The title is sort of confusing. It sounds like this article suggests the opposite of ‘Freedom of Speech’. That’s not it.
An article can have a ‘voice’ which alludes to the style the author writes in. A book can have a ‘voice’. But the ‘voice’ in the title (of this article) is about having the freedom to say whatever one wants to. This debate has found new turf with Mrs. Sonia Gandhi’s memoir and the ‘voice’ that is being suppressed.
As a publisher I examined the issue from the dissemination angle. After all publishing is all about dissemination. There have been articles that crossed my path suggesting ‘self-censorship’, forced editing, rewriting, etc, are becoming the norm, especially under the new government. Everyone is entitled to opinions, without data, they border on fiction.
A work classified as ‘non-fiction’ comes with a certification that a publisher must provide. An author can classify it based on their understanding of the law. A publisher doesn’t have this freedom.
