Okay you think some of us are being very sentimental. In the palace courtroom where the intellectual congress needs to take place a certain dharma needs to be upheld. So I will give you a simple example. Open the book and see the page where bios are listed. It mentions Dr Ambedkar was born in an untouchable family. But Arundhati Roy and Anand just get listed for their professional qualifications. How easily they shed caste. It finds a brief mention in the context of the essay but in all her books and his their own touchability is not worth mentioning. Like a Brahmin bag you can carry only to a certain theme party? And this is not even the beginning of my criticism of the essay. More to follow.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 07:04:15 +0000