Journalist Vinay Rai discovers “Back” button on Browser

On a warm sultry afternoon in Delhi, the journalist “Vinay Rai” who has been responsible for initiating criminal action against Google and Facebook for displaying “objectionable content” suddenly noticed a little arrow pointing to the left at the top of his browser. He later told the media that he  never really looked in that area of the browser before. “It was a kind of blurry patch at the back of my mind”, he said. When he finally decided to click it, what happened changed his life.

Stunned over the miracle of the "Back" button
Stunned over the miracle of the "Back" button

“It was a miracle”, he said visibly struggling to control his tears. “I just went back to the previous page – It was as if whatever I had been viewing simply… vanished! I never have to look at anything I dislike ever again.”

An emotional Vinay Rai later revealed to the media that for the past several years he had been forced to read whatever turned up on his browser screen simply because he didn’t know there was a back button. “It was horrible. You can’t imagine the pressure – the fear…I feel as if I’ve been liberated from a nightmare”, he said. “I never knew that you could simply… ignore the content on the page by pressing the back button. It’s like going back in time”, he said as a wide grin split his features. “I never have to live in perpetual fear of what’s going to show up in my browser!”

Asked about whether or not he would drop his case against Google and Facebook for objectionable, blasphemous content now that he knew he could merely navigate away, he said that naturally there was no need for concern anymore. “Of course I’ll drop my case. All this time I was angry because there was simply no way for me to know that I could shut out whatever I didn’t like. With this new ‘back button’ thing, I can finally take control of my life.”

But Vinay Rai isn’t done yet. His is a naturally generous and giving nature. He said he had several suggestions to browser makers. “The first thing to do is to make the ‘Back’ button more prominent”, he said. “I demand that browsers dedicate fully half the screen to a massive button displaying ‘Go back!’ in flashing red lights. It’s the only way to make sure that users get the concept of moving away from what they can’t bear to see.”

He also said he was starting an organization called the “Foundation for Awareness of the Back Button” (FABB) to educate those who might be in a plight similar to that of his own at the time. “I just know that there are millions out there like me – those who never understood the magic of what a ‘Back’ button can do. I want to spread the awareness.”

Asked about who he would educate, Vinay Rai said he had a long list to people, prominent among them being Kapil Sibal, the Darul Uloom Deoband, and a whole bunch of hardcore Hindutva types who objected to M F Hussain’s paintings. “I’m confident that these people have no idea that such an easy solution is available to them. I have to share in this fantastic discovery”, he said while hardly being able to sit still for excitement.

We’ve reached out to Google and Facebook for comment, but they seem to respond only in a state of stunned silence, mumbling something about “…only in India…”

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  1. one more thing i wish to add up here is : it was never, yes never pages on religion, it was pages on sonia gandagi n manmoan sing for which entire drama was played.

    on fb pages like India Against corruption heavy no of trolls were spreading abusive messages n stuff like that, the scrutiny of which when i did most of them were from media companies like TOI, IBN7 etc, later on it was also disclosed that media trolls were hired to talk crap on pages of social movements.

    apne desh ka koi bhi vyakti apas me zaat pat k nam pe nahi ladta hai, ye sirf netao ka kaam hai…but sad thing was when all this attack was happening on social media i personally wrote to top indian bloggers like amit agarwal etc none did anything to protect our identity.

    Kal ko phir election honge to yehi kaam kia jayega sarkar k dwara

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  2. thing is as soon as elections passed they removed all the charges. Ghalati humari hi hai, bahut smart banti hai na indian generation especially who is on internet, netao ne pehle education per attack kia reservations k dwara ab khule aam social media pe attack kia, humne kya ukhaad lia?

    Only indian accented english k alawa hum kuch nahi jante, isi youtube aur blogging se US k log jinko hum follow karte rehte hain dekho hilaa k rakha hua hai, what did we do at that time?

    Sub choohe jaise baithele the, nobody even studied this cheapstake vinay rai and his alliance with government, ahem swami agnivesh yaad hai subko ? lol yeh hai indian janta sub bhool jati ahi isiliye chudi padi hai subki mayya

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  3. expect more attacks from beloved gaarment of india during elections, bloggers are pussy over here, and btw when in shows like big boss, mtv roadies jisme bhaddi bhaddi gaaliyan, ladayi jhagdaa, abuse of family values khule aam prime time yaani k 9:00 pm dikhaya jata hai jis waqt family k saath bache bhi hote hain, tub culture aur identity nahi khatm ho jati?

    Where was vinay rai when in an episode of big boss parvesh randaa threw loads of food into the pool? and porn actress sunny leone made entry hm? abhi kahan hai cultural values?

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