Should 'freedom of speech' question the 'respect'!?

It’s rightly said that there is no Right History!

History is usually your interpretation of events (or your borrowing of interpretations from someone else) based on information 'made' available to you. Everyone needs to be aware that there is always something that 'you don't know'; either on purpose or because no one else knows it (yet!).

There are two ways to get to history; one is academic, which is based on evidences and other is ‘Popular history’. Popular history is the actual remark that an historical event has left on the then existing society and the way it was interpreted for rest of the generations! It’s no surprise that at times these two sources/interpretations may differ simply because the domains in which they are nurtured are completely detached. Issues arise when these two domains try to interact.

For example, (not so) recent controversy of Shivaji! For years there has been some research going on about debating who Shivaji’s father was. Popular history takes it to be Shahaji where as few historical sources are challenging that. Populace has immense respect of the king Shivaji for the right reasons. Its tough on them to accept anything that they think denigrates their hero. There were seen some violent, vandalizing protests against sources which tried to portray this as a part of popular history! That (protest) was bound to happen.

Popular history always has some emotions attached to historical events. Populace has suffered through this history and so they are committed to one opinion about certain event. Any new introduction to old acquaintance is now heart over head; where as academia is objectively interested in trying to find out whatever they could. Their approach tends to be head over heart!

And therefore, any media, may it be print-media, motion-picture media or plays; they need to take into account the emotional attachment of populace to that event. They need to respect the other-side. But this also does not mean that media should be banned from sharing what they are finding. Just like populace deserves the Respect, media deserves the Freedom of speech; and both the sides needs to acknowledge the presence of the 'Other'!