So some wise souls sitting up there thought a few websites were spreading anti-national sentiments. And in typical babudom style, bring up a circular/note banning a dozen odd websites. And it so happens a few happen to be blogs hosted on blogger. And our dear ISPs in their over zealousness to play pally with the regulator go overboard and block the entire blogspot and geocities domains. And then, all hell breaks loose ! They hyper-inward looking blogging community starts the censorship bandwagon, and very soon mainstream media picks its up and its all mayhem. Right from /. to BBC, everyone compares India with China and rues about how democracy has failed us as a country repeatedly !

As I see it, its a case of a foot-in-mouth on part of the ISPs, and if I could, a very large foot ! was the extreme reaction from blogosphere really justified? Is bungling up considered censorship ? I know many might not agree with my understanding of the situation, but what the heck. I still consider India a democracy ;)