6 Major Internet Sensations Of 2012
Aseem Trivedi
Aseem Trivedi is the controversial political cartoonist. He is also the founding member of the people driven campaign against internet censorship called Save Your Voice. In September 2012, the political cartoonist decided to become one of the crusaders of the Anti Corruption movement and launched cartoons against corruption featuring 50 anti-corruption cartoons which led him into bureaucratic trouble.
In 24 hours since the cartoons were posted online, the Mumbai Crime Branch ordered the website to remove them and Trivedi was arrested on the charges of sedition. The arrest caught the attention of Cartoonists Rights Network International in Virginia which awarded him with the ‘Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award.’
Trivedi after released on bail, addressed a press conference where he said, “"I respect the law but I don't respect that law that makes us feel even today that we don't live in a free country.” He also added, “124A has been in place since the colonial time when the British used to silence rebel voices. This is the only law which is misused more than it is used, it is archaic and befitting a monarchy not a democracy," as reported by NDTV.
