Thread by @YoSwaroop

I have been putting off tweeting...but if I hear 'xyz defends the right of ppl to protest', 'we believe in democracy', 'we believe in dialogue', any more I will just scream. It is so frustrating for a teacher who teaches democracy, the child’s right to freedom of expression...

I advocate the idea that we need to teach ppl to speak; because what’s the point of saying- give the vulnerable a voice if we don’t teach them to speak. Equally, what is the point of saying I teach ppl to speak if I don’t defend a ‘voice’ when it is suppressed?

'The police are the public & the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare ' Robert Peel.
If so why are voices being suppressed?

Let’s use ‘social media in education’ Oh! Let's be innovative. What if ‘social media’ erases digital identities? What if they blue-pencil? It’s a value contradiction for me. I am negating my value of freedom of speech. How can I teach freedom & not raise my voice against control?

A dialogue is aimed at understanding. What if the ‘real haters’ & 'anti-democrats' don’t want to listen. What if the Government is making real the promise of democracy & nobody is listening; then I believe one should support the Government to the limit. #IndiaFirst

I have made a vow to the value of democracy. I have my educational responsibility to the children & teachers of India. 'Liberty... means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear' - Orwell.

So I will not be silent & will continue to teach my students to speak out.