The New York Times has confirmed some blog posts that I saw claiming that the Indian government had blocked blogspot and some other blogging sites without providing an explanation.
I could not test the authenticity of this claim as I was travelling to the US when the news broke in the blogosphere. I am travelling back home and writing this blog post from the Hong Kong Airport.
The reason I was confused with the news is because Freedom of Speech as a democratic right is heavily protected by the governement, media and other bodies in India. From the NYT report it seems this block has something to do with the Mumbai blasts which perhaps again had a hidden Pakistani connection.
I hope that the government will clarify its stand soon.
