Bolti Bandh

The Indian government has blocked access to typepad and blogspot blogs

Bloggers against censorship wiki
http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Bloggers_Against_Censorship
This has lots of useful info about using RTI and lists of bloggers protesting and ways to work around the gag

Slashdot entry: India joins China in censoring websites
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/07/17/1732209.shtml

Sites carrying the story
http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/jul/17blog.htm
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/17/report_indian_gov_bl.html

Ways to by pass the ban (courtesy Kiruba’s blog)
http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Bypassing_The_Ban

Bloggers collective is having a discussion on this
http://groups.google.com/group/BloggersCollective

Best part is I am able post to blogspot as blogger.com is not blocked! But I cannot see my own blogposts!!!! (Access via http://www.pkblogs.com/ works from office)

Wordpress, livejournal have not been blocked
I thought we became a free country in 1947

It's so sad that the country touting itself to be the world's technology destination does not have Free Speech

Seriously what kind of bozos are running this country anyway???? It's been done to tackle terrorist elements apparently and may not be a permanent blockade