Amen to that post that, Divya. Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -----Original Message----- From: Divya Sampath <divyasamp...@yahoo.com> Sender: silklist-bounces+nikhil.mehra773=gmail....@lists.hserus.net Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:01:28 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net<silklist@lists.hserus.net> Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] India's dangerous capitalism
>I actually started reading it then got lost. Does she always write like this? Yes, she does. Her writing defies parody because really, who could possibly out-do her own stock of entitled, delusional, condescending, endlessly recycled, logic-defying, inane rhetoric? The State is evil! Check. Sinister Global capitalist forces (of Indian origin)! Check. Vast Right-Wing Media conspiracy! Check. A few things in the article are worth giggling over - she now describes herself as part of the Indian middle class. The same middle class that in the world of Arundhati Roy as recently as last year were 'incredibly hostile, abusive, and dangerous' to her. Apparently, the pernicious, reality-challenged middle class in India were a privileged lot who had 'seceded to outer space' and were disconnected to everything but 'their own andolan, their own Jessica Lal, their own media, their own controversies'. In other words, people who choose to rally around anything other than Arundhati's chosen andolans, media and controversies are detached from reality. The worst part? She is such a terrible, disingenuous pseudo-intellectual that it makes me cringe when she espouses a cause that I care about. (It happens frequently). I'd rather not have my issues advocated for so ineptly. cheers Divya
