Business of Activism
A news report says that some Arundhati Roy thinks Kashmir is not a part of India.
Who is Arundhati Roy? Is activism a rewarding business?
As far as I know, Ms Roy has written a book in which a young boy gives a hand job to some pervert in a cinema complex. After winning a prize for the book, she joined Medha Patkar's aandolan, possibly for learning the tricks of activism business. (Is Ms Roy still part of the aandolan?) Originally known as a writer, Ms Roy is more of an activist now. (It must be more lucrative than penning books at a time when publishers are complaining about poor ales and cutting down on royalties.) You can find her giving her voice to all sort of "causes"--from Maoist rebels to Kashmir separatists. Her modus operandi: take the stage, hog the lime light and then move on to another cause for consuming tonnes of newsprint.
Just for Ms Roy:
There was no "India" before it was taken over by the British empire. Use this logic and fight for freedom of your 10-acre farm (if you have any) from India. Now that you have joined the Kashmir freedom movement, try for some foreign aid. By the way, I hate activists who stand on the stage before an audience talking about her cause and start weeping. (No, it wasn't you, but someone else.)
On a personal note:
I have worked with two Kashmiri colleagues: one Muslim who wants a free Kashmir despite having studied and worked in "India" and the other a Kashmiri Pundit living away from their land of origin, with the picturesque Kashmir as her desktop wallpaper.
I don't really mind Kashmir being let go. If people of Kashmir want to be free or be a part of the rouge and ailing Pakistan, let them doom their lives. I would have loved if they moved to various parts of India, mingled with people (without any biases) and benefited from the Indian growth story.
Activist Arundhati Roy, who created a controversy the other day by questioning Jammu and Kashmir's accession to the Union, on Sunday harped on the same thing saying that the state was never an integral part of India. Roy was speaking at a seminar on the theme 'Wither Kashmir'.
Who is Arundhati Roy? Is activism a rewarding business?
As far as I know, Ms Roy has written a book in which a young boy gives a hand job to some pervert in a cinema complex. After winning a prize for the book, she joined Medha Patkar's aandolan, possibly for learning the tricks of activism business. (Is Ms Roy still part of the aandolan?) Originally known as a writer, Ms Roy is more of an activist now. (It must be more lucrative than penning books at a time when publishers are complaining about poor ales and cutting down on royalties.) You can find her giving her voice to all sort of "causes"--from Maoist rebels to Kashmir separatists. Her modus operandi: take the stage, hog the lime light and then move on to another cause for consuming tonnes of newsprint.
Just for Ms Roy:
There was no "India" before it was taken over by the British empire. Use this logic and fight for freedom of your 10-acre farm (if you have any) from India. Now that you have joined the Kashmir freedom movement, try for some foreign aid. By the way, I hate activists who stand on the stage before an audience talking about her cause and start weeping. (No, it wasn't you, but someone else.)
On a personal note:
I have worked with two Kashmiri colleagues: one Muslim who wants a free Kashmir despite having studied and worked in "India" and the other a Kashmiri Pundit living away from their land of origin, with the picturesque Kashmir as her desktop wallpaper.
I don't really mind Kashmir being let go. If people of Kashmir want to be free or be a part of the rouge and ailing Pakistan, let them doom their lives. I would have loved if they moved to various parts of India, mingled with people (without any biases) and benefited from the Indian growth story.
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