Aloha,
Re:
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 05:13:01 +0000 (UTC)
From: George Pinto <[email protected]>
To: "Estb. 1994! Goa's Premiere Mailing List"
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Subject: [Goanet] V. S. Naipaul
Naipaul, who just passed away, had accepted a knighthood. It has always
struck me as odd that ethnic Indians, especially the intellectuals,
still crave royal handouts given colonial history. The Queen should
kneel and accept a scolding from a brown or black person for years of
colonial history, most especially since the dim-wit has never apologized
for the devastation her country caused. She is dim and could not engage
in today's issues, hence her usual silence which is taken by the
apologists as being above the fray.
Perhaps Eddie D'Sa can share his thoughts.
George
Eddie d'Sa is not me (!) but I'd say George comments are a bit unfair
since the late V.S. Naipaul was an asshole in his own right (he admitted
so much himself) besides being a great writer (at least till the late
90s/early 00s), and _not_ being Indian other than in the 'ethnic' sense,
which doesn't make great sense and made even less to him.
And the Queen, well, as George Pompidou would have said in his teacher's
day, she's merely a 'personage' (figurehead)
Cheers from the Southern Alps
p+2D!
