A Review of Linguistic and Communicative Competence: An ESP Approach

Abstract

There is a famous story of "The king is naked" in which the arrogant and ruthless king had a weakness to hear his own praise and flattery and the thugs knowing this weakness loot the king by selling him magical clothing claiming to be visible only to loyal and honest people. The king announced his visit to the city in his magical clothing. Out of fear people praised the king who was unknowingly naked. No one had the dare to dissent out of fear. Then a small little boy came out in the crowd as soon as he saw the king and said that the king was naked! Dissent is the key to any successful democracy. If there is fear in the minds of people that their dissent can lead to curtailing of their liberty then there is a dire need to contemplate and analyse right to dissent. In India there have been instances where people spoke against the government and anti-national laws were imposed upon them. This paper is an effort to analyze the issue of dissent in India through judicial and legal perspective and offer suggestions to minimize the malaise.