At 2010-03-23 16:25:18 +0000, sali...@googlemail.com wrote: > > … and her ignoring the more serious criticism from Gail Omvedt.
Thanks, I hadn't read Gail Omvedt's letter and response to some of Arundhati Roy's writings on dams. I found them quite interesting. > She went to jail for one night, probably didn't like the dal, and next > day paid the fine and got out. Aside: I've never understood this particular argument. She was sentenced to a symbolic one day imprisonment and an INR2000 fine. She went to jail for a day and paid the fine. Why would it have been less hypocritical or more noble to stay in jail for three months instead of paying the fine? -- ams
