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    given a fair hearing, either in the popular press or in the high-

    brow periodicals.”1
    Constitutive censorship focuses on the implicit power structures within our society which
    lead to the propagation of certain acceptable ideas and expressions in society, whilst
    marginalizing others. These implicit power structures mandate what the normative
    expectation of behavior are, and in what manner one is expected to express oneself in society.
    “These expectations vary from culture to culture, as well as over time. We see that this form
    of censorship may be externally imposed; however, it is internally regulated”.

    “While the wielders of power may employ censors in order to maintain themselves at the
    helm of power, their reasons for employing censorship are often masked behind other,
    seemingly nobler causes, namely moral quandaries and political and social stability.
    Censorship in the form of sedition charges against individuals who speak out against the
    government, as was seen in the case of Kanhaiya Kumar 2, is justified in the name of
    “nationalism” and “social stability”, when in reality, it is but a means of silencing dissenters.
    This silencing of dissenting voices is the main goal of censorship. It involves the prevention
    of “unacceptable” materials from being viewed by the public by prohibiting their creation or
    circulation”. This can range from blasphemous texts, speech that seeks to subvert existing
    societal power structures, and obscene material (the most commonly censored subject in most
    countries across the globe).

    “Censorship can be a method of offering a way to enhance social solidarity by avoiding


    insults to shared values (e.g. blasphemy laws, particularly in a deeply religious state such as
    India). It may be a form of moral education as with prohibitions on racist and sexist speech.
    However, masquerading under high principles of protecting public welfare and morals, it may
    simply involve a desire to protect the interests of the politically, economically and religiously
    powerful by restricting alternative views, criticism, and delegitimizing information.
    Censorship is a realization that one response to dissenting discourse is not more discourse,
    but mere removal of the offending rhetoric. In such a way, the censors seek to control and
    direct what kind of ideas and expressions are “acceptable” and so, subconsciously influence
    the sort of rhetoric that a society engages in”.

    1
    G. Orwell, THE ANIMAL FARM, 99, (1989).
    2
    Internet Desk, JNU row: What is the outrage all about?, THE HINDU (March 5 2016), available
    athttp://www.thehindu.com/specials/in-depth/jawaharlal-nehru-university-row-what-is-the-outrage-all-
    about/article8244872.ece (Last accessed on April 9, 2016).

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