Naked truth

Think before you tweet...is the newest dictum for anyone taking on to the social media handle. The 140 characters that mocked the recent kadve vachan delivered by Jain monk Tarun Sagar at the Haryana assembly led to an FIR against music composer Vishal Dadlani!

The issue: Jain monk Tarun Sagar delivered a lecture in the Haryana assembly and since he is a Digmabar saint, naked ascetic, he went bare and talked of dharma, politics, terrorism, female foeticide and more. Vishal Dadlani tweeted calling it a 'Monkary' with hashtags that did not go down well with some leading to an uproar While twitterati was divided — some standing behind Vishal and questioning the Muni’s take on varied issues, other railing against him.

Despite deletion of the ‘controversial’ tweet, repeated tweets apologising for this comment by the singer-composer and the muni ‘forgiving’ him on difference of opinion; an FIR was registered against Vishal for ‘hurting religious sentiments’.

Here is how Tricity youngsters see the issue:

Freedom to speak

It is important to talk. Talk about issues we feel passionately about and stuff we want to do away with. Finally, we have a Prime Minister who speaks and that’s why all of us are sharing our opinions. Freedom of speech is our right and the FIR is so ridiculous. He wrote what he felt; you go and write what you like. Social media is an open game.—Hemant, BSc student, SD College

Fundamental right
It is crazy to initiate legal trouble just because someone does not like what someone else does and chooses to be vocal about it. Freedom of speech is our fundamental right and social media a befitting platform to express it. As long as we are not abusing anyone, it should be just fine. I stand by Vishal for he has guts to speak out! — Amit Sihmar, LLM law student

Face the music
What right we have to poke into someone else’s business. Tarun Sagar was duly invited and reverently listened. How is Vishal Dadlani affected by it? Why could he not think before passing a loose judgement? Now that an FIR has been filed, it is in itself a proof that it was wrong on Vishal Dadlani’s part to post the tweet. —Monu, insurance company employee

Don’t waste time

I am so disappointed at the way we are whiling away precious time on the social media. One reads a headline, a clever play of words and there goes a tweet that can actually create unrest in society. The Muni did not go uninvited to Vishal’s studio that he is so hurt. — Rupinder Singh, private company employee 

—Compiled by Mona