I read this article, and the nonsense
suggested by one Lord Ahmed.
Controversial British peer Lord Ahmed has said he believes 15-year-old
Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai, who is awaiting reconstructive surgery at
the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, could have been shot as part of a government plot to discredit the
Taliban.
Britain must answer why this nonsense
is tolerated. What action are they taking against this man? I am deeply shocked
and surprised that civilized world should allow such nonsense. It is heinous. We will be watching very closely
what Britain is going to do about this man.
Karnad lambasts Naipaul: this blogger knows that Naipaul does have penchant for speaking on things that leaves one baffled, sometimes cringing. I recall in Delhi in one show he was quite rude to one panel member. Clearly it is sometimes difficult to tolerate fools but the panel member wasn’t one. I really don’t think Naipaul justified Babri demolition, atleast that is what I gather. This attempt to pigeonhole a writer (who has written some wonderful books) is rather sad.
“Now Mr. Naipaul has written
three books on India. If you read them, you find that not even one of them
contains any reference to music. He has gone through the whole of India without
responding to Indian music. I think that only means that he is tone deaf."
A writer has all the right to choose what to include what not to include in his/her writing. I find it shocking that RK Narayan’s fiction doesn’t contain any reference to lower section of society and their existential predicaments (this true for MT Vasudevan Nair too). The world he created seems to contain no such social blemishes. Does that make RK "social deaf"? How is Malgudi (though charming) quintessentially Indian village?
Mr. Karnad was actively involved in Malgudi Day’s adaptation why didn’t he question that, I am not even alluding to his Sarswat Brahmin upbringing. Mr. Karnad needs to apologize for his diatribe or need to put a better defense for his claims. These are juvenile arguments and doesn’t augur well for the writer of his caliber.
Naipaul should be celebrated through his writing,
particularly his early fiction. Such charming worlds he weaved...
Karnad lambasts Naipaul: this blogger knows that Naipaul does have penchant for speaking on things that leaves one baffled, sometimes cringing. I recall in Delhi in one show he was quite rude to one panel member. Clearly it is sometimes difficult to tolerate fools but the panel member wasn’t one. I really don’t think Naipaul justified Babri demolition, atleast that is what I gather. This attempt to pigeonhole a writer (who has written some wonderful books) is rather sad.
“Now Mr. Naipaul has written
three books on India. If you read them, you find that not even one of them
contains any reference to music. He has gone through the whole of India without
responding to Indian music. I think that only means that he is tone deaf."
A writer has all the right to choose what to include what not to include in his/her writing. I find it shocking that RK Narayan’s fiction doesn’t contain any reference to lower section of society and their existential predicaments (this true for MT Vasudevan Nair too). The world he created seems to contain no such social blemishes. Does that make RK "social deaf"? How is Malgudi (though charming) quintessentially Indian village?
Mr. Karnad was actively involved in Malgudi Day’s adaptation why didn’t he question that, I am not even alluding to his Sarswat Brahmin upbringing. Mr. Karnad needs to apologize for his diatribe or need to put a better defense for his claims. These are juvenile arguments and doesn’t augur well for the writer of his caliber.
