{"id":32,"date":"2005-09-15T12:50:14","date_gmt":"2005-09-15T12:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=32"},"modified":"2005-09-15T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2005-09-15T12:50:14","slug":"the-blog-or-the-end-of-all-institutional-power-and-the-rise-of-true-democracy-your-voice-is-finally-more-important-than-your-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/the-blog-or-the-end-of-all-institutional-power-and-the-rise-of-true-democracy-your-voice-is-finally-more-important-than-your-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blog, or the end of all Institutional Power, and the rise of true democracy.  Your voice is finally more important than your vote !!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freedom of speech ?  Freedom of expression ?<br \/>\nWhat lies. What an absolute load of bollocks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nWords. Just pieces of paper that make up our Constitution.  Those mean nothing. For the Constitution was about the rights of the Individual. And when was the last time an individual in India had any power unless he or she sold her soul to an Institution. Be it a Political Body, a Governmental Body, or a Corporation, A Newspaper, a TV channel.<br \/>\nWhen was the last time anyone listened to YOU ?  When was the last time anyone was allowed to listen to YOU ?<br \/>\nRemember when u woke up screaming cause? nobody would listen ?  When something bothered you or<br \/>\nwhen something made you desperately want to express yourself ?<br \/>\nWell, now you can. The Internet is here. It is the most democratic medium ever created by technology. And every attempt to control it by any government and Corporation anywhere in the world has been, and is doomed to be, a failure.<br \/>\nThe Internet does not recognize any boundary that a State, a religion or a Corporation desperately defines to keep itself in Power. It allows you to free your mind from the chains of all Propaganda.<br \/>\nIt?s a revolution, and it?s already here.<br \/>\nThe Internet is bubbling with such free voices. They are called Blogs. And the Corporations and the Governments and all Religious Bigots are terrified. The TV Channels are terrified. The Newspapers are terrified. For they are about to loose the one thing that gives them their Power.<br \/>\nThe Power over your mind. The Power over the collective mind.<br \/>\nThese Blogs are run by millions of individuals or groups of individuals all over the world.  They are expressing their individual voices.  And they are being heard.  Anyone can go on to their Blog and agree or disagree. Anyone.<br \/>\nSo go on. Start your own Blog. Make your voice heard. Scream !  On the Internet.<br \/>\nOr<br \/>\nCome to intentblog.com<br \/>\nThis is a Blog started by Deepak Chopra and myself.<br \/>\nWe are tired of the World Media being dominated by the West. We believe that in the coming new world, our culture, the Asian Culture is going to be the most significant. But we see our culture being sidelined by a very partisan and colonial Western Media.<br \/>\nTime to change that.<br \/>\nTime to change the world.<br \/>\nCome to our Blog. Agree with us. Disagree with us. Tell us we are wrong. Say anything you want. As long as you do not get personal or vicious. In that case you will not get a voice.  We have a panel of Bloggers. Each talking about what they are interested in from all over the world. All of them South Asian. If you want to be on the panel. Write to us.<br \/>\nOr start your own Blog.  Have fun while you change the World !!<br \/>\nShekhar Kapur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freedom of speech ? Freedom of expression ? What lies. 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