Even as you read this, Yakub Memon will likely be hanged at the Nagpur jail for his role in the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai. The city is naturally on edge after days of high drama and debate over the hanging. In an age when intense scrutiny due to social media and the press is now par for the course, discussions and opinions fly thick and fast, polarised points of view are in your face and everything is magnified.

Keeping this in mind, we need to be extra responsible and cautious today. Let us be careful what we speak, what we tweet and what we post. Let this not be confused with freedom of expression. Spreading baseless rumours, sparking alarm with thoughtless tweets and stoking the fires of communalism with problematic posts need to be avoided at all costs.