeet Sinha            (  Enjoy rape  )


>    Naresh Agarwal         ( a tea-vendor cannot become PM  / even Madari collects crowds  )

No doubt , amongst the living politicians , " Freedom of Speech " has totally different connotations  !

For them , apparently , it means,

"  License to Kill ( - if words can kill  !  ) "

Obviously , Gandhian Anna Hazare  is pained

In his TV interview with Rajat Sharma yesterday , he expressed his anguish at the lowly depths to which , political mud-slinging has descended during current election campaign

Whether he / she is a leader of any political party , all politicians are talking the same language , the language of ,

PHP   =   Power Hungry Politicians

Who cares for ,

C = Civility / Code of Conduct / Courtesy  ?

I  miss T N Sheshan   !

*    hemen   parekh   (  14   Nov   2013  )