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Freedom of Speech/ Expression anyone ?

The last few weeks has seen many an issue related to freedom of citizens come under question and debate. It could be freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of religion and so on and  the ONLY thing every episode has highlighted is the sheer hypocrisy, arrogance and intolerance of the protagonists. One of the first issues to crop up was the one on conversions. At a logical level faith is entirely private and whether a person finds salvation in Hinduism or Christianity or Islam or whatever is entirely upto the person concerned.  At another level is the question if monetary or other inducements are acceptable to seek conversion thus making it a simple sales/marketing activity with the proselytizers being the salesmen? For a minute let us agree that either option is acceptable. Then whatever the conversion or reconversion, society, government has no right to intervene or complain about. Whatever the method barring for threat/force/intimidation society again ha...