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On May 18, 2012, at 12:34 AM, "Nikhil Mehra" <[email protected]> wrote: > Amen to that post that, Divya. > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel > From: Divya Sampath <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:01:28 -0700 (PDT) > To: [email protected]<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: [email protected] > 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 > She's a double-barreled menace. She hijacks issues, and permanently skews them with her high-decibel manifestos, and she also manages to attract right wing troglodytes in massive numbers, forcing people to defend her right to free speech rather than presenting the merits of the original issues involved. >
