>   Remo Fernandes strummed to fame raging against drugs. Years (and a few
> damp-squib albums) later, the popstar is seething again, this time against
> "intellectually bankrupt" audiences in India.
> 
>   The 51-year-old crooner believes listeners have become incapable of
> understanding or appreciating anything serious. This trend against "anything
> that is serious" has taken root not just in music, but also cinema,
> literature and art.

Anti-intellectualism is on the rise everywhere, not just India.  It is a successful 
movement and
got the current occupant of the White House further than he would have in a more 
discerning age. 
I hear Tony Blair has a more difficult time conning the public.

George

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