groups.yahoo.com is now once again accessible through my Indian ISP (VSNL).

But, visit an arbitary URI and my browser returns:

Forbidden
You were denied access because:
Access denied by access control list.

I smell an application layer proxy.

I hear the gentle sounds of Article 19.1.a being
ripped apart in the background.

I see the Internet in India as restricted as Dubai, China or Iran in one year. I pray that I am wrong.

The worst part is, now that access to Yahoo Groups is (mostly) restored, this issue will die. If readers’ opinion in the Times of India is anything to go by, no one in this country cares a rat’s arse about liberty. And not-so-oddly enough, in this democratic society, their government doesn’t either.